Writing Contest Winner Announced

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Injoy

Writing Contest Winner Announcement!!!

We narrowed down the original entries to 23 finalists and semi-finalists, who won a free membership to Write Now online writing lessons, and were invited to submit a professional book proposal for consideration for the grand prize.

We narrowed these professional proposals down to six very strong book ideas, which included some fantastic fiction and adventure books, and three non-fiction books.

After reading, rereading, and rereading again, Injoy, Inc. has finally selected the winner of the Writing Contest.

The winner of the Grand Prize Writing Contest is:

Jennifer McDonald – An Airman’s Wife

Please join us in saying:

Congratulations Jennifer!

In fact, you could tweet her! @jenmcdonald88

Jennifer McDonald has snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef, skied in the Alps, strolled through the streets of Paris and Rome, and lived on an island in the South Pacific. None of those experiences would be possible if she hadn’t been a military spouse for the past 25 years! As a young airman’s spouse, she muddled through the newness of military life with the help of a few good friends. She hopes to be that friend to other spouses who are married to members of the military with her book, An Airman’s Wife.

As a writer, she’s contributed to numerous military spouse, homeschooling, and other publications including Military Spouse Magazine and Wives of Faith.

As Grand Prize Winner, Jennifer has won a prize package that includes cover design, formatting, editing, marketing, and webpage, free copies of her prize winning book, plus an opportunity to publish her book with Injoy, Inc.

The Injoy Team is so impressed with the quality of all of the proposals we received; it was truly difficult to narrow it down to one prize winner.

We are excited to begin working with Jennifer on this project, and will keep you all posted on the progress!

Student Writing Contest Winner Announced

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Injoy

We narrowed down the original entries to 63 student finalists and semi-finalists, who won a free membership to Write Now online writing lessons, and were invited to submit a professional book proposal for consideration for the grand prize. After reading, rereading, and rereading again, Injoy, Inc. has finally selected the winner of the Student Writing Contest.

The winner of the Grand Prize Student Writing Contest is:

[quote]Rachael M. The Dawn Bringers’ Prophecy[/quote]

Rachael is fifteen years old. Her interests vary widely, but her true passion is to create honest stories that her readers will enjoy. She strives to execute those stories well, so that the struggles and strife of the characters, and their ultimate victories, encourage her audience by reflecting the hardships of real life. This led her to write about Audren, a young, out-of-place prince who lives in a time when the world is turned upside down, and there seems to be no way to turn it back again.

Rachael also enjoys the art and storytelling style of Japanese-style animation, and is currently writing a graphic novel, called a manga, and dreams of eventually animating it. She has won numerous writing awards, such as the Master of the Written Word award, and several 4-H awards for presentations which she wrote and presented at both regional and state levels.

She is also passionate about training and riding horses, and is currently training her two horses to compete in endurance races. She enjoys broadsword and kung-fu lessons, as well as longbow and compound bow hunting in the mountains around her home, and often draws upon her knowledge of weaponry in her writing.

The Injoy Team is looking forward to working with Rachael to design her book cover, help her complete her book, and then edit and format it, print it, help her market it, award her free copies, and publish it to e-book and print.

Meet Our Graphic Designer

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Laurel

Laurel Popejoy is our head Graphic Designer. She loves coffee, studying food and cultures of the world, photography, graphic design (of course :D), Neckties (check out h er Etsy Account!), Crafting, good books, comfy window seats, warm southern weather, and sweet tea!

Here are a few examples of Laurel’s bookcovers! Need a cover designed? Email us!

What If I’m Not Even Close to Finishing My Book?

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Injoy

That’s where we can help!

Injoy, Inc. specializes in helping authors go to the next level with their writing.

Our writing contest isn’t just to pick a winner, but to help develop a writer.

If you have talent and ability as a writer, we want to recognize that talent and help you to develop it.

Do you have a great idea for a book? Do you envision interesting characters, a suspenseful plot, an underlying theme that tells a great message?

We can help you finish your book. We can help you publish your book.

We will select the writing samples that show promise and talent, and we will work with you over four to six weeks to develop a proposal that outlines your book, puts together a timeline for completion, and defines your characters, plot, setting, and story line. From the proposals, we’ll select the grand prize winner, and work with the winner to complete their book, and then let them watch as it goes through the process of having a cover designed, manuscript edited, text formatted, book published, and more. In the publishing world, it takes many months to go from manuscript to market. We want to begin the process and get you on the road to a successful journey as a writer.

