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  • Chanticleer Collections Hits the Road for Fall Trade Shows

    Chanticleer Collections Hits the Road for Fall Trade Shows

    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][fusion_text]September 30th Chanticleer Reviews hits the road to attend the first of our fall trade show line up, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Fall Trade Show (PNBA) in Tacoma Washington. Booksellers, Exhibitors, Authors, Publicists, Librarians and more will be in attendance. Chanticleer has reserved three tables to display the books of the authors who have registered their books with us to exhibit and promote.

    We are excited to show off the books and distribute sell sheets to all the interested booksellers and librarians to order for their bookshelves. We have also printed a catalogue to show off all of our books and made it available online as well.[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”1_2″ last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” hover_type=”none” link=”” border_position=”all” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ animation_offset=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]

    Chanticleer Collections Fall 2016

    Check out the books Chanticleer will be displaying on our trade show tables this fall at PNBA, NCIBA, and MPIBA. The catalog includes ISBNs, covers,  and other  information that book sellers need to order these books for their shelves.

    Books displayed in this magazine and on our trade show tables are first place or higher winners in our International Writing Competitions and/or have received a 4 or 5 star review from Chanticleer Reviews. 

    Qualifying authors who want to be a part of our trade show collection can register via our website.[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”1_2″ last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” hover_type=”none” link=”” border_position=”all” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ animation_offset=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]screen-shot-2016-09-29-at-4-07-58-pm

    View our online catalog Chanticleer Collections

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    It can be difficult to get tables at trade shows, especially for individual Indie authors, and it is expensive to register for and travel to show shows. Chanticleer Reviews Collection helps today’s best books to become discovered by librarians and book sellers at a fraction of the cost along with the prestige of being associated with a vetted collection of Indie books.

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  • September Spotlight: Fall leaves shed to make way for new beginnings, and a new contest from Chanticleer!

    September Spotlight: Fall leaves shed to make way for new beginnings, and a new contest from Chanticleer!

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    September winds blow away leaves to make way for the new, but at Chanticleer the new and the old walk hand in hand, as we call for submissions to the brand new Little Peeps Awards for Early Readers and the long running Clue Awards for Suspense/Thriller/Mysteries.

    Middle Grade and Children's Fiction AwardsThriller Suspense Fiction Award
    Young Adult has been one of our most popular competitions since Chanticleer began. The number of entries was getting larger and larger, and we were stretching the limits of “YA” more and more. Finally, it became clear we needed to divide the contest. We decided to make 2 contests: the Gertrude Warner Awards for Middle Grade Books, which we introduced earlier this year, and the Little Peeps Awards for Children’s Books.

    So bring us your chapter books, story books, picture books, activity books, and educational books for children. We are excited to see all of your entries!

    The Clue Awards have, on the other hand, have had a long history of winners.

    The Clue Awards for Thriller/Suspense Fiction, History of Winners:

    2015

    Blood Relations by Lonna Enox won the Clue Award category for “Mystery” and then went on to take home the 2015 Clue Grand Prize.
    “Not many books leave me with the urge to immediately re-read them, but Blood Relations most certainly did. The subtlety of the details and clues written throughout the mystery surfaced only after I finished reading. It is an amazing talent for an author to leave you wanting to re-read her novel. And this well-written and entertaining book made me do so.”

    Lonna Enox is a former high school and college English instructor. She grew up on a ranch in New Mexico, where she learned to love critters, reading, and “wide open” spaces. She is a wife, mom, and grandmother, as well as the proud owner of 4 rescue pets–3 cats and a dog. Aside from an early stint as a newspaper reporter, she also spent 10 years as a freelance magazine writer. She is happiest exploring a wildlife refuge, cuddling little ones and critters, or snuggled up reading a good mystery.

    2014

    The Red Ribbon by Rachel B. LedgeThe Red Ribbon by Rachel B. Ledge won the Clue Award category for “Historical Thriller” and then went on to take home the 2014 Clue Grand Prize.
    “The Red Ribbon proves a satisfying romp for fans of historical fiction, with its glittering ballrooms, bloody frays, mysterious subplots, mistaken identities, and voices from the grave.”

    rachel ledgeAward winning author Rachel Ledge grew up in Idaho, Texas, Utah and California attending 14 schools by the time she graduated high school. She never could quite settle down in one place and now lives in Singapore and Sydney, Australia, with her husband. She can be found sitting up late at night reading anything with a compelling story line. 

    2013

    Raggedy Man by Clyde CurleyThe Raggedy Man by Clyde Curley won the Clue Award category for “Classic Detective” and then went on to take home the 2013 Clue Grand Prize.
    “Mr. Curley has written an engrossing debut novel that immerses the reader in the lives of the characters and the city they inhabit. His story world is one that you don’t want to leave behind. His characters are fully-realized, living and breathing human beings struggling to make their way through days complicated by the best and worst of the human condition, and his writing is exquisite in its detail.”

    clyde21.jpgClyde Curley earned a B.A. and a California Teaching Credential at San Francisco State College (followed later by an M.A.T. from Portland State University) and went on to a 31-year career teaching high school in Oregon. He chaired the English Department at Milwaukee High School and taught Special Ed. Language Arts to ninth-graders and Honors Survey of English Literature to twelfth-graders. An avid folk musician, he resides with his wife, Susan, in Bellingham, Washington.

