.99 Cent Sale! by BJ Neblett
Short and sweet... to celebrate the holidays and in honor of Buy Local Weekend, for a limited time you can get a digital copy of my latest book Wouldn't It Be Funny If... for just .99 cents! This is a compilation of fifteen of my best and most requested sci-fi/fantasy short stories, including the award winning and controversial Seven Seconds, and the popular thriller Satan's Blood.
Wouldn't It Be Funny If... is available in all digital formats for all digital readers, wherever digital media is sold. Kindle users must go to Smashwords.com to get the Kindle edition as it is not yet available on Amazon. Smashwords.com also carries all of the other popular formats.
Have a safe and happy holidays and be sure to get your copy of Wouldn't It Be Funny If... before the price goes back up. Please leave a book review for me, and pass the word along, like and share!
Thanks,
BJ
Showing posts with label short stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label short stories. Show all posts
Saturday, November 24, 2018
Monday, September 24, 2018
New Book, New Book Signing, New Exciting Class by BJ Neblett
By now I'm sure you've noticed the book cover on the left. This is a new compilation of fantastic literature, bringing together fifteen of my best short stories. Wouldn't It Be Funny If... cracks open the door on alternate realities, releasing all sorts of troubles on the unsuspecting characters. Ever hear of a cell phone that can cast spells? How about an enchanted laptop with a mind of its own? Ever wonder what it might be like to be confined within the cold stone walls of Atlanta State Penitentiary... on Halloween Night? Or what runs through a mind on the brink of suicide? It's all chillingly here and more, fifteen fantastic tales for fantastic minds that dare to ask, Wouldn't It Be Funny If... Available now in all E-book formats. Simply click the links to Smashwords, or visit you favorite on line E-book seller. And, please don't forget to leave a review!
This coming weekend, September 28 - 30, I will be attending the Authors and Autographs Show, as part of the annual Everett Home and Gift Show, in Everett, Washington. The convention is three great shows in one, spotlighting the latest in home decor and furnishings; gifts and crafts for the coming holidays, and of course, dozens of popular authors and their latest offerings. Come by for a day full of fun, say hello and pick up signed copies of my books, including Planet Alt-Sete Nine: The Lost Princess. Just click the links!
Finally, I have a new, fun class coming up in November. As most of your already know, I teach writing at Seattle's famed Hugo House for Writers. Starting Monday, November 5, I'll be once again teaching a very fun class, Time Travel and Alternate Realities In Fiction. If you're a sci-fi/fantasy writer; have some definite ideas on how time travel and alternate reality works, or just want to partake in some lively, and often heated discussions on the subject, then this class is for you. But sign up soon... this has proven to be a very popular class... and time waits for no one! Once again, just click and follow the links!
Oh, and one more thing. I am still offering signed copies of book one of my reality bending series, Planet Alt-Sete-Nine. Follow the link to get your personalize copy delivered to your door!
Till next time, hope to see you in Everett this weekend.
Peace,
BJ
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Teaching, Writing, Editing, Softball and Poets by BJ Neblett
Image by Alex Kie
I have been feverishly editing my friend KJ McPike's new work, book two of her Astralis series. Tenuous is due out late spring and is turning into a great sequel to her award winning Young Adult novel Xodus. It's been a double edge sword as working on her new book has cut into my own writing time, and yet her work has been inspiring and filling me with new ideas for my own latest effort, Princess Haylee. It's book two and the sequel to Planet Alt-Sete-Nine, my own new contemporary fantasy due out this summer/fall. I love the image above and am considering using it and Alex Kie for illustrations. More to come on all this as well, so hang in there!
Despite the rain and cold I've bitten the bullet and returned to softball, what they are calling the "early spring league." Our first outing went well, just a few sprinkles, freezing cold (we play at 8 PM) and a 19 to 3 win. Let's hope this Wednesday is warmer if not drier!
Finally, with all I'm doing lately, I've been seriously neglecting my poetry blog, Here For A Season (the link is to the right). If there are any aspiring and/or established poets out there interested in a guest shot please contact me via my email: bjneblett@gmail.com Let me know a little about yourself and what type of poetry you write and we'll chat. I look forward to seeing some great work in future editions of Here For A Season.
