December 2012

A much awaited phone call on Christmas eve brings a message of warning, and one, too, of comfort from the other side of the veil.

Home for Christmas was selected as a winner of Harper Collins Christmas short story contest on Authonomy.com.

The first in a series of seasonal short stories is available, for a limited time only in all eBook format. Visit the home page for links. Next winter, when the series has been completed, the collection will be available in print format. Stay tuned for further information.

April 2012

V.R. Christensen’s short story The Steam Powered Pocket Watch has been selected to appear in this year’s Literary Underground Anthology: Time. The anticipated release date is May. Stay tuned for further announcements about this exciting work. The book will be offered free. Sales venues to be announced.

Feature article in Dan River Living section of The Register and Bee, Danville, VA. Getting Published in Today’s World.

March 2012

V.R. Christensen interviewed in a podcast by fellow Literary Underground member (and founder) Steven Novak.

From the website: Who are the Literary Underground?
We are writers.
We are that before and above all else. We are also readers, editors, promotional masters, and graphic artists. We bring our talents together to perform all of the duties and responsibilities of a publishing house; we prepare our members’ manuscripts for public consumption. None of our members have given up their rights to their product, and each member maintains full control of the way in which their work will reach their readers – but while our members are self-published, they are never alone, and their work will show the polish of the attention of a group of professionals.
We can be irreverent or respectful, disciplined or lazy, cheerful or surly – but we are never incompetent.
We are the quiet revolution in the literary world.

Also in March, V.R. was the featured author and contributed a post about the making of Of Moths & Butterflies. You can see it here.

Other guest blog appearances include:

My Search for a Place, hosted by Cathy Holst, author of Everleigh in NYC

What is it about Historical Fiction? hosted by Gev Sweeney, author of The Scattered Proud