     

    2012

    Saving Hope by Liese Sherwood-Fabre

    Saving Hope by Liese Sherwood -Fabre won the first CLUE Award for Mystery/Thrillers.

    “Sherwood-Fabre creates a cliffhanging thriller not only with literary skill and authenticity regarding life, crime, and medicine in Russia (Sherwood-Fabre lived there as an adult), but also with great emotion and story telling ability. Deception, underworld crime, the FSB (formerly the KGB), a mother’s love, and a ticking clock to save the world from a deadly virus makes for a great page-turner.”

    In Moscow in 1998, Liese Sherwood-Fabre came across a New Yorker article about Iran recruiting unemployed bio-weapon scientists. That story, LieseSherwood-Fabre-240x3001.jpgalong with her own experiences and observations during her five years in Russia inspired her novel Saving Hope—now available through Musa Publishing. Dr. Sherwood-Fabre had joined her husband four years earlier in Moscow after he moved there to assist in the privatization of Soviet businesses and industries. “Those were heady days,”Dr. Sherwood-Fabre recalls. “The country experienced a huge influx of foreign assistance and interest from Western companies in expanding into that region.”

     

    The Little Peeps Awards have yet to make history, but we are excited to see what authors and illustrators will submit.

    Your book could earn a place in our hall of fame for 2016 Best Books.

    All you have to do is to enter your manuscript or published novel in either of these terrific contests!

    The September 30th deadline for submissions, for both writing contests, is going to be here before you know it. Don’t miss this opportunity to earn distinction for your novel. Enter our contests today!

    All category winners have the opportunity to attend our spring Award Gala ceremony that takes place during the 2017 Chanticleer Authors Conference where they will be whisked up on stage to receive their ribbon in a magical evening including dinner, networking opportunities, and celebrations–not to mention free reviews, and the chance to win the grand prizes and cash![/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container][fusion_builder_container backgroundcolor=”” backgroundimage=”” backgroundrepeat=”no-repeat” backgroundposition=”left top” backgroundattachment=”scroll” video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” bordersize=”0px” bordercolor=”” borderstyle=”” paddingtop=”20px” paddingbottom=”20px” paddingleft=”0px” paddingright=”0px” menu_anchor=”” equal_height_columns=”no” hundred_percent=”no” class=”” id=””][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][fusion_title size=”2″ content_align=”left” style_type=”single solid” sep_color=”transparent” class=”” id=””]What are the Little Peeps and Clue Awards?[/fusion_title][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”3_5″ last=”no” spacing=”yes” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]Middle Grade and Children's Fiction AwardsOur Little Peeps Awards are the Chanticleer Reviews search for the best Children’s books of 2016!

    Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience of Early Readers. Story books, Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books & Educational Books we will put them to the test and choose the best Children’s Books among them.

    Thriller Suspense Fiction AwardOur CLUE Awards are the Chanticleer Reviews search for the best Thriller/Suspense Fiction books of 2016!

    Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring suspense, thrilling adventure, detective work, private eye, police procedural, and crime solving, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For light-hearted Mystery and Suspense entries see ourMystery & Mayhem Awards)[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”2_5″ last=”yes” spacing=”yes” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”1px” border_color=”#606060″ border_style=”solid” padding=”10px” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]

    Our Chanticleer Review Writing Contests feature more than $30,000.00 worth of cash and prizes each year! 

    ~$1000 Overall Grand Prize Winner
    ~$2800 in Genre Grand Prizes
    ~$28,980 in reviews, prizes, and promotional opportunities awarded to Category Winners

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  • The 2016 FINALISTS for the DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction – Official Listing

    The 2016 FINALISTS for the DANTE ROSSETTI Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction – Official Listing

    Dante Rossetti Awards for YA FictionThe Dante Rossetti Writing Competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of  Young Adult Fiction. The Dante Rossetti Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Novel Writing Competitions.

    More than $30,000.00 dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to Chanticleer Book Reviews 2016 writing competition winners!

    The Dante Rossetti Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY sub-genres  are:  Contemporary Young Adult, Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal, Dystopian/Edgy/Urban, Mystery/Thriller/Suspense, Historical Young Adult, YA Adventure.

    The following titles will compete for the FIRST IN CATEGORY Positions and Book Awards Packages.

    This is the COMPLETE OFFICIAL Finalists List as of Jan. 26, 2017 for the Dante Rossetti 2016 Novel Writing Contest for Young Adult Fiction.

