Sick and Needing Chicken Soup Today, Also Need Some Stories for Chicken Poop

HERE’S THE DEALIO:

Eyrie Press is taking submissions for a new anthology.

Here’s how it will work:

You submit your funny farm stories.  (That’s tales from your life in the country, not stories from your stint in the asylum.)

If we like them we’ll edit them as needed and include them in our upcoming anthology. You get a free copy and you can buy additional copies at wholesale to sell for whatever you wish (wholesale is anticipated to be less than $10 and the suggested retail price will be $14.95). All authors will be credited and appreciated.

We want true (or partly true) tales of life in the country (urban farming okay). You may submit as many as you please, but we won’t print more than three from any given author.

Stories may be any length between 300 and 3,000 words, but we’re more likely to print stories between 500 and 1,500 words. All submissions need to be clean (poop is the strongest word we’ll print) and amusing (but they can be touching and meaningful, too). 

CONTEST:

We don’t yet have the title story. So, we’re holding a contest. The best story about getting “chicken poop on your sole” (you can make this one up out of thin air if you need to) will win the privilege of being the first story in the book and you’ll receive $50 plus a certificate of merit and two additional free copies of the book.

Submissions should be emailed [as Word files] to: gregory.zschomler@gmail.com

Submissions will be received through March 2016 and we hope to publish in time for summer.

Another One Bites the Dust Jacket Due to Online Buyers

Jacobson's Books & More, Hillsboro, Oregon

The final chapter...

"For over 5-1/2 years Jacobsen's Books has served the community of Hillsboro with new and used books, supported local authors and hosted events. It has been a difficult journey, but I feel like the store has made an impact on the community, and I have mostly enjoyed it!

"It is with great regret that I have to announce that Jacobsen’s Books will be unable to stay open and will be closing the doors in February.

"Thank you to all who have supported me, shopped here, promoted the store and become my friends. I truly appreciate you, without such great community support we could not have been here for this long.

"I hate to be another bookstore that didn't make it, but I look back at all that we have achieved and I am proud of what was accomplished:

• Events like Find Waldo- 3 years
  
• Santa Claus - 2 years
• Summer Reading Program- 3 years
• Too many author events to name..
• Carried over 100 local author books
• Supported authors during the Farmer's Market
• Offered discounts to schools and teachers
• Donationed to many schools and other organizations- over $1500 worth of books alone in 2015

"It is a difficult business. I have a very loyal following but I also hear nearly every day people who say 'I’ll just buy it online.' Please support, or continue to support your local bookstores, really all local small retail businesses!"  

Thank you again.

Tina Jacobsen

A New Year of Hopeful Writing

Happy New Year fellow writers and readers!

It is with great anticipation that I begin 2016. I plan to have three books published this year, beginning with the novel Hell, Heaven and Back which releases on Leap Day (Feb. 29). A new cookbook (Southwest BBQ & Tex Mex) should be out in time for summer and Bayou Boys Adventure #4 (Alien Ambush) out in time for Thanksgiving.

What might you have up your sleeve?

My hope is that more writing this year will present a more hopeful future. I am quite tired, as I'm sure many are, of post-apocalyptic distopian fare. Also I am tired of angel and demon fights--especially with swords (how about some imagination folks).

Here's to a productive New Year for all. Oh, and sales, too. :)