Peace,
BJ
Friday, January 13, 2017
Reader's Catalogue And Back To Teaching by BJ Neblett
Reader’s
Catalogue and Back To Teaching by BJ Neblett
Hello
and happy New Year. Here is the overdue year end listing of all of my
publications and where you can find them. Most everything is available through
Amazon.com simply by searching my name. Please be sure to leave a review of
anything you may read. Thanks in advance.
For
those of you in the Seattle area, I will be teaching a class on short story and
flash fiction writing, Short Stories & Shorter Stories at Hugo House forWriters. Classes will be Sunday’s from 10 AM till Noon and commence February 5,
continuing through March 12. There is still time to register and plenty of room
for more students. Click here for more info.
Looking
ahead, I will be teaching my fiction writing class during the spring semester.
Tentatively scheduled for Tuesday evenings, 5 PM till 7 PM, starting May 23,
you can find more info by contacting Hugo House. This has proven to be one of
my most popular classes and I hope you plan on joining us.
Finally,
Planet Alt-Sete-Nine is at the
publisher, and the sequel, Princess
Haylee is coming along great. Keep watching here for publication/release
dates for these and more!
Books:
Available
now:
Ice
Cream Camelot Memoir
Elysian
Dreams Contemporary
urban fantasy adventure
2017
releases:
Planet
Alt-Sete-Nine Contemporary
fantasy/alternate reality
Princess
Haylee Contemporary
fantasy/alternate reality
2017/2018
release:
Never
Let A Vegetarian Pack Your Lunch (And Other Love Stories)
Collection
of romance stories
Short
Stories:
Rain
At The Intersection Of Tomorrow
Beyond
The Hedge Anthology 7-1-2016
The
Girl With The Stars In Her Eyes
Paradox
Ethereal Magazine 12-1-2016
Round
Table Paradox
Ethereal Magazine 6-1-2016
Summer
Of Love Romance
Magazine Vol 3 No 9 10-8-2015
No
Boundaries Romance
Magazine Vol 3 No 8 9-8-2015
The
Man Who Wouldn’t Die
Paradox
Ethereal Magazine 8-27-2015
The
Gift Paradox
Ethereal Magazine 6-1-2015
Seven Seconds eFiction Magazine Vol 6 No 4 7-1-2015
One-Eyed Redhead From Texas
Romance Magazine Vol
3 No 4 5-8-2015
Crank Up The Wyrd eFiction
Magazine Vol 5 No 12 3-1-2015
Business
As Usual Romance
Magazine Vol 2 No 12 1-8-2015
Ponytail:
Never Say Uncle Romance
Magazine Vol 2 No 7 8-8-2014
Tulips Romance Magazine Vol 2 No 6 7-8-2014
Three
Of A Kind Romance Magazine Vol 2 No 5 6-8-2014
All
The Wrong Places Romance
Magazine Vol 2 No 2 3-8-2014
Rain Romance
Magazine Vol 1 No 10 12-8-2013
Satan’s
Blood eFiction
Magazine Vol 4 No 3 7-1-2013
Seven
Seconds Northern Liberties Review 4-1-2013
Friday, December 9, 2016
Who Said That? by BJ Neblett
Hello
once again and welcome to our year end round up and house cleaning. First order of business is something that
finds me at once honored and humbled. Many quotes attributed to me have found
their way into the most interesting places, including being used as photo tags
and within the text of motivational and inspirational speeches. I am often
asked about their origin and where they can be found. Below is a list of what
has turned out to be my most popular quotes, and their source, be it one of my
books, short stories or just a quip of the lips. I hope you enjoy them. Next
week look for a full catalogue of my publications. Thanks.
Peace.
BJ
“The
things we keep hidden deepest inside are often those that need most to be
released.”
Princess Haylee from Princess Haylee by BJ Neblett (9-2016)
“I
am just a roadside attraction on your journey down life’s highway, a place you
stop briefly before moving on. Years from now, in a long forgotten box of
memories, you’ll come across one of my souvenirs and think of me. And maybe
you’ll smile.”
BJ Neblett (8-2016)
“Every
journey must proceed at its own pace, each step following the other in its
proper order. For that is the way of life.”