    • Jennifer Lynn Catz – The Darkest Legacy: Hints of Betrayal
    • Edward Corcoran – The Earth, the Sky, and the Heaven Above 
    • Bryan Ney – Calamity Jane: How the West Began
    • Eric Kephas – The Purity Council
    • Jodie Esch – Little White Lies
    • Kimberly Bernard – Lost Prophecy:Awakening
    • Alex E. Carey for Earth’s Embrace
    • T.S. Pettibone for Hatred Day
    • D. J. Adamson for Outre
    • Tory Gates for  A Moment in the Sun
    • Wende Dikec for Tiger Lily
    • Harold Coyle – The Other Side of the Wire
    • Susan Faw for Seer of Souls
    • E.Z. Graves for Love Zombies of San Diego 
    • Ben Sharpton for Camp Fear: 13 Days of Fear
    • K.C. Finn for  Legion Lost
    • Alan Sproles and Lizanne Southgate for  The Train from Outer Space
    • T. M. Murray for Teramar
    • Richard Mann for Wasted in Waldport
    • Philip Carlisle for Time’s Will: Eyes of Phire
    • T.C. Miller for BlackStar Bomber
    • Mike Hartner for I, James
    • Lisa Y. Potocar for Train to Glory
    • Jesikah Sundin for ELEMENTS (The Biodome Chronicles #2)
    • K.J. McPike for XODUS
    • Christopher Mannino for School of Deaths
    • Alex Paul for SeaJourney
    • Anne Sweazy-Kulju for Grog Wars
    • Sheena Snow for  Sparked (The Metal Bones Series Book 1)
    • Linda Covella for Yakimali’s Gift
    • Nancy Pennick for 29
    • Jeffrey Stagg for A Campfire Nightmare
    • Alex E. Carey for Water’s Reflection
    • Norma Hinkens for Immurement
    • Edward Mountain for Cerulean Skies

    This is the Official List of Finalists for the 2016 Dante Rossetti Awards

    The Dante Rossetti Finalists will compete for the Dante Rossetti First In Category Positions, which consists of Four Judging Rounds.  First Place Category Award winners will automatically be entered into the Dante Rossetti GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition, which has a cash prize of $200. The CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse.   

    • All First In Category Award Winners will receive high visibility along with special badges to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.
    • First In Category winners will compete for the Dante Rossetti Awards Grand Prize Award for the $200 purse and the Dante Rossetti  Grand Prize Ribbon and badges.
    • TEN genre Grand Prize winning titles will compete for the $1,000 purse for CBR Best Book and Overall Grand Prize.
    • A coveted Chanticleer Book Review valued at $345 dollars U.S. CBR reviews will be published in the Chanticleer Reviews magazine in chronological order as to posting.
    • A CBR Blue Ribbon to use in promotion at book signings and book festivals
    • Digital book award stickers for on-line promotion
    • Adhesive book stickers
    • Shelf-talkers and other promotional items
    • Promotion in print and on-line media
    • Review of book distributed to on-line sites and printed media publications
    • Review, cover art, and author synopsis listed in CBR’s newsletter
    • Default First in Category winners will not be declared. Contests are based on merit and writing craft in all of the Chanticleer Writing Competitions.

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com. 

    Congratulations to the Finalists in this fiercely competitive contest! 

    Good Luck to all of the Dante Rossetti Finalists as they compete for the coveted First Place Category  positions.

    First In Category announcements will be made in our social media postings as the results come in.

    The 2016 Dante Rossetti Grand Prize Winner will be announced at the April 1st, 2017 Chanticleer Writing Contests Annual Awards Gala, which takes place on the last evening of the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. 

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2017 Dante Rossetti Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is May 30th, 2017. Please click here for more information or to enter the contest.

  • The GERTRUDE WARNER 2016 Book Awards for Middle Grade Chapter Books – Official Finalist List

    The GERTRUDE WARNER 2016 Book Awards for Middle Grade Chapter Books – Official Finalist List

    gertrude warner awards 2015The GERTRUDE WARNER  Writing Competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of  Middle Grade Chapter Books. The GERTRUDE WARNER  Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Writing Competitions.

    More than $30,000.00 dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to Chanticleer Book Reviews 2016 writing competition winners!

    The Gertrude Warner Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY sub-genres  are:  Contemporary Middle Grade, Science Fiction and/or Fantasy, Mysteries, Historical, and Adventure.

    The following titles will compete for the FIRST IN CATEGORY Positions and Book Awards Packages.

    NOTE: This is the Official List of the Warner 2016 Finalists.

    The Finalists Authors and Titles of Works that have made it to the Short-list of the Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Chapter Book 2016 Writing Contest are:

    Life on Base: Quantico Cave by Tom and Nancy Wise

    Zephyr Daniels and the Field Trip of Screams  by Kimberly Robello

    Test of Time by Robert McCauley

    Zoe and the Cat from Mars by Robert Karr

    Crushing the Red Flowers by Jennifer Voigt Kaplan

    The Train  from Outerspace  by  Alan Sproles and Lizanne Southgate

    Billy Bediver in the Quest for the Dragon Queen   by Alan Sproles

    Ice-Bear Island  by Lizzi Wolf

    The Shadow of the Unicorn II: The Deception by Suzanne de Montigny

    The Shrinking Stone  by Sue Ann Culp

    I, Mary by Mike Hartner

    The Mystery of Hollow Inn by Tara Ellis

    The Ranatanland Tales  by Lloyd Chiasson, Jr.

