Pepper's Ghost Second Edition, 2024 Coverfly’s ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition, and Inroads on hoopla

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Pepper’s Ghost Second Edition

I have completed the manuscript for the second edition of my first novel Pepper’s Ghost, which is scheduled to be released in 2024.

2024 Coverfly’s ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition

For this year’s competition, I entered my short story “Cash In the Past” about two gameshow contestants untangling their pasts.

Last year I entered my novel October, which was a quarter-finalist.

Hollywood has a history of transforming stories into film and television, and Coverfly connects writers to industry professionals. The Cinematic Short Story Competition’s judges look for novels, novellas, and short stories that can be adapted for the screen. Past winners sold their work to studios and worked as writers for Universal, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and CBS; winners also signed with literary managers and agents.

This is a great opportunity for a larger audience to discover my work.

Inroads on hoopla

Inroads, my second short-story collection, is available on hoopla where you can borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen. All you need is a library card. hoopla syncs across all your devices. Find out if your library has partnered with hoopla and check out Inroads and my other books today.

I’ll return next month with a Halloween-inspired story. Until then, thank you: your paid Substack subscriptions and book purchases made all of the above possible.