Nancy Clifton Ballard

Started my day with a fan-mail message. So the whole day is a success.

Propaganda,
Trickles like a leaky faucet,
Releasing a steady and persistent wave of anesthesia,
Dulling senses, rewiring neural paths,
Hijacking the mind,
Filling it with illusory truths,
Altering reality, to evoke visceral reactions, over critical thinking,
Wake up.

Early bird registration is open! I hope to hang out with other writers at the July 31-Aug 1st Willamette Writers Conference in Portland, Oregon! #writingcommunity #writersconferences
@wilwrite.bsky.social

Imagine Shackleton's disastrous Antarctic expedition mixed with Pride and Prejudice but as a rom-com … set on a voyage to the asteroid belt! @kareneisenbrey.bsky.social already did, and you’ll love EGO & ENDURANCE.
bit.ly/EandEnd

Jonathan Fletcher ( @jmfletcher15.bsky.social ), one of the authors of the ANTIFA LIT JOURNAL, VOLUME 2: HUNGRY WORK, also has his own collection available from Northwestern University Press, THIS IS MY BODY. Get your copy here: nupress.northwestern...

Luskell lives in a world of powerful wizards. She finds her own magic, navigates young love, and becomes something more than anyone could have predicted! Read @kareneisenbrey.bsky.social’s DAUGHTER OF MAGIC trilogy! Available now, the trilogy is 20% off at our store! bit.ly/DauMagic

Had a lovely time at the Oregon Author Fair in Lebanon, OR! Thanks to the folks who stopped by!

The planet Carico is short on technology and long on wide-open spaces. Grab your copies of @nancballard.bsky.social’s UNDER CARICO’S MOONS trilogy wherever you buy books, or get the whole trilogy for 20% off at our store!
bit.ly/ucmDT

This is such a great trilogy! If you're looking for a thrilling sci-fi Western, check this out.

Luskell lives in a world of powerful wizards. She finds her own magic, navigates young love, and becomes something more than anyone could have predicted! Read @kareneisenbrey.bsky.social’s DAUGHTER OF MAGIC trilogy!
Available now, and the trilogy is 20% off at our store!
bit.ly/DauMagic

Imagine Shackleton's disastrous Antarctic expedition mixed with Pride and Prejudice but as a rom-com … set on a voyage to the asteroid belt! @kareneisenbrey.bsky.social already did, and you’ll love EGO & ENDURANCE.
bit.ly/EandEnd

The planet Carico is short on technology and long on wide-open spaces. Grab your copies of @nancballard.bsky.social’s UNDER CARICO’S MOONS trilogy wherever you buy books, or get the whole trilogy for 20% off at our store!
bit.ly/ucmDT

Imagine Shackleton's disastrous Antarctic expedition mixed with Pride and Prejudice but as a rom-com … set on a voyage to the asteroid belt! @kareneisenbrey.bsky.social already did, and you’ll love EGO & ENDURANCE.
bit.ly/EandEnd

The planet Carico is short on technology and long on wide-open spaces. Grab your copies of @nancballard.bsky.social’s UNDER CARICO’S MOONS trilogy wherever you buy books, or get the whole trilogy for 20% off at our store!
bit.ly/ucmDT

Luskell lives in a world of powerful wizards. She finds her own magic, navigates young love, and becomes something more than anyone could have predicted! Read @kareneisenbrey.bsky.social’s DAUGHTER OF MAGIC trilogy!
Available now, and the trilogy is 20% off at our store!
bit.ly/DauMagic

THE ANTIFA LIT JOURNAL, Volumes 1 & 2, are available now, and you can get 20% off on both at our store! Get VOLUME 1: WHAT IF WE KISSED WHILE SINKING A BILLIONAIRE’S YACHT? and VOLUME 2: HUNGRY WORK today!
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I'm excited to have gotten a last minute spot at this book festival February 28 in Lebanon, Oregon! I'll have my fiction and nonfiction, come see me and a whole wad (isn't that what you call a group of writers?) of friendly Oregon authors! #writingcommunity #oregonauthors

THE ANTIFA LIT JOURNAL, Volumes 1 & 2, are available now, and you can get 20% off on both at our store! Get VOLUME 1: WHAT IF WE KISSED WHILE SINKING A BILLIONAIRE’S YACHT? and VOLUME 2: HUNGRY WORK today!
notapipestore.com/se...

