What's Happening at Breaking Rules Publishing?

Hey Guys –

We’re excited to tell you a few programs that we have going on.

The Short Story Book Project –

We will be publishing our first short story book in April. There will be several authors within the book, with some fantastic short stories. Please look for that.

When you visit our website you’ll find that the next Short Story Book Project is June 1^st. Please consider being a part of this amazing experience. Not only will you receive royalties from each book you’re a part of, but also helping to fund our Young Writers Scholarship Fund.

Simply email us at breakingrulespublishing@gmail.com for details.

Thank you in advance.

Finish Your Novel Month – in May.

On May 1^st we will start to help, guide, prompt and encourage a list of authors to finish a novel that they have been working on – or – start a new project and help them to reach their goal and finish their manuscript. Afterwards, you are free to take your manuscript and go or submit it for a possible contract with Breaking Rules Publishing. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Simply email us at breakingrulespublishing@gmail.com for details.

We have a couple local authors hosting book signings in our area. Please consider supporting them. The list and locations are below.

Wine Madonna –

                                   April 19^th – 6p

   Otto Throw – The Giving Hand – A Messengers Journey

   May 10^th – 6p

   Richard Randall – One Hundred Little Men

  Pom Pom’s

  May 3rd  - 7p

  Otto Throw – The Giving Hand – A Messengers Journey

  May 17^th – 7p

Christopher Clawson Rule - Waters Edge

 May 31st – 7p

 Richard Randall – One Hundred Little Men

 June 7th - 7p 
 David Rule - Body Of Work 

Fundraiser

Hamburger Mary’s Drag Queen Bingo

Hamburger Mary’s – St Petersburg

April 10^th – 7p

Come join us as we enjoy a night with games, fun, your favorite drink, some great food, and a 50/50 Raffle.

A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit the BRP Young Writers Scholarship Fund.

See you there.

As you can see – we’re busy putting things out into the community as well as working to help young writers achieve their goals. We hope that you will consider being a part of all of our events and program.

And as always – we are currently accepting manuscript submissions. 

www.breakingruleswritingcompetitions.com

breakingrulespublishing@gmail.com

For all those who are interested in writing competitions - check out some of our writing competitions below and on our website. www.breakingruleswritingcompetitions.com


Science Fiction Writing Competition

Short Story - 

Subject - Science Fiction Based Story

Deadline - April 15, 2018
Winners Selected - April 20, 2018
Word Count - No more than 150 pages
Submission cost - $10

Breaking Rules Publishing has placed their standard $50 in the kitty. With every submission, the kitty will grow.


Short Story - 

Subject - New Life

Deadline - April 10, 2018
Winners Selected - April 20, 2018
Word Count - No more than 150 pages
Submission cost - $10

Breaking Rules Publishing has placed their standard $50 in the kitty. With every submission, the kitty will grow.


Short Story -

Starting Over Writing Competition

5000 Word Challenge -

Subject - Starting Over Stories
Deadline - May 15, 2018
Winners selected - June 1, 2018
Word Count - 1000 words. 
Submission cost - $5

Breaking Rules Publishing has placed their standard $50 in the kitty. With every submission, the kitty will grow.



M/M - F/F  Writing Competition

Short Story - 

Subject - M/M - F/F Based Story

Deadline - May 1, 2018
Winners Selected - May 15, 2018
Word Count - No more than 150 pages
Submission cost - $10

Breaking Rules Publishing has placed their standard $50 in the kitty. With every submission, the kitty will grow.



Young Writers Competitions

Starting Over Writing Competition - Age limit 13-22

1000 Word Challenge - Age limit - 13 to 22

Subject - Starting Over Stories
Deadline - May 1, 2018
Winners Selected - May 15, 2018
Word Count - 1000 words. 
Submission cost - $5

Breaking Rules Publishing has placed their standard $50 in the kitty. With every submission, the kitty will grow.


Spring Is In The Air !

1000 Word Challenge - Age limit - 13 to 22

Subject - Spring Based Stories

Deadline - May 1, 2018
Winners Selected - May 15, 2018
Word Count - 1000 words. 
Submission cost - $5

Breaking Rules Publishing has placed their standard $50 in the kitty. With every submission, the kitty will grow.


Manuscripts

Romance - Suspense - Age limit - 13 and above
Subject - Romance - Suspense                                                    Deadline - May 1, 2018
Winners Selected - May 15, 2018
Word Count - No more than 350 pages
Submission Cost - $25Breaking Rules Publishing has placed their standard $50 in the kitty. With every submission, the kitty will grow. The winner will also have the opportunity to be published by Breaking Rules Publishing.

Breaking Rules 

Short Story Book Project

Next Deadline - June 1, 2018

The theme is - "Starting Over" - 

ALL genres will be accepted.

www.breakingruleswritingcompetitions.com

Welcome aspiring authors, writers, and thank you for your interest in the Breaking Rules Publishing Short Story Book Project!