So, you don’t have to be close to finishing your book to work with Injoy, Inc. Have you check out the Writing Contest? Part of the prize of the contest is having the Injoy Team help you, and encourage you, and offer tools to help you finish your book. That’s the fun of writing–the process, and we want to share that with you!

Injoy!

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How’s Your Writing Sample Coming Along?

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Injoy

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These writing contests are now closed, but be sure to like our Facebook page and sign up for our author newsletter to find out about other contests.

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Are you busy writing, tweaking, and revising your writing sample for the Injoy, Inc. writing contest?

You don’t have to write a whole book. You don’t have to be almost finished with your book.

We just want to see a sample of your writing so we can see your writing style, and how you put words together, and what kind of characters and dialog you use in your fiction writing. If you’re writing a nonfiction book, we just want to see how your express your ideas on your topic.

Your sample can be one chapter from anywhere in your book. Your sample can be one chapter from the front, and one from the middle OR back of the book.

Maybe you haven’t even started writing your book, and you just have a great idea. Well, go to one of your favorite spots where you can think. Take a notebook and a couple fresh pens, and begin writing. Just begin to create your characters and your world—or just jump into the middle of the story and write a really fun and interesting scene!

Writers love deadlines, and even if you think you don’t have time to enter this writing contest, YOU CAN STILL WRITE A WINNING ENTRY by February 28th!

A good writer can sit down and write for a couple hours, and then lay it aside, come back and review it, lay it aside, and go away and think about it, and then come back and revise and proofread and edit, and be ready to submit their writing sample for the writing contest right here.

If you are selected as a finalist, then we’ll help you put together your proposal (some sample chapters, your characters outlined, a listing of calendar dates of when you will submit your chapters and the final manuscript, and your ideas for the final book). From those proposals, we’ll select the grand prize winner, and help them finish and publish their book.

You could be our next author. Check out these book covers from some of our other student authors.

Have more questions? Read our Frequently Asked Questions, and if you still have a question, you can contact us here, or come over to our Facebook page, like it, and ask your question there.

Writing Contest FAQ’s

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Injoy

[pullquote_left]Q. What if I’m not sure I can finish my book by the deadline? Can I still enter?[/pullquote_left]
A. Absolutely. Part of the prize is having the Injoy team help you finish your book. The finalists are selected from the quality of their writing sample and book idea. We’ll work with the finalists to submit a professional book proposal that has a few sample chapters, a time-line for when the book is expected to be completed, and other info that a publisher wants to see in a book proposal. The grand prize winner will then work with Injoy to publish their book based on the deadlines they have helped establish in their time-line—it’s the real publishing process you’ll be experiencing.

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A. Yes. You may submit more than one entry in the writing contest. Students (eighteen and under on April 30, 2013) can even enter both the student and the adult contest with the same entry. The finalists are selected primarily on the quality of their writing sample, so just be sure to submit your best work for each entry.

[pullquote_left]Q. Can the finished manuscript be longer than 30,000 words?[/pullquote_left]

A. Yes. The length of the finished manuscript will be determined by writer and publisher in the proposal process. Some books are complete at 30,000 words. Some–are much longer! Finalists will work with the Injoy team to estimate an appropriate word length for their proposed manuscript.

[pullquote_left]Q. Can I submit a nonfiction writing sample in the contest?[/pullquote_left]

A. Yes. Finalists will be selected on the quality of their writing, and their book idea. Nonfiction books require a different proposal process than fiction books, but the Injoy team will help finalists prepare a nonfiction book proposal to enter for the grand prize.

Basic Author Publishing Package

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Shari

How would you like to get your book published for less than your cell phone plan probably costs?

At Injoy, Inc., we specialize in helping first-time authors get their book published, and we have a plan for you.

Basic Author Publishing Package includes:

Cover Design
Copyright
ISBN
Formatting
Editing
Webpage
Social Media Support
Online Training Sessions
Free author copies
E-book
Marketing Package
Book Discount Plan
Low monthly payment plan

And be sure to check out our Writing Contest, which will award a Basic Publishing Package to an author. Deadline to submit 1-2 of your best chapters is February 28, 2013.

Writing Contest Update

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Injoy

Okay, we think you’ll bear with us as we revise the writing contest deadlines.

Since writers are deadline driven, you’re probably waiting for the deadline to enter anyway. 😉 And since no entries have been submitted yet, we still have time to adjust and publish the new deadline dates (to give more time).