Imagine Shackleton's disastrous Antarctic expedition mixed with Pride and Prejudice but as a rom-com … set on a voyage to the asteroid belt! @kareneisenbrey.bsky.social already did, and you’ll love EGO & ENDURANCE.
bit.ly/EandEnd

The planet Carico is short on technology and long on wide-open spaces. Grab your copies of @nancballard.bsky.social’s UNDER CARICO’S MOONS trilogy wherever you buy books, or get the whole trilogy for 20% off at our store!
bit.ly/ucmDT

Cover of Flightless: Riff is front and center. He is a man with "glidesheaths"--flaps of skin extending from his arms and sides to help him glide. And he's showing off, gliding through the air. He wears a red hood and brown tattered clothing with patches galore and a knife in his boot. In the background is a beautiful sunset sky and a few "Divians" or flyers--people with wings. Below him is the City of Quilia, a town with red roofs and towers abutting a bay of blue water.

BEHOLD! The absolutely stunning cover art for Flightless, my solo-written debut, is here. I'm so excited to share my social justice fantasy heist with y'all. @sumrow.bsky.social absolutely killed the artwork. Some details I particularly love are in the comments.

a man with a beard is standing in front of a frozen wall and says `` hold the door ! '' ALT: a man with a beard is standing in front of a frozen wall and says `` hold the door ! ''

We're getting an overwhelming number of truly excellent submissions, so we will be closing our submissions window this Wednesday, the 11th of Feb. If you've been putting the final touches on your novel manuscript, poetry collection, or query letter, send that to notapipepublishing at gmail dot com

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image: cover of Daughter of Magic (Daughter of Magic trilogy book 1) by Karen Eisenbrey. A girl in a twirling blue dress with her eyes closed and arms spread, an eagle behind her and butterflies rising from her hem. Text reads: "Luskell has been dreaming about dead people. The tell her things she doesn't know. 'Touching, tender, and blazing with brilliance, Daughter of Magic is a coming-of-age story that fans of Carol Berg's The Bridge of D'Arnath series will adore." --M. K. Martin, author of Survivors' Club

Daughter of Magic opens the trilogy of the same name. Details and purchase links at: kareneisenbreywriter.com/my-books/dau...

@notapipe.bsky.social #fantasy #wizards #YA

I have enjoyed my experience with this publisher! Check them out and see if they are right for your book.

Book cover for Ego & Endurance shows a spaceship with a reflected image of a sailing ship. Text reads "SHE WANTS TO EXPLORE THE FUTURE. HE WANTS TO PUSH HER TO REVEAL HER PAST. NOW THEY MUST SURVIVE A PRESENT DISASTER TOGETHER." Text reads: “[Eisenbrey] weaves humor and romance through the story as the crew finds creative ways to maintain morale and overcome obstacles, paying tribute to Shackleton and his crew’s remarkable survival. Their answers are not found in futuristic technology, but in human ingenuity and persistence. A thoroughly good read.” -Nan C Ballard, author of the Under Carico’s Moons series

From @NotAPipePub:
EGO & ENDURANCE!
#SciFi #workplace #romcom
Details and order links at kareneisenbreywriter.com/my-books/ego...

Announcement: We are OPEN for submissions of novels and poetry collections (and short fic, poetry, and visual art for the Antifa Lit Journal). Check our submission guidelines and send your query letter. The window will close quickly!
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My publisher is open for submissions!

Announcement: We are OPEN for submissions of novels and poetry collections (and short fic, poetry, and visual art for the Antifa Lit Journal). Check our submission guidelines and send your query letter. The window will close quickly!
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There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
A-telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down