ANNOUNCEMENT: In case you missed it - we are happy to announce our newest Hosted Author: David McLeod. David has been a Promising Author here and has a great body of work - hope you check it out!

Another month ended - can you believe it is already August?!? O.o I don't know about you, but the calendar has been moving fast. Before we said goodbye to July, we had a great Discussion Day session of our CSR Book Club, featuring The Degan Incident by Author Rob Colton. Based on the comments, looks like it was another great month for the book club.

Good writing has many features, and we are always fortunate when we get another writing tip from Libby Drew - this Wednesday's was on Conflict is Key. As she puts it, "Creating powerful conflict and weaving it tightly throughout the story is a difficult skill to master [...] But the reward is worth the learning curve."

Comicfan is constantly on the prowl for new victims talented writers interested in taking up his wonderful Writing Prompts. This week's prompts include using either his given First Line, or ... well, as his tag goes, a creative prompt on "They're Real"! Are you going to take the plunge - I hope you do!

So - how was your week?

Anthology Announcements:

• Fall Anthology: Pandora's Box - Due Sept 8th
• Winter Anthology: Recipe for Disaster - Due Dec 8th
  

NEW READING

In Premium this week:

Coin in the Fountain by comicfan, Book 2 of Summer Premium Anthology

By our Hosted Authors this week:

9.11 by Mark Arbour, Book 13 of Chronicles of An Academic Predator (CAP)

In the Arms of an Angel by Nephylim, Book 1 of Wednesday Briefs

Odyssey by Mark Arbour, Book 6 of Bridgemont

0300 Book 1 by David McLeod

Crosscurrents by Adam Phillips

Flash Fiction - Second Shot - The Senior Year by Andrew_Q_Gordon

Recovery by Nephylim

By our Promising Authors this week:

Roadhouse Reds by layla

Pura Vida by KingdombytheSea

Pour Me Another by K.C.

Prompt me not, for these are my prompts by comicfan

Have a great week everyone! Read, Write, REVIEW!!!