EPIC, the Electronically Published Internet Coalition™ (www.epicauthors.com) is delighted to announce that your entry, Unnatural States, is a finalist in the Science Fiction Category of the 2011 EPIC eBook Awards Competition™.

2011 EPIC finalist

These awards, presented by the Electronically Published Internet Connection (EPIC), honour the finest electronically published books of the year.

I’m delighted and excited; a wonderfully unnatural feeling.

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Fingers, toes and eyes crossed!

Secret Path

Received a positive rejection from one of the agents who was giving the first twenty pages of my feel-good inspirational series, The Sisterhood of Shepherds, a look see. Though she praised my writing and suggested that I submit to her in future, she isn’t a fan of the cozy (at least, not my cozy!).

Yeah, it’s a bummer. I don’t have anything else to submit so it’s like receiving a kiss from your brother (no offense, guys). Now waiting on three other agents who are still reviewing (soooo slowly!) the entire manuscript.

But while indulging in some chocolate fudge, I received a congratulatory email from a local bookseller regarding an article I had been expecting in Senior Living magazine.

Judee Fong, a lovely and talented writer and attendee of my mystery writing course, has kindly penned a few words about moi.

So, thanks Judee for an excellent and entertaining article. Now get back to finishing your whodunit starring the fabulously-named detective, Newton Figgsbee.

I wanna know why the killer shoots twice!

Now, I’ve just launched a new book trailer for your enjoyment. It was an interesting challenge: my first non-fiction trailer. I decided to forgo music and go with narration.

Have a gander below. Love to know what you think!

Click here for more info and places to buy Youdunit Whodunit!. And thanks for your interest.

It’s been twice named as one of Writer’s Digest’s 101 most valuable websites for writers.

And it is excellent: all sorts of book news, reviews and author interviews…which leads me to my point.

I’m fortunate enough to be their latest interviewee.

So, if you’d like to discover my pet peeve of the writing biz, among other bits of Furlong flotsam and jetsam, check out the Novel Journey and let me know what you think @ epubbing (at) shaw (dot) ca.

Mugs Disappointed

I’ve been trying to figure out how to claim my podcast feed for my Novel Experience Podcast® on Podcast Alley for several weeks.

The adding and claiming podcast process seems simple enough.

Go to Podcast Alley, click on Add a Podcast. You’ll be asked for the RSS URL of your podcast and then to validate the feed. That’s the easy part. Then you’re asked to add some coding into a post or feed so that PCA may find it and confirm that you are the ‘owner’ of your claimed podcast.

Though I added this HTML coding to a post and published it, when I returned to click the ‘claim this feed’ button, I kept getting told that my ‘claim hash’ has not been seen and to try again. I reviewed the PCA forum with no luck but learned many are having similar problems but getting no help.

So I kept trying but received the same results until………today when I caught an idea off the web and added the HTML claim coding into a post that HAS A PODCAST IN IT!.

And that, as the poet Robert Frost would say, has made all the difference! My claim was immediately ‘seen’ by the PCA bots and has been accepted.

Mugs Satisfied

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To read some reviews, check out the book trailer and find out more info, please visit Unnatural States.

You may always experience Unnatural States in a cool multi-media format at Unnatural States Quillr®.

Am always keen to improve my marketing opportunities for my fiction and non-fiction list and finding this book of interest re SEO, blogging strategies and using feeds and email lists.

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Geordie enjoying blossoms

He’s got an unusually fun posting regime where he asks Canadian mystery writers to answer 10 silly questions.

I did and he very cleverly put it all together using pics from my cottage garden. The results are delightful!

Check it out today at Anthony Bidulka.

Thanks, Anthony.

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It’s from Groovy Writer who’s posting on a mobileread forum.

Wow, impressive. Great job, Nicola. Interesting premise, too. You put a lot of work into the multimedia site. Bet it kept you busy through the long BC winter!

Thanks, Groovy Writer!

Old-fashioned Mic (Photo CM Seter)

So, hang in there while I edit and put it all together. Hope to go live in a coupla weeks!