Rather than run the student and adult contest concurrently, we’re adjusting the deadline a bit! This will give us plenty of time to review the entries and select the finalists.

Student Contest: deadline to enter January 31, 2013, proposal due for finalists March 31, 2013.

Regular Writing Contest: deadline to enter February 28, 2013; proposal due for finalists April 30, 2013.

Oh, and we think you’ll really like this! You do not have to submit a final manuscript to be considered for the grand prize. Since Injoy, Inc. specializes in helping authors achieve their writing goals we’ll help finalists create a manageable timeline to complete their manuscript, as part of the prize! At Injoy, Inc. we know how to help you set realistic goals for completing your manuscript! If you have ability and talent, and a good idea, and you are the grand prize winner, then we will work with you to set up a timeline for your manuscript submission, and we’ll help you along the way by encouraging you and assisting you with tools to help you in completing your manuscript.

To enter the contest, just submit a sample of your work here. Submit either 1-2 of your best chapters or 1500-3000 words of writing that you’ll include in your book, and if you are selected as a finalist, we’ll help you put together a more detailed proposal that will show us what your finished book will look like. If you are selected as the grand prize winner of a publishing package, we will encourage you to finish your manuscript and publish your book!

Writing A Book Proposal

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Injoy

A book proposal contains several elements:

Summary of what your book is about, 1-2 paragraphs describing your book
Genre: what section of a book store would contain your book?
Audience: who do you see reading your book?
About the Author: 200-500 words about you
Platform: who will be purchasing your book, and why, and how will you let people know about your book?
Books with a similar audience or style
Expanded Table of Contents for non-fiction books
Introduction for non-fiction books
Sample chapters

Submitting a book proposal to a publisher is the first step to having your book accepted for publishing. The publisher reviews the information in the proposal, and if the book looks like a good fit, you may be invited to submit your full manuscript for consideration.

A good way to get your proposal reviewed by Injoy, Inc. is to participate in a writing contest; finalists’ proposals are reviewed as part of the contest. To receive up-to-date information about current contests, be sure to click here and like the Injoy, Inc. Facebook page.

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Author Publishing Plans

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Shari

How would you like to get your book published for less than your cell phone plan probably costs?

At Injoy, Inc., we specialize in helping first-time authors get their book published, and we have a plan for you.

Basic Publishing Plan* includes:

Cover Design
Copyright
ISBN
Formatting
Copyediting and proofreading
Webpage
Social Media Support
Online Training Sessions
Free author copies
E-book
Marketing Package
Royalties
Book discounts on bulk purchases
Low monthly payment plan

The Basic Publishing Plan is recommended for first-time authors. Contact us and tell us about your book!

*We also offer a Student Publishing Plan for students who are under the age of 19 when they sign up for the plan that includes the Basic Publishing Plan. At a reduced fee, that locks in while they are a student, this is an attractive plan for students who are writing books. Click here to find out more information.

Author Platform Publishing Plan includes:

Premium Cover Design
Copyright
ISBN
Premium Typeset/Formatting
Thorough Copyediting and Proofreading
Webpage
Video Trailer for multimedia advertising
Individualized Social Media Support
Online Training Sessions and webinars
Free author copies
E-book
Individualized Marketing Package
Attractive royalties
Escalating book discounts on bulk purchases
Low monthly payment plan

The Platform Publishing Plan is recommended for authors who have a platform to sell their books, such as an online store, a popular blog or website, have a local or regional audience, are presenters at events where they need a product table, or have a book topic that is of general interest to a wide market. Contact us and tell us about your book!

Career Author Publishing Plan includes:

Premium Cover Design
Copyright
ISBN
Premium Typeset/Formatting
Thorough Copyediting and Proofreading
Webpage
Video Trailer for multimedia advertising
Individualized Social Media Support
Online Training Sessions and webinars
Free author copies
E-book
Individualized Marketing Package
Escalating royalties
Escalating book discounts on bulk purchases
Renewal option to add more books to plan at no additional cost
Low monthly payment plan

The Career Author Publishing Plan is recommended for authors who plan to write more than one book. Including all the features of the other plans, with an enhanced and individualized marketing plan, the Career Author Publishing Plan offers the opportunity to add additional books to the publishing plan at no additional cost. Contact us and tell us about your book!

And be sure to check out our Writing Contest, which will award a Publishing Package to a both student and an adult author.

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