Our goal? To simply give writers a place to show their work. To join with other writers and offer them an opportunity to learn from their peers, show their work and join a collaborative to create a short story book. There will be many opportunities for the publication of these books to occur. Specific guidelines will be posted, beyond that, we encourage you to tell a story that matters to you. Write something you believe in. Tell a story in a way that only you can tell it. In other words, write something that moves you, that dazzles you, that says precisely what you want to say in precisely the way you want to say it. As long as you do so in the word limits indicated, and in the suggested theme.

Program Rules

Eligibility: The Short Story Book Project is open all adult fiction and non-fiction writers. The genres that we are involved in are - Romance - Science Fiction - History - Mystery - Drama - Action / Adventure - Horror - Poetry - LGBT stories in all of these genres.  An author is welcome to submit as many stories as they like in as many genres. The fiction piece must an original work of the entrant. At the discretion of Breaking Rules Writing Competitions, submissions may be published in the Breaking Rules Writing Competitions Newsletter, online journal or the organization's website and social media sites. Entrants retain copyright on his/her own individual work. We ask that the stories be no longer than 50 pages and no fewer than 20. The age requirement for this project is for the writer to be at least 18 years of age.

Directions: 

email your entry to - breakingrulespublishing@gmail.com. Make sure you title your work appropriately. You are also asked to offer all of your contact information - email - cell phone and address. 

Royalties: 

The sales of each book will be held separately and independently. Royalties will be distributed on the 15th of each month. After printing costs - a 70/30 split will be in place - 70% of the sales will be split between each author of each particular book. The remaining 30% will be held by Breaking Rules Writing Competitions. Of that 30% - 50% will go directly to administrative costs, the remaining 50% will be placed in our scholarship programs. 

The number one marketing question

       

    Who is your 

target audience?

It's that same old story, no pun intended - author's work hard to build an audience. The problem is that they seem to focus on any and all readers. Ones that are apparently looking for a different type of book. 

If your genre is romance, a big fan base of writers won’t really help you that much when you want to sell books.

You need to focus on attracting an audience that would be interested in reading your books. Again, if you write romance, you need an audience of people that like read romance novels. If you write mystery books, you need an audience of people that like to read mysteries. Granted, a wide base may mean that you have a greater word of mouth - but if they aren't interested in your genre - what good is it?

So the greater question is - if you could wave your Harry Potter wand and directly touch the audience that is perfect for your book, who would they look like? There is your focus!

Now the question is - where do you start?

You can find them with written, audio or video aids. Look to social media, podcasts, youtube video's to find your audience. We suggest that you start with one, take six months to perfect it and then move on to another. We also suggest that you start a network with other authors so that you can help to promote each other's work. Of course, that would mean that the group would have to have clear written rules, focus and outcome. 

Look to groups like the Breaking Rules Writing Competitions Group on Facebook to help you with that.

As always - Breaking Rules Publishing is continuing to receive manuscript submissions - please send your questions, manuscripts, and inquiries to breakingrulespublishing@gmail.com.

www.breakingruleswritingcompetitions.com

Win a new Fire 7 Tablet -

Breaking Rules Publishing Raffle - Enter To Win

For every book order in the month of March, we will place your name in a RAFFLE to win a black "Fire 7 Tablet with Alexa. It will have a 7-inch display, 8 GB. 

The more books you order - the more times your name will be placed in the hat.

So get to work and order your book now and earn your chance to win.  

Take a look at our website for a list of our authors and their books. 

www.breakingruleswritingcompetitions.com

Congratulations Brody Daniels - 1000 word writing competition

Congratulations to Brody Daniels, the latest winner of the 1000 Word Short Story Competitions for Young Writers – the theme was Valentine’s Day.

Brody’s short story is a delightful narration of a love story between two your lovers in rural America. Another fantastic bit of news is that Brody has opted to place his short story in the current Short Story Book Project. Soon we all be will be able to read his award-winning piece.

Congratulations again Brody!

As a reminder – the Short Story Book Project has a deadline of Feb 20^th. Please make sure that you contact us by email at breakingrulespublishing@gmail.com. We will be happy to walk you through the process.

Also – Congratulations to Otto Throw – the newest member of our author’s family.

The Given Hand: A Messenger's Journey
Price - $15

The Given Hand: A Messenger’s Journey is the spellbinding story of Otto Throw and how his special, sometimes problematic Gift has shaped his life. It chronicles the challenges he faced as he learned how to live with, and finally harness his rare Gift, and what the knowledge he gained in the process can mean to us all.

Please go to our website at www.breakingruleswritingcompetitions.com to order Otto’s book.

Also welcome – ShaRod Jenkins – another new member of our author’s family.

Pain Is My Only Weakness
Pre Sale Price $15

Andre Black was born in Milledgeville, Georgia but he’s currently stationed in The Republic of South Korea trying to be all that he could be and remain a courageous soldier who goes over and beyond the call of duty. Unfortunately, there are some things that are beyond his control and calling: that is his inability to stop inflicting so much pain on himself. Surrounded by pure temptation on a peninsula filled with a variety of flavorful women, the chase is on and for once he’s the prey. Andre runs away until there is nowhere to hide or run to. Women tempt him than torture him as his passions are sucked dry from days and nights of pleasure. The women leave soiled sheets, erotic memories, and an unbearable pain that Andre can’t shake loose

You can also order ShaRod’s book on our website at www.breakingruleswritingcompetitions.com

Go to our website to see a complete list of our authors.

