Firebrand Literary Agency Opportunity

Firebrand Literary Agency is taking a holiday from query letters and has

invited you to join them! As a gift for the holidays, they've decided to

skip the query stage by announcing their first annual Firebrand Query

Holiday -- to support authors who want to spend their time and energy

perfecting their manuscripts and not just polishing their sales skills.

They want to read your first chapter!

Beginning on Dec 15 and ending on Jan 15 they will be accepting sample

chapters via a unique email address: queryholiday@gmail.com .

They pledge to review all samples by the end of January, and will respond to

those that we are interested in no later than Feb. 1.

For more information go to the Firebrand website at:

http://www.firebrandliterary.com/query-holiday

It's a Holiday Party

The authors over at Sweeter Romantic Notions are having a Christmas party on December 12th from 2pm to 8 pm est. Stop on by. Yours truly Kim is offering up a free e-book of When Johnny Comes Home.   Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SweeterRomanticNotions

FREE Holiday Gift Guide

Women on Writing has done a fabulous job for December. They've compiled and created The Holiday Gift Guide, a FREE downloadable guide to showcase books for those of you who like to buy them online. In creating the guide, WOW! staff members and readers picked their favorite books of the year and compiled them into one portable document that you can take anywhere and share with your friends.

They have something for everyone on your list! Whether you're looking for a cookbook or need to find the perfect picture book, we have a few choice suggestions for you. We also have other items like tees for readers and writers, gadgets, and other writer-friendly products.

The guide is a feast for the eyes! Every page has its own flavor and contains product descriptions and clickable links you can use right away. Each product in the guide has something unique to offer the reader. We even have a tips section filled with other gift ideas for your writer friends.

Books are a solid gift. Giving a book says, "I know you. I appreciate you. I want you to take a break and escape with a good read."

Go to http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/WOWHolidayGiftGuide.pdf  to check it out. 

Kim

Holiday Traditions & Contest

With the holiday season in full swing, I'd like to know what your Holiday traditions are.

Mine are:

1) Decorating the Christmas tree with the kids 2) A visit with Santa 3) A visit to the McCormick Ranch Train Park 4) Baking cookies 5) Making a gingerbread house 6) Making gifts for the kids aunts, uncles and cousins 7) Finding and donating gifts to Toys For Tots 8) Putting together a box for the homeless 9) Lester & Roberta’s Christmas Eve party 10) and finally Cave Creek's Annual Christmas Pageant.

So what are you traditions?

This month I'll be giving away a copy of my latest release
When Johnny Comes Home to one lucky winner.

There's three ways to enter:
1) reply to this post on the blog.
2) Reply to this post to my e-mail address kwatters21@hotmail.com
3) Join my Yahoo Newsletter Group. (see the join key on the blog.

That's it folks. Have a safe and happy holiday season.