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Announcing a New Cozy Mystery With a Supernatural Twist: A Witch Awakens by Ellis Elliott
A Witch Awakens, the First Volume in Author’s Fire Circle Mystery Series, Now Available from Hawkshaw Press. Monrovia, CA – May 5, 2025 — Hawkshaw Press (the crime fiction and cozy mystery imprint of Current Words Publishing, LLC) is thrilled to announce the release of A Witch Awakens, the first book in the Fire Circle…
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Congratulations Virginia Watts!
TRACING BODIES, the new Old Scratch Press Collection by poet and short story author Virginia Watts, is live! In Tracing Bodies, Virginia Watts maps the delicate, aching terrain of memory, love, and loss with unflinching honesty. These poems pulse with the ghosts of the past—childhood shadows, family echoes, and the quiet, enduring presence of the natural…
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Gently Down the Stream
Do you know what’s current? The new INSTANT NOODLES! Have you read it yet? Here’s a peek at “Early Channels,” by Diana Beckett: And don’t forget that submissions close in a week for the next issue of INSTANT NOODLES! Your work could be featured just like Diana’s! INSTANT NOODLES is always free to read, free…
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Congratulations Ellis Elliott!
Two fantastic book reviews, and A WITCH AWAKENS by Ellis Elliott is live! “A Witch Awakens is a ‘Fire Circle Mystery’ steeped in an Appalachian backdrop and traditions. It delivers a punch with the hard-hitting story of Cece Chagall, who moves back to her hometown of Eureka Grove in search of peace, only to herself involved…
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How Does a Literary Magazine Get Made?
One of the questions we’re often asked is, “How does a literary magazine get made?” In the following video, Dianne (publisher of Instant Noodles) addresses this topic, highlighting the important elements that need to be managed with consistency, professionalism, and timeliness in order to produce and publish a quality literary magazine audiences will want to…
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Old Scratch Press Update
If you didn’t know it, CWP runs a poetry/short form collective called Old Scratch Press (OSP). Founded in 2022, and publishing its first books in 2023, the collective was formed as a way to make publishing poetry, and all types of short form creative writing, affordable and possible. It’s incredibly tough to get a traditional…
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How to Get the Most Out of Critique Groups: A Guest Post by Virginia Watts
I have participated in quite a few of writing critique groups for many years now, and I can say that the feedback I have received from fellow writers has been critical to my success in publishing my work. It is true that if you remain with the same group over an extended period, there will…
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What Happens On A Blog Tour?
Should you take your book on a blog tour? Hang out with me and find out all about them! Watch here: Watch on YouTube:
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Have You Ever Had Your Character Interviewed?
Well, Emilie Khair has. A book tour via blogs is so interesting, because the written word is being taken on tour by the written word. Emilie is about 5 days in on her book tour for Ignoring Alva. So, as an author, you might wonder, how does a virtual book tour help? It helps because…
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Publishing with Us: What You Get, What It Costs, and Why You’re Worth It.
The Current Words Publishing Package Publishing with us is personal, economical, and free of add-on expenses, hidden costs, and vague promises. What our publishing package includes: What our service costs: Why you’re worth it: Why do you need a partner publisher? Many authors think partner publishers are simply out to make a buck, whereas a…
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The Book Tour Starts in 4 Days!!
What, you may ask, is a virtual book tour? A Virtual book tour is when a group of bloggers decide to, in some way, feature a book on their blogs. This month IGNORING ALVA by Emilie Khair is heading out on tour. IGNORING ALVA will be appearing on the following blogs: April 10 – Jody’s Bookish…
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Authors Helping Authors
One of the things we know, from experience, is that publishing your book is only one part of the process. Another vital and incredibly time-consuming process is building an audience. It’s possible that Stephen King’s publisher has a list of email addresses of people who buy Stephen King’s books, and so can spam them with…