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Write a story, save the planet

30/7/2015

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What a good idea! As one concerned about the earth, it appeals to me.
    This UK literary competition for short stories and poems is not only accepting entries via the internet, but it’s also helping to repair the environment.
    As the details of the second Magic Oxygen Literary Prize say, it’s –
“…a unique writing competition for short stories and poetry, open to writers across the world and fondly referred to as MOLP.
    It has a £3,000 prize fund and is the only literary competition in the world to plant a tree for every entry received. We also send each entrant a certificate with the GPS coordinates of their tree which they can view via a Google Maps link. This is a remarkable achievement and only made possible by the great community of Bore who document each plot with an electronic logger; they are taking the reforestation of their land very seriously.
    Our competition is also funding the building of an urgently needed new classroom in the same community at Kundeni Primary School, right next door to our tropical Word Forest.”


  If you’re interested, you can find out more about the competition at Magic Oxygen’s website, magicoxygen.co.uk


Incidentally, the pic above is my photo, not Magic Oxygen's. Some of you will recognise it. Who will be first to say where this great tree is and its claim to fame!

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Friends everywhere

16/7/2015

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    For years I avoided social media, wanted no part of it. Then I was a somewhat reluctant starter. Still not considering myself a full enthusiast, I now appreciate, value even, the contact it gives me with people all around the world. I have friends everywhere who I probably will never meet in person, but friends they are.
     Okay, sometimes the sight of the long list of messages waiting in my in-box is daunting but, as I sift through, gems come to light. Like this one yesterday, via Facebook from someone I didn’t know, but our paths have crossed through common membership of an online group.

Hi Bronwyn:
Just letting you know I have featured you as my fav author on this week International    Authors' Day Blog Hop.
Check out my website for details


     Really? Was there a catch? But I checked it out.
It’s real! This lovely woman read my book Every Five Minutes  and wrote a great 5 star review, sharing it first on Amazon, and now on her blog.

   Claudette Alexander was born in St Lucia and now lives in Toronto. I haven’t been to either place, but if I ever get to meet her in person I’ll give her a big hug – a physical hug instead of this virtual one.

      I’d like you, too, to meet my good friend, Claudette, here –
Website: http://www.claudettealexander.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/author.claudettealexander

     She's well worth knowing.

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Book Giveaway

1/7/2015

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RAFFLECOPTER EXTRAVAGANZA
SPONSORED BY THE FUSSY LIBRARIAN & 
eNOVEL AUTHORS AT WORK
JULY 1 TO JULY 31, 2015
The Rafflecopter will run the entire month of July. Every single day, an eNovel Author is giving away ebooks, print books and/or Amazon Gift Cards. And what an array of books we are giving away: More than 150 readers will win books. Romance, Mysteries, Thrillers, Women’s Fiction, Paranormal, Inspirational, ChickLit, Humor, Police Procedurals, Fantasy and Quiz Books.

Kick Off! July 1, 2015
July 31, 2015 Grand prize drawings – Kindle Fire, $100 Amazon Gift Card.
Here is the line up of eNovel Authors in the order of their appearance in the Rafflecopter from July 1 to 31. 

Marsha Roberts. David Wind. Pete Barber. Polly Iyer. S. R. Mallery.
Julie Frayn. Kerry J Donovan. Traci Hall. Linda Williams. Jinx Schwartz. 
Bronwyn Elsmore. Abby L. Vandiver. Stacy Juba. Mimi Barbour. Lawrence Kelter. 
Pam Burks. Jenny Harper. Donna Fasano. Florence Osmund. Amy Vansant. Jerri D. Hines. Dianne Greenlay. Mary Smith. Dale Furse. Rich Meyer. Laurie Boris. Susan Tarr. 
Jackie Weger. Nicholas Rossis.

For further details of their giveaways,
go to http://www.thefussylibrarian.com/for-readers/giveaways/Jackie Weger. Nicholas Rossis.
Jackie Weger. Nicholas Rossis.

For further details of their giveaways,
go to http://www.thefussylibrarian.com/for-readers/giveaways/
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