Planet Alt-Sete-Nine by BJ Neblett (7-2016)
“It’s
not what you see, but what you believe. It’s not what you fear, but what you
trust. It’s not what you love, but the love you give.”
Princess Haylee from Princess Haylee by BJ Neblett (7-2016)
“It’s
not what is said, it’s how it is spoken; it’s not what you write, it’s how it
is written; it’s not what’s implied, it’s what’s inferred.”
BJ Neblett (from the
essay Flash Fiction 12-2015)
“Sex
mirrored our drinking; both defined our relationship: indulgent and
satisfying.”
From: A Change Is Gonna Come by BJ Neblett
(Forthcoming memoir)
“You’ve
got to have ice cream to write good romance.”
BJ Neblett
“A
love letter lost in the mail, forgotten, miss-delivered, and then discovered
years later and received by the intended is romantic. A love letter ending up
in someone’s spam filter is just annoying.”
BJ Neblett
“The
half empty container of warm beer in my hand was the perfect metaphor for our
relationship.”
From Beer And Broken Dreams by BJ Neblett
“Some
of my best writing has come at the hands of heartache and frustration. Being
totally crazy about someone you cannot have is great food for inspiration.”
From Beer And Broken Dreams by BJ Neblett
“The two greatest assets
a writer can have are an unbridled imagination and to have lived an unabashed
life.”
From All
The Wrong Places by BJ Neblett
“Where
exactly lays that fine line between hopeless romantic and helpless fool?”
From Beer And Broken Dreams by BJ Neblett
“Fantasies…
who needs fantasies? I have memories.”
From No Boundaries by BJ Neblett
“Love
knows no boundaries, seeks no guidance; obeys no rules.”
From No Boundaries by BJ Neblett
“Nothing
is as wonderful and wondering as love’s first awakenings.”
From No Boundaries by BJ Neblett
“There
are as many things to love about someone as there are some ones to love.”
From No Boundaries by BJ Neblett
“Can
anyone ever really know another?”
From No Boundaries by BJ Neblett
“We’re
all victims of our rearing, carrying the sins of our fathers like so much
baggage; fearful of the demons inside escaping.”
From No Boundaries by BJ Neblett
“Never
having done something is the best reason to be doing it.”
From No Boundaries by BJ Neblett
“Summer
is for lovers, dreamers and fools.”
From No Boundaries by BJ Neblett
“Memories
are reality’s ghosts”
From Three Of A Kind by BJ Neblett
“Love
doesn’t ask much… simple things, like a gentle touch.”
BJ Neblett
“…As
tender as a kiss
My
empty arms enfold you,
And
as strong as a tear
My
empty heart longs for you…”
From: Mi Amor Es Tuyo by
BJ Neblett
“See
with your mind, speak with your heart, touch with your eyes, and love with your
entire being.”
From: Elysian Dreams by BJ Neblett
“The
past is a hotel. You can visit anytime; enjoy the view. But you can’t live
there. The cost is too high.”
From: Elysian Dreams by BJ Neblett
“Yesterday’s
faults become today’s lessons. Today’s dreams become tomorrow’s reality.”
BJ Neblett
“Loving
you is like walking between rain drops.”
From Never Let A Vegetarian Pack Your Lunch by
BJ Neblett
“Where
does one run to escape from feelings?”
From Rain by BJ Neblett
“Remembering
the past is one thing; living in it is another. If you don’t enjoy today, you
won’t have any memories of it tomorrow.”
From Static by BJ Neblett
“We are the sum total
of our experiences. Those experiences – be they positive or negative – make us
the person we are, at any given point in our lives. And, like a flowing river,
those same experiences, and those yet to come, continue to influence and
reshape the person we are, and the person we become. None of us are the same as
we were yesterday, nor will be tomorrow.”
From George
by BJ Neblett
“Providence has its price.”
From The Man Who Wouldn’t Die by BJ Neblett
“I’ve been told I am a great catch. Trouble is I keep getting
thrown back.”
BJ
Neblett
“All the women of the
world have two things in common: one, they are beautiful… all women are
beautiful. Two, none of them want to have anything to do with me.”
BJ Neblett
Learn from the past
Live for the present
Look to the future.
