Challenge #3: Fairy Tales from Hell
Dates: 11/17 – 11/23
Submission Deadline: 11/21 at 11:59pm EST Due to technical difficulties, the VIP Alert did not send this week, and the Challenge 3 Submission Deadline has been extended to 11/22 at 9:00am EST.
Category: YA / NA
Story Basis: Any “classic” fairy tale (Grimm Brothers,…
Thank you to all who participated in the second challenge of Project REUTSway 2013!
With your help, we managed to hit 400,000 words in less than 14 days and effectively, collectively DESTROY NaNoWriMo’s word count requirement.
BUT WAIT. We’re not going to stop there, oh no. We’re going to keep RIGHT ON running with all…
Dear REUTS fans,
Due to the epic and FABULOUS craziness that is Project REUTSway (and also Pitch Wars, which I am mentoring next month), I must admit that I completely lost track of this week’s original Marketing Monday post. (Feel free to mock me via all social media platforms. Seriously….
Challenge #2 Theme: The Ugly Dead
Dates: 11/10 – 11/16
Submission Deadline: 11/14 at 11:59pm EST
Category: YA or NA only please, no MG or Adult
Story Basis: Any “classic” fairy tale (Grimm Brothers, Hans Christen Andersen, Disney, etc.)
Genre(s): Paranormal / Contemporary / Historical / Humor / Romance / Any combination thereof
Theme of the…
Thank you to all who participated in the first challenge of Project REUTSway 2013!
With your help, we managed to hit 50,000 words in less than three days and collectively “win” NaNoWriMo. BUT WAIT. We’re not going to stop there, oh no. We’re going to keep RIGHT ON running with…
The end is near. We’ve entered the closing chapter of our REUTS Book Cover Art Series, and hope you’ve had fun along the way! We started the series with an idea, something abstract and intangible. After playing around with the idea, and different forms of representation, the final cover…
When it comes to online marketing, social media can best be described (IMO) using examples from the Wild West, circa the late 1890s:
First there was the invention of Facebook, followed by the inevitable financial epiphany: “There’s gold in them thar hills!” which quickly spurred a sort of advertising Hail Mary (the football…
Challenge #1 Theme: Bloody Ever After
Dates: 11/3 – 11/9
Challenge #1 Submission Deadline: 11/7 at 11:59pm EST
Plot Basis: Any classic fairy tale, as explained in the original Project REUTSway competition post
Category: YA / NA
Genre(s): Paranormal / Contemporary / Historical / Open
Theme of the Week: Anything relating to Vampires, Revenants, Chupacabras, Cannibals…
If you’re just now joining us on this cover designing adventure, I’d suggest picking up from Chapter 5, where we begin the tutorial, or Chapter 1, to see how far we’ve come. Last week we ended off with a good starting base of a color-adjusted and textured bench:
And again,…
If you agree with Juliet Capulet, that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet (or define a rose just as well), consider the following:
Fake client #1: An author named Chester McGrubber writes an erotica novel called HORNY. He wants to market his book to women ages…