    EYTHYR by Mary Follin

    Amelia Moss and the Secret Islands Agency by Kimberly Clair

    Saddle Up  by Donna Patton and Emily Chase Smith

     After the Horizon  by Ben Conlon

    Life on the Farm by Heather Gardam

    Year of the Rahku Rabbit – Training the Mage by D.A. Cave

    Log of the Worst Pirate in the Known World by  Nick Korolev

    Brooklyn Bat Boy: A Story of the 1947 Season that Changed Baseball Forever by Geoff Griffin

    The Treasure of Malaga Cove  by John Gilgren

    Almost Impossible by Beth Bacon

    The Gertrude Warner 2016 Finalists will compete for the Gertrude Warner First In Category Positions, which consists of Seven Judging Rounds.  First Place Category Award winners will automatically be entered into the Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Chapter Books GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition, which has a cash prize purse of $200.  The CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse.

    All First In Category Book Award Winners will receive high visibility along with special badges to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.

    First In Category winners will compete for the Gertrude Warner Awards Grand Prize Award for the $200 purse and the Gertrude Warner  Grand Prize Ribbon and badges.

    • Fifteen genre Grand Prize winning titles will compete for the $1,000 purse for CBR Best Book and Overall Grand Prize.
    • A coveted Chanticleer Book Review valued at $345 dollars U.S. CBR reviews will be published in the Chanticleer Reviews magazine in chronological order as to posting.
    • A CBR Blue Ribbon to use in promotion at book signings and book festivals
    • Digital book award stickers for on-line promotion
    • Adhesive book stickers
    • Shelf-talkers and other promotional items
    • Promotion in print and on-line media
    • Review of book distributed to on-line sites and printed media publications
    • Review, cover art, and author synopsis listed in CBR’s newsletter
    • Default First in Category winners will not be declared. Contests are based on merit and writing craft in all of the Chanticleer Writing Competitions.

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com. 

    Good Luck to all of the 2016 Gertrude Warner Finalists as they compete for the coveted First Place Category  positions.

    First In Category announcements will be made in our social media postings as the results come in. The 2016 First In Category Winners will be recognized at the 2017 Chanticleer Annual Awards Gala and Banquet.

    The Gertrude Warner Grand Prize Winner will be announced at the April 1st, 2017 Chanticleer Writing Contests Annual Awards Gala, which takes place on the last evening of the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. 

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2017 Gertrude Warner Awards writing competition. The deadline for 2016 submissions was  May 31st, 2016. We are now accepting submissions into the 2017 Gertrude Warner Children’s Chapter Book writing competition. Please click here for more information. 

  • Paul Paris, author of the upcoming FLIGHT RISK

    Paul Paris, author of the upcoming FLIGHT RISK

    Thanks for the manuscript overview–I found it very helpful. I’m in the process of rewriting and appreciate the editor’s comments and suggestions.

    Paul Paris, author of the upcoming FLIGHT RISK

  • The BROTHERHOOD of MERLIN: Book One by Rory D. Nelson – an intriguing twist to Arthurian legend

    The BROTHERHOOD of MERLIN: Book One by Rory D. Nelson – an intriguing twist to Arthurian legend

    The book centers around a sort of feudal fantasy world, where guns mix with magic-ish swords, and King Herod and other dastardly villains of history plot against Merlin and his brotherhood, who seek to defend the righteous and the innocent. A couple of innocent girls are taken captive by a coalition of villains early on, and we meet a roving cast of heroes who seek to bring down these evildoers.

    Nelson has a real gift for action scenes. His action sequences are quick and brutal and carefully plotted out; as the characters run from arrows or crouch to prepare a shot or disarm (often literally) a roomful of weapon carrying warriors, you will feel your breath pound in your chest. It helps that Nelson has painted a brutal world, full of quasi-feudal warriors in service to various degrees of corrupt royalty, a world that only gets more corrupt and darker as the work goes on.

    However, the work loses momentum in the dialogue and the character development elements. Nelson uses a pseudo-Elizabethan constructed kind of slang, but it never stops feeling formal and slips into the constructions and the humor of actual slang. I think most readers will have issues connecting with the characters because of the way they talk. I’d have liked to see the slang toned down to a few different phrases. I was especially disappointed because some of the phrases seemed familiar, so I Googled “Ai cully” and a few other phrases and found out they are common slang from Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower.”

    Female characters were also a bit thin, with the most important one being a prisoner throughout the majority of the book, although, there was one wicked villainess. The male characters were developed as warriors, but I never quite felt like they were well-rounded, strong characters outside of the battlefield—most of the book focuses on their skills in battle and keeps returning to these gory action scenes.

    While this was a fun read for action–it’s obvious that Rory Nelson has potential as a talented writer as shown by his carefully crafted battle scenes, which are known to be difficult to write– I would like to see him bring this unique story concept to its full potential by developing his characters and make them more multi-dimensional along with original dialog to give them voice. Again, “The Brotherhood of Merlin” is an intriguing twist of Arthurian legend fantasy with science fiction elements with a lot of battle action.

