Foxy's Friday Freebies!
Foxy has been nosing around the net.
When she finds great FREE STUFF, she'll feature it on Fridays Freebies posts -
When she finds great FREE STUFF, she'll feature it on Fridays Freebies posts -
- Free short stories, novellas, and novels
- Giveaways for books and swag
- Free services for authors
Here are Foxy's Freebies that are still available:
Free Online Serial Novella – Read Libby Heily’s free serialized novella Our Beloved Dictator, which will be posted in short chapters every Monday over a 25-week period. “George is pulled over for speeding on I-95 in Virginia. Instead of a ticket, he is sentenced to 6 months of mandatory citizenship in Greenville-a small town run by a dictator. The government isn’t the only surprise George finds. Greenville is the place where reality meets abnormality.” The first chapter is up and will be followed by more HERE.
Download for FREE all formats of “Briefs Encounter” from Smashwords.
Get free books in these categories:
Contemporary
Contemporary Romance
Crime
Fantasy
Historical Romance
Horror
Mystery
New Adult
Paranormal
Paranormal Romance
Romance
Science Fiction
Teen and Young Adult
Thrillers
Western Romance
Instafreebie is a great site for ebook giveaways. Authors provide their books in epub, mobi, or PDF format and allow people to download them while automatically signing them up to the author’s newsletter.
All you have to do to get the free book is click the book’s cover which will take you to the “Claim” page. Fill in your name, your email address, and check the box for the book format you want. Then hit “Claim Your Book.”
An email will immediately be sent to you with the ebook attached. Just download it or forward it to Kindle.
Every few days you’ll get an email from Instafreebie with new offers of free books.
You’ll also get the newsletter of the author whose book you downloaded. You can unsubscribe at any time.
I’m a dedicated freebie hunter and I’ve never seen such an easy-to-use site. I’ve gotten about 12 novels, novellas, and short stories from them. I have lots to read now!
Free First Page Critiques -- Three fabulous and talented published authors are willing to critique YOUR FIRST PAGE FOR FREE! Dianne Salerni (author ofThe Eighth Day series, HarperCollins 2014) and Marcy Hatch (author of West of Paradise, WiDo 2014) and Krystalyn Drown (Legasea, Curiosity Quills 2013) will post your WIP's first page (350-400 words) and offer their impressions as will their readers/commenters. That's AWESOME feedback and super-helpful for any aspiring author! For rules and mailing address go read the side bar on any of their blogs.
Free Online-Published Poem – Celebrate’s own Jamie Dement (Caring for My Veteran) offers her poem “Pieces” on the O-Dark-Thirty site. I've read it, and it's a heart-wrenching and beautiful poem!
Available FREE on: Amazon-Kindle B&N/Nook Smashwords
Free "Feel-good" Short Story – Celebrate’s own Julia Thorley (of Life, Yoga and Other Adventures) offers a Permanently FREE Read of her light-hearted short story “Briefs Encounter” at Ether Books.
"Briefs Encounter" blurb: Jenna had only popped out to the shop. She had NOT expected the trip to end with her displaying her underwear to the passing public. (*Readable only on a mobile device -- smartphone, iPad, or tablet)
Free Online Reads - Celebrate's own Jamie Dement (of Caring For A Veteran) has kindly offered the links to her online publications HERE.
Free Sci-Fi Short Story – “Man Overboard” by Nigel G. Mitchell, about an interstellar fisherman whose son gets lost in another dimension, is FREE for download at Amazon, Kobo, and Smashwords.
Free Critique on Blurbs, Queries or Pitches – The amazing P.K. Hrezo (author of Butterman Time Travel, Inc. and Diary of a Teenage Time Traveler) is generously offering to help writers polish their back-cover blurbs, queries, and pitches. Email her at pakazo77(at)gmail.com. She’s also launching an editorial service and offers to critique an author’s first five pages as a free sample. See her new page for all the info, Story Scientist.
Free Audio Short Story – a horror story “Jack and the Bad Man” by award-winning poet Annie Neugebauer is on Pseudopod. (At the bottom of the post is the MP3 Audio file - enjoy!)
Free Short Story - "Sixpence and Rye and a Snake in a Pie: A Fractured Nursery Rhyme" by Jeff Chapman (a friend and an excellent writer!). The short story is permanently FREE on Amazon.
Free Critique on Blurbs, Queries or Pitches – The amazing P.K. Hrezo (author of Butterman Time Travel, Inc. and Diary of a Teenage Time Traveler) is generously offering to help writers polish their back-cover blurbs, queries, and pitches. Email her at pakazo77(at)gmail.com. She’s also launching an editorial service and offers to critique an author’s first five pages as a free sample. See her new page for all the info, Story Scientist.
Free Audio Short Story – a horror story “Jack and the Bad Man” by award-winning poet Annie Neugebauer is on Pseudopod. (At the bottom of the post is the MP3 Audio file - enjoy!)
Free Short Story - "Sixpence and Rye and a Snake in a Pie: A Fractured Nursery Rhyme" by Jeff Chapman (a friend and an excellent writer!). The short story is permanently FREE on Amazon.
Free Novella "Edward, Con Extraordinaire" by Inge H. Borg about Edward, a roguish con-man, is FREE on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Smashwords.
Free Children’s Chapter eBook with Illustrations, “Stone Faces”
by Ann & Ken Hicks. It’s a funny, touching, and adventurous story
about a 10-year-old girl whose parents are divorcing. Suitable for
children ages 8-11. Including the illustrations, it’s about 20MB (well worth it). Ken Hicks will be happy to tell you how to download it -- email him at: khicks(at)aol.com
Free Anthology: Heroes of Phenomena, a Cross-industry Global Anthology of Short Stories. The anthology’s project director is Samantha Redstreake Geary with the collaboration of wonderful authors like Alex Cavanaugh and C.Lee McKenzie. You can download it FREE on Kobo and Smashwords
Free Query Critiques from Matthew MacNish. He writes full, detailed and helpful crits that appear on his blog. Contact him at: mattmrush(at)gmail.com
Free Fantasy Short Story -- “Shadow of the Scythe” by Christopher Mannino, a prequel to his School of Deaths series from MuseItUp Publishing is FREE. Download it HERE
Free Fantasy Novella -- “Heart of a Dragon,” by Mary-Jean Harris, from her Soul Wanderers series pubbed by MuseItUp is FREE. (Download in PDF or ePUB --> HERE)
Free Query Critiques by Kim Graff (editor, cover designer, & agent intern)
Free Book Giveaways from Toni Lesatz at My Book Addiction. (Contemp, Fantasy, and Horror book giveaways every week. See the current giveaway list on her sidebar.)
Free Copyright-Expired Books at Black Mask Free eBooks. (They're dated, but they're a fun change of pace and great if you're researching historical modes of speech and style.)
If anyone has a FREE short story (for download or online at a free ezine), novella, novel, special giveaway, or author service, please let Foxy know so she can plug you here! Write to: laura.6eg(at)gmail.com
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