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Short Story Round-Up #90
In September, I recommended twenty-one (21) stories and poems by eighteen (18) authors at fourteen (14) magazines on weekdays. I went on a couple reading binges for both magazines and authors. Sometimes you can tell who I have subscriptions to. On weekends, I sometimes recommended stories I’ve suggested in the past. Those are in past…
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The Story of “Gnashing”
This blog post was initially posted on October 5, 2022 on the previous Adria Bailton website. The 2023 move broke images. It is being reposted with some edits and updates. Gnashing Teeth from the Deep and the Children Hang on Tight – A Checklist On the this three year anniversary of the publication of my…
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Reading Reflection for Third Quarter 2024
We are now 3/4 of the way through the year, and I’m back with an update to my novel-length reading goals. And I have made excellent reading progress! I’ve completed 34 books total this year, with eleven (11) books in the last 3 months. I’m ahead of my reading goal by seven (7) books! I…
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Short Story Round-Up #89
In August, I suggested twenty-two (22) stories by twenty (20) different authors at fifteen (15) different magazines on weekdays. I also began suggesting throwback stories, ie stories I’ve recommended in past years, on weekends. I won’t be including the stories I’ve already recommended before in my round-ups. You can scroll through all previous 88 Short…
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2024 Goal Update #2
After posting my first goal update for the year, I realized that I had started my goal update way ahead of time and then never included that information. So, I’m dipping back a little in this update. Short Stories Submission Goals By the posting of this blog post, my goal was to have 81 submissions…
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Short Story Round-Up #88
In July, I suggested twenty-three (23) stories from fifteen (15) different magazines, all from different authors. I hope you enjoy these stories. Hold the Sea Inside by Erin Keating was published at Diabolical Plots in June.A story about moving away from home and how we do everything we can to get back. Loved the imagery…
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Reading Reflection for 2nd Quarter 2024
We are half-way through the year and it’s time to update my novel-length reading goals. After coming out of a long reading slump, I kept my goal something I could increase as a goal from last year, but reachable if I fell off my numbers from last year. So far, I’ve read 23 books this…
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Short Story Round-Up #87
I suggested twenty (20) short stories and poems in the month of June on BlueSky and Wandering Shop on Mastodon. Five of them were suggested on my TikTok as well. If you want to see one every day, follow me at those places. Please enjoy these stories! Inner Worlds published: The Memory, by Hussain Ayoub…
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2024 Goal Update #1
Again with the terrible but descriptive titles. I’ve had an epiphany that maybe I need to work on my titles – not only for my blog posts but also my stories. Hmm… Anyway, this update was due on Friday, April 26, 2024. To be honest, I had some struggles in April and just getting through…
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Short Story Round-Up #86
Due to some family obligations and travel, I did not post suggestions the first part of May. In total, I suggested fifteen (15) stories and poems. Auspicium by Diana Dima was published at The Deadlands in February. I loved this story of our internal birds that carry us away when the time is right, and…