  • WRITING as an OLYMPIC SPORT by Sharon E. Anderson– award-winning author

    WRITING as an OLYMPIC SPORT by Sharon E. Anderson– award-winning author

    Back when I didn’t know any better, I thought that if an author had talent, she would never, ever have to revise her work. Her words would flow onto the page, pristine and poignant, ready to be read by her adoring fans.

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    Bebe Daniels giving it all in the name of creative endeavor.

    I imagined she wore a cream-colored silk robe – although it could have been pink, yellow or light blue because my successful author was gleaned from a 1920’s black and white movie – cigarette attached to one of those long holder-thingies, she would slink across her high-rise Manhattan apartment and wait for her man-friend to pour her a glass of champagne and fix her up a plate of caviar on little toast rounds whilst reading her reviews in The New York Times. Anything less would be, well, amateur.

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    Of course the reviews are absolutely glowing — as am I.

     

    Like everything else in life, I’ve learned a few things: I don’t live on the East coast, caviar from the grocery shelf doesn’t taste the same as the kind in the can served at expensive restaurants, nothing comes easy–even if you’re talented, and that smoking is bad for you.

    As an author, I may be able to write quickly, but revisions are where the story comes to life – like an athlete practicing a sport. She may not run a stellar hurdle race the first time out of the gate. She may, in fact, fall over the first hurdle and every subsequent hurdle thereafter as she endeavors to complete the race. It isn’t easy. Hurdles are hard and to someone like me, dangerous. But every day she’s back at the track working on her timing, her form, the craft of her sport.

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    Authors have their own hurdles to jump.
    Authors have their own hurdles to jump.

    It’s the same thing authors do. We work hard at our craft and sometimes it feels as if we have fallen. The important thing is to get up and continue learning, producing, developing our craft. Our prize isn’t an Olympic Gold medal, though. Our prize is a great book with awesome reviews (and maybe an award or two).
    Sharon2014-24-of-48Many thanks to Sharon E. Anderson to allow Chanticleer to publish her timely blog-post that reminds all of us authors the importance of being persistent and to continually push ourselves to hone and develop our writing craft.

    Sharon is the  award-winning author of several short stories, screen plays, and books. She says,

    “Most of my work has to do with the darker side of life. I’m somehow drawn to the anti-hero, the villain, the underdog. But I’m not your typical horror writer, either. In nearly all of my stories you will find hope, redemption, and humor, because if you can’t laugh, you’re already in hell.”

     

     

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    Sharon is also the president of the Skagit Valley Writers League, human servant to Tig the Cat, mother and wife, and a great all-around gal!

     

    Curse70sEbook     The Curse of the Seven Seventies 

    Cassandra Blake is having a very bad day. Her fiancé dumps her for a silicone debutante and convinces her to store his boxes of precious research. If that wasn’t bad enough, she’s just moved into a cottage stocked only with tinned sardines packed in oil, canned peaches, and 30- year-old Scotch.

    Heartbroken, hungry, and a little bit drunk, Cassandra soon realizes that just when she thinks things can’t get any worse, sometimes they can get very strange…like finding a skeleton in the basement of her newly inherited cottage.

    But when that skeleton suddenly becomes a hot, romantic, and business savvy vampire named Varo…well, things can get a little better. That is…until his infamous older brother shows up, and their centuries old sibling rivalry threatens her chance at true love.

    Can their love survive her conniving ex-fiancé, Varo’s vengeful brother, and the Curse of the Seven 70s?

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  • The M&Ms, Chanticleer’s Mystery & Mayhem Novel Contest & Book Awards Official Finalist List for 2016

    The M&Ms, Chanticleer’s Mystery & Mayhem Novel Contest & Book Awards Official Finalist List for 2016

    Mystery Writing Contest The Mystery & Mayhem Writing Competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of  Cozy Mysteries and Classic Mysteries. The M&M Awards is a division of Chanticleer International Novel Writing Competitions.

    More than $30,000.00 dollars worth of cash and prizes will be awarded to Chanticleer Book Reviews 2016 writing competition winners!

    The M&M Book Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY sub-genres  are:  Amateur Sleuth, Romance, Animals, Cooking/Knitting/Hobbies, Blended Genre, Medical/Lab, Travel, Humorous, Historical, Classic British, Y/A, and Senior Sleuth.

    The following titles will compete for the SHORT LIST rounds. The works that make it on the SHORT LIST will then compete for FIRST IN CATEGORY Positions and Book Awards Packages.

    NOTE: This is the Official List of the M&M 2016 Finalists.