Short Story Project - Writing Competitions and New Authors - GO!

As always - Breaking Rules Publishing is thankful for any and all donations you may be able to make.

We are also continuing to accept new manuscripts - please contact breakingrulespublishing@gmail.com for details.

Breaking Rules Publishing has had a few new authors lately. We'd like to share a bit about them and the imaginative books they are offering.

Here we go - But first, just a quick mention of the Breaking Rules Publishing Short Story Project.  

                                      

You only have a couple of weeks left to be a part of the project - the Deadline is Feb 20th.  The Short Story Book Project is open to all fiction and non-fiction writers. the genres that we are searching for - Romance - Science Fiction - History - Mystery - Drama - Action/Adventure - Horror - Poetry - LGBT stories in all of these genres. An author is welcome to submit as many stories as they like, in as many genres. The piece must be an original work of the entrant. At the discretion of Breaking Rules Publishing - submissions selected may be published in the Breaking Rules Publishing Newsletter - The Scribe - as well as the website and social media sites. Entrants retain copyrights on his/her own individual work. We ask that the stories be no longer than 50 pages and no shorter than 20. The age requirement for this project is for the writer to be at least 18 years of age.

All participants will share in 70% of the profits after printing costs.

Please visit our Short Story page for further details - email us at breakingrulespublishing@gmail.com for questions and submissions.

Also - we have a couple of writing competition deadlines coming up.

M/M - F/F  Writing Competition
Short Story - 
Subject - M/M - F/F Based Story

Deadline - March 1, 2018
Winners Selected - March 15, 2018
Word Count - No more than 150 pages
Submission cost - $10

Breaking Rules Publishing has placed their standard $50 in the kitty. With every submission, the kitty will grow.

M/M and F/F is your theme so let your imagination run wild and free.

Do you have 5000 words in you?

Starting Over Writing Competition

5000 Word Challenge -
Subject - "Starting Over"Stories
Deadline - March 1, 2018
Winners selected - March 15, 2018
Word Count - 5000 words. 
Submission cost - $5

Breaking Rules Publishing has placed their standard $50 in the kitty. With every submission, the kitty will grow.

Your theme must be centered around starting over, but your flavor can be whatever you desire. Share this competition with your friends and fellow writers. 

For all competitions, there will be three winners - 1st - 2nd and 3rd. Each will receive a percentage of the total funds collected for this particular competition. 1st Place 35% - 2nd Place 15% and 3rd Place 10%. Check the totals daily as the number of competitions submissions increase.

If you have any questions or would like to make a submission, please contact us at breakingrulessubmissions@gmail.com

July a few of our new authors - check them out on our website at www.breakingruleswritingcompetitions.com

How does it all work?

Hey, Everyone –

What I would like to tell you about is just how this all works.

Let me say, right off the bat, that there are no fees for you to pay. Breaking Rules Publishing wants to work with, and partner with, you to make your book a success. Not just drop your book in your lap and say there you go. GREAT JOB !!

We will publish short stories - novellas and novels in the fiction and non-fiction genres.  We are looking for authors and writers who are looking outside the box, willing to help in their own success and breaking a few rules along the way.

To submit your work for consideration, please send an email to breakingrulespublishing@gmail.com. 

Please include your contact information as well as an attachment of your work. We will confirm your submission within 24 hours, as well as get back to you within one week on the possibility of publishing options.

Many publishers don't tell you about their royalty package until the very end of your process. We're letting you know up front that we will publish your book and help you market it. We will pay royalties of 70 - 30 (in our favor) until the first 200 books/Ebooks have been sold. Once you have sold 200 books that situation will flip and the rate will be 70-30 in your favor. Giving you a much higher return on your work. This will also allow us to help pay for the admin and printing costs related to your book. 

Next Up – Scholarships

Scholarships will be made available to young writers between the age of 16-22. The funds made available will be allocated for writing classes, writing workshops, writing camps, tuition for college writing classes, as well as writing tools (pads, computers, laptops and assistance with publishing).

How to Apply

To apply for a scholarship. please submit an email to

breakingrulespublishing@gmail.com
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with your current contact information - the need for the scholarship and cost, as well as a short essay, no more than 1,000 words, as to what your writing aspirations are, what you plan to do with the scholarship funds and the experience as well as why you feel you deserve the scholarship.


Here is a list of some of our current and published authors

Arthur Padilla

Katherine Brinson

Debra Bellera

Richard Randall

David Conner

H.C. Iser

ShaRod Jenkins

Jay Helwig

Roy Jeffers

Lu’Ciana Erwin

Christopher Clawson

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Remember to Break The Rules!