BJ Neblett
“Education
is what happens as you learn to live life.”
BJ Neblett
“You
might as well laugh at yourself, everyone else is.”
BJ Neblett
Note:
Planet Alt-Sete-Nine and Princess Haylee are books tentatively
scheduled for release Spring/Summer, 2017 and Winter, 2017 respectively. A Change Is Gonna Come is a follow up to
my memoir Ice Cream Camelot. No
release date yet. “Mi Amor Es Tuyo” is a poem/song.
Check
back next week for info on where you can find these and all of my other books
and short stories.
Friday, May 2, 2014
Waiting For Calliope by BJ Neblett
Waiting
For Calliope
BJ
Neblett
©
2014
As a writer, it is always
interesting to me where and how we find inspiration. Waiting for Calliope to
return from a coffee break with her sisters can be frustrating. On the other
hand, one never knows when, or from which dark corner the muse may spring. The
last thing I expected Easter Sunday as I headed out for a stroll through the
Sunday Farmer’s Market and coffee at Starbucks was to return home with a fully
formed poem ready to be put to pen. And, as most writers will attest, once
bitten, the motivation is nearly impossible to ignore. Paraphrasing Stephen
King here, who was once asked why he writes: “… because not to is suicide.”
Recently though, I have discovered
the flip side of the creative process. It is every writer’s dream and desire to
be published. But how many realize, let alone understand, that once a piece is
unleashed into the public, it can, and often does, take on a life of its own?
Following Google stats is one way of tracking the popularity, as well as the
progress of one’s writings. A much more eye opening experience, however, can be
Googling one self.
Quote: BJ Neblett Photo: Unattributed
In the last few months, I have noticed, through Google Stats and other sources, a steep increase in blog readership in England. While new fans are always welcomed and appreciated, exactly where did these readers come from? What was the catalyst for being ‘discovered’ by the Brits? Google Stats, while informative and helpful, can take you only so far. Last week I Googled myself, something I do about once a month. (My publisher is a great advocate of ISO, Internet Search Optimization. His belief, and he is correct, is that the more presence your name has when searched for on the internet, the greater your reach as a writer). It is through regularly searching my name that I find the true extent of my humble words.
I have found many of my quotes cited
far across the net. My sage words have been used on sites as varied as Mama’s Health; Theo Fenraven Blog; Meetville, and Fanfiction. They have also been used to inspire and caption some
very beautiful, stirring and thought provoking photographs. The realization
that my simple scribbling has touched so many in so many different places, and
in so many different ways, is at once flattering and humbling. The recent surge
of my popularity in England is an interesting case in point.
Photo by David Baer
Surfing for my name in the endless
either of the internet, I stumbled upon an intriguing and entertaining site: Around The Tube In Eighty Posts.
Alphabetically. It is from tubeforlols on Wordpress. It seems one Sandy
Craig, blogging about his trips aboard the London Underground, discovered a
‘Thought For The Day’ posted in the Clapham North Station. The inspiring words,
posted so prominently to tens of thousands of London commuters were my own! Having
been properly cited, I can only imagine in my fertile writer’s imagination the
multitude of travel weary riders hastily scrolling the name BJ Neblett on a
scrap of paper, later to do their own internet search for the proprietor of
those words of wisdom. And not only did I receive some very public exposure,
Mr. Craig was kind enough to mention me in his wonderful blog. For your
enjoyment, I have included links to his page as well as many of the other
varied places I have found myself and my words.
Source: Capture-Shoot-Dream
And so it goes. Is the pen really
mightier than the spoken word? I spent the better part of my life as a radio
DJ. It is awesome to imagine that words I spoke could very well still be
traveling through space and time itself. Perhaps, someday, my voice,
introducing a Chuck Berry tune, will be the first surreptitious sounds received
by some distant alien culture. The advent of the internet has been both a boon
and a bane to mankind; a blessing and a burden. And it carries with it the same
far reaching abilities, responsibilities and consequences.
Haiku: BJ Neblett Photo: Unattributed
So, the next time you are waiting for Calliope, or Erato or one of their kin to whisper in your ear, think not only about the words you are about to write, but where those very same words may end up.
Peace,
BJ
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