    The Finalists Authors and Titles of Works of the M&M 2016 Novel Writing Contest are:

    A Girl Like You by Michelle Cox

    Secret Life of Anna Blanc by Jennifer Kincheloe

    The Prosecution of Mr. Darcy’s Cousin by Regina Jeffries

    Murder by the Spoonful by Vicki Vass

    The Magic of Murder by Susan Lynn Solomon

    Banished Threads b Kaylin McFarren

    Member from Devon by Bruce Graham

    Skyrizer # 7 by Phillip Buchanon

    The Scarlet Wench by M. K. Graff

    Major Crimes by Michele Lynn Seigfried

    Death Runs on Time by A. B. Michaels

    A Scone to Die For (Oxford Tearoom Mysteries)  by H. Y. Hanna

    Killer Transaction  by Catherine Bruns

    Twelve for Twelve  by Dawn Rasmussen

    Secrets Revealed by Kate Vale

    Bells on Her Toes by Diana J. Febry

    Secrets, Lies, and Champagne Highs  by Jeanette Hubbard

     Under English Heaven  by Alice K. Boatwright

    The Body Next Door by Gay Yellen

    Death Unscripted by M.K. Graff

    The Erotica Book Club for Nice Ladies by  Connie Spittler

    Hot Scheming Mess by Lucy Carol

    Engaged in Danger: A Jamie Quinn Mystery by Barbara Venkataraman

    Sherlock Holmes and the Dance of the Tiger by Suzette Hollingsworth

    Deadly Dye and a Soy Chai by Traci Andrighetti

    Smart, but Dead by Nancy G. West

    Deathbed of Roses by Alannah Foley

    Homes and Watkins   by R. J. Lewis

    The M&M Finalists will compete to be on the SHORT LIST and those works will then compete for the M&M First In Category Positions, which consists of Seven Judging Rounds.  First Place Category Award winners will automatically be entered into the M&M GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition, which has a cash prize purse of $200.  The CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book and its $1,000 purse.

    All First In Category Award Winners will receive high visibility along with special badges to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.

    First In Category winners will compete for the M&M Awards Grand Prize Award for the $200 purse and the M&M  Grand Prize Ribbon and badges.

    • TEN genre Grand Prize winning titles will compete for the $1,000 purse for CBR Best Book and Overall Grand Prize.
    • A coveted Chanticleer Book Review valued at $345 dollars U.S. CBR reviews will be published in the Chanticleer Reviews magazine in chronological order as to posting.
    • A CBR Blue Ribbon to use in promotion at book signings and book festivals
    • Digital book award stickers for on-line promotion
    • Adhesive book stickers
    • Shelf-talkers and other promotional items
    • Promotion in print and on-line media
    • Review of book distributed to on-line sites and printed media publications
    • Review, cover art, and author synopsis listed in CBR’s newsletter
    • Default First in Category winners will not be declared. Contests are based on merit and writing craft in all of the Chanticleer Writing Competitions.

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com. 

    Congratulations to the Finalists in this fiercely competitive contest! 

    Good Luck to all of the M&M Finalists as they compete.

    Short List  announcements will be made in our social media postings as the results come in. The 2016 First In Category Winners will be recognized at the 2017 Chanticleer Annual Awards Gala and Banquet.

    The M&M Grand Prize Winner will be announced at the April 1st, 2017 Chanticleer Writing Contests Annual Awards Gala, which takes place on the last evening of the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash. 

    We are now accepting submissions into the 2017 M&M Awards writing competition. The deadline for submissions is March 31st, 2017. Please click here for more information. 

  • Using Public Relations to Get Your Book Extra Recognition by Sara Dahmen, award winning author

    Using Public Relations to Get Your Book Extra Recognition by Sara Dahmen, award winning author

    “The End” is the first step

    There’s that moment when you write the words “The End” that every writer achieves. It feels good, right? Then comes the next thought that edges almost immediately into our consciousness: “Now what?” It’s an eating type of thought that chews away at our sense of accomplishment with finishing a writing project. “The End” is actually the very first step of a much longer process that truly results in our eventual success.

     

    For all writers, both traditionally represented and those who choose to self-publish, there is an expectation and need to market ourselves, our books, and build our author platforms. We are given overarching tools that require us to build, from nothing, a following – on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and beyond. For many of us, those tools feel like another place we need to shout into the abyss and hope that a group of people starts to take notice. For me, some days I feel like I tweet for no one but myself – it’s yet one more place that I’m trying to garner a reaction in an already crowded atmosphere, much like pitching a big-time agent.

    P/R – It’s not just for social media posts

    I’m not saying that these marketing tools (for that is really how we are using these social media platforms) are unnecessary. It’s the only way we can reach bigger and newer audiences these days, and they’re certainly a big part of our society and should be maintained. Still, it takes more than a handful of online posts to get good press, and it’s press that can offer more to authors, and get more people in our corner both as our allies and as our readers.

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    When I talk about using public relations (PR) to further an author’s reach, I’m talking about far more than asking the local library to host you as a local author touting your latest book, or even asking the local newspaper to write up a story about your upcoming novel. These outreaches are, of course, a great way to start getting started, especially if you’re not used to pitching stories, and you will get a consistently loyal fan base from the people who live in your area and want to support someone who is their neighbor.

    “The Scoop” is a powerful tool

    But PR is a vastly powerful tool that can be used, with some constant re-phrasing and concise pinpointing, to get your book into bookstores across the country, in unique locations, and ideally in other publications.

    PR means thinking a bit outside of the box. It’s not writing up a press release and sending it to 100 media outlets (though that’s always nice to do to have the information out there and available – and sometimes that garners additional stories as reporters pick up the info if it’s pertinent to their story). PR means pinpointing other writers out there who write for the mainstream or for a blog or a larger audience and giving them a unique story angle (the scoop) that no one else would have, and showing them how it would relate to their own readership.

    signpost-200x3001.pngPR means reaching out to locales that are covered in your book. Perhaps you live in California, but your book is set in the American South – call local bookstores in Mississippi or Alabama, or wherever your book is specifically set and ask for their buyer, explaining that while you are not a local writer, your book is set in their own backyard – something many local places like to tout on their shelves.

    Cross Promotion

    PR means hunting down local events, museum exhibits, charities, and gift stores that touch on your book’s contents. For instance, if you are writing about a historical character – let’s pick Abraham Lincoln, since he’s the most celebrated and written character in American literature – and your local museum is bringing in the traveling exhibit of his wife’s dresses. Ask the curator about putting your book in their gift shop while the exhibit is in town. Then you can cross-promote your book and their exhibit. This works even if the event/exhibit/museum isn’t even in your town. The movement to support small, individual writers, businesses and the like is huge – cash in on that current philosophy.

    Engaging Others

    PR is about going to as many book conferences as you can afford and networking. It’s not necessarily about immediately sitting down and talking about your book to whomever you meet. It’s about asking questions – who are you? What do you do? What’s your day job? You may meet people who are far more entrenched in the publishing and writer’s world who may not read your genre, but may become a friend who you can lean on or use as a sounding board, or who may have further connections that they can offer you, if you’re lucky.

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    Become an Expert

    Using PR can be about hiring or volunteering yourself out as an expert. For those of you who write non-fiction, especially if it’s either biographical or about a particular topic in science, this is huge. Search for speaking opportunities that may not be about books or writing, but about your well-researched expertise. Likely you’ll be able to dovetail your book into a bio, your presentation, your meet & greet. I once went to a conference for event planners. A big-time DJ gave a great one hour presentation that was aimed at giving real-time advice to all wedding professionals, but in the end he was able to tout the book he’d written that was melded into his speech. You wouldn’t believe the line of florists, event planners and cocktail table linen buyers that were lined up to buy this man’s book in the end. His presentation was a great PR moment for him, and a huge windfall in sales.

    HAR-WHO?  HARO

    Offer yourself to local and regional news producers and reporters as someone who is knowledgeable in a certain field. A unique resource, called HARO (an acronym for Help A Reporter Out) sends daily emails several times per day asking for experts – sometimes these reporters want writers, or specialists – and will certainly respond in a quick (deadline-approaching!) fashion about using you as a source. It’s yet another way to garner additional press, name mentions, and authenticate yourself as a writer and as someone who is professionally tied to certain subjects.

    PR is more than marketing – it’s bigger, broader and has very few parameters. Your options can be as far-reaching as you’d like to be – and the worst that can happen is nothing can happen, which leaves you where you started but with more experience in marketing under your belt. If you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed about making initial outreaches yourself, you could always enlist the help of a local PR guru. Some are simply independent contractors and can be paid hourly, or by placement, meaning you don’t owe them anything unless they land you a spot or an article or additional press and exposure.

    Regardless of how you work to get additional recognition as an author, or whatever you do to build your platform, anything, no matter how small, is a success, starting with writing those two little words: “The End”!

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    Note from the Editor:

    Sara Dahmen awarded Laramie Grand Prize for DR. KINNEY'S HOUSEKEEPER

    Sara Dahmen is the Chanticleer Book Review’s 2015 Grand Prize Laramie Award winner for her book, Doctor Kinney’s Housekeeper. She has a background in public relations, television and radio production where she has worked with large-scale clients such as CITGO and Mastercraft Boats. She has recently presented for the TEDx talks. Since 2006, she has run an event planning and coordinating company, with a national award for Best Charity Event in the United States and has worked on red carpet events in conjunction with Universal Studios. She currently works on her new project, American-made kitchen and cookware lines: Housekeeper Crockery and House Copper, which were inspired by Doctor Kinney’s Housekeeper.

  • August Contest Spotlight: It’s going to be a hot summer with our Chatelaine Awards for romantic fiction!

    August Contest Spotlight: It’s going to be a hot summer with our Chatelaine Awards for romantic fiction!

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    Women’s Fiction is also included in the Chatelaine Awards. Women’s Fiction is defined as novels devoted to women’s life experiences, exploring the female psyche, and are more oriented to female readers.  Women’s fiction does not have to have a “happily ever after” ending that depends on a relationship, whereas romantic fiction does.

    For example: The script for Pretty Woman is romantic fiction (Vivian, the prostitute, lives happily ever after with her wealthy “client” who leaves his well-bred fiancee for Vivian); whereas the script for BUtterfield 8 would be considered women’s fiction (Gloria, the prostitute, doesn’t fair nearly as well and spirals emotionally downward as we learn of her specifically female experiences). Note: BUtterfield 8 is spelled correctly with the capital B & U as it was a telephone number designation).

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    As the August 31st deadline for submissions approaches the competition is really starting to heat up. Don’t miss this opportunity to earn distinction for your novel. Enter today!

    Romance Fiction Award

    All category winners have the opportunity to attend our spring Award Gala ceremony that takes place during the 2017 Chanticleer Authors Conference where they will be whisked up on stage to receive their ribbon in a magical evening including dinner, networking opportunities, and celebrations–not to mention free reviews, and the chance to win the grand prizes and cash!

    The Chatelaine Awards for Romantic Fiction History of Winners:

    2015

    Daughter of Destiny by Nicole Evelina won the Chatelaine category for “Legacy/Legend” and then went on to take home not only the 2015 Chatelaine Grand Prize, but also the Chanticleer Grand Prize and was named Chanticleer’s Best Book of 2015! “Daughter of Destiny is the first of three historical fiction novels in the series of Guinevere’s Tale, by Nicole Evelina, that is narrated by Guinevere….an independent woman of strength and fortitude, who finds herself at odds with a world in which her gifts are a liability, and her passions put her and her homeland at great risk.”

     

     

    Nicole proudly displayed her Overall Grand Prize Ribbon

    Nicole Evelina is an award-winning historical fiction and romantic comedy writer. She spent 15 years researching Arthurian legend, Celtic Britain and the various peoples, cultures and religious practices that shaped the country after the withdrawal of Rome.

     

     

     

    2014

    Find Me Again Janet ShawgoIn 2014, Find Me Again by Janet Shawgo won the Chatelaine Grand Prize. One of a trilogy this paranormal romantic mystery novel, which begins just one year before 9/11, answers the question: Can true love conquer death? “Find Me Again is a mystery, conspiracy theory and an amazing love story that crosses generations—all combined into one amazing read.”

     

     

     

    Janet Shawgo Won the Chatelaine Grand Prize

    Janet K. Shawgo has worked as a travel nurse for over twenty years, specializing in high-risk labor and delivery. She has traveled across the United States, working in numerous hospitals. This is her third book in the Look for Me series. She again combines her passion for nursing with her interest in women’s roles in the military. She resides in Galveston, Texas.

     

     

    2013

    And in 2013, Kate Vale won with Choices “…a modern day romance story set in small town USA about a seemingly perfect family that ends up experiencing the harder side of life. The story is heart wrenching, but it is ultimately inspiring even though it deals with divorce, infidelity, and relationships. This novel uniquely shows the gritty and often ignored side of what families with kids go through when a marriage breaks apart.”

     

    Kate Vale is a writer of powerful and passionate women’s fiction and romance. She is drawn to write about the issues that today’s women face often face.  Most of her titles center in the Pacific Northwest or the Western United States.

     

    2012

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    Nancy LaPonzina’s Nardi Point won the 2012 Chatelaine Award for Romantic Fiction and Women’s Fiction. “…Nardi Point develops into a lovely, nuanced tale with the layers of relationships uncovered like strata of earth, revealing harsh truths and personal epiphanies.” This 

     

    Thoughtful women’s fiction with a dollop of archaeology, the meta-physical, and alternative healing modalities are what Nancy LaPonzina writes. She resides in North Carolina, where several of her novels’ locations are based.

     

     

    Your book could earn a place in our Chatelaine hall of fame for 2016 Best Books.

    All you have to do is to enter your manuscript or published novel.[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container][fusion_builder_container backgroundcolor=”” backgroundimage=”” backgroundrepeat=”no-repeat” backgroundposition=”left top” backgroundattachment=”scroll” video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” bordersize=”0px” bordercolor=”” borderstyle=”” paddingtop=”20px” paddingbottom=”20px” paddingleft=”0px” paddingright=”0px” menu_anchor=”” equal_height_columns=”no” hundred_percent=”no” class=”” id=””][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][fusion_title size=”2″ content_align=”left” style_type=”single solid” sep_color=”transparent” class=”” id=””]What are the Chatelaine Awards?[/fusion_title][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”3_5″ last=”no” spacing=”yes” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]Romance Fiction AwardOur Chatelaine Awards are the Chanticleer Reviews search for the best romantic fiction books of 2016!

    We are looking for the best books featuring romantic themes and adventures of the heart, legendary love affairs, perhaps a little steamy romance, along with women’s fiction that explores the issues of being female. Our judges read, rank, and comment on each entry and then choose the best among them. (Also: check our other contest genres for romance categories as well, such as paranormal, young adult, mystery, etc., multiple submissions are welcome)[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”2_5″ last=”yes” spacing=”yes” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”1px” border_color=”#606060″ border_style=”solid” padding=”10px” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]

    Our Chanticleer Review Writing Contests feature more than $30,000.00 worth of cash and prizes each year! 

    ~$1000 Overall Grand Prize Winner
    ~$2800 in Genre Grand Prizes
    ~$28,980 in reviews, prizes, and promotional opportunities awarded to Category Winners

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