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“Submerged” available at Manawaker Studios Flash Fiction Podcast
“Submerged” is now available in audio via the Manawaker Studios Flash Fiction Podcast! This is the first audio production of my work and I’m so thrilled! Visit Manawker Studios or subscribe via your favorite podcatcher.
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Writing Advice and Feedback #6
How to Give Helpful Feedback Be Honest and Positive Going back to an earlier post, the best feedback to give and recieve is both Honest and Positive. Again, hat tip to Darren Groth for combining these. To everybody who I critiqued before I learned about the positive portion, I apologize. I assumed you would know…
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Short Fiction Round-Up #75
I took a social media break for the first two weeks of May. I only posted thirteen (13) suggested short fiction (plus a nod to my April National Poetry month daily poems.) Enjoy! A lone cherry blossom on a cherry blossom tree, wet with raindrops. Photo by Adria Bailton National Poetry Month Daily Poems by…
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Writing Advice and Feedback #5
Twitter Writing Advice or Listicle Advice or Pithy Advice As of the writing of this post, Twitter was dying. Who knows what state it will be in by the time I post this particular blog. But the idea is the same. The idea of Twitter Writing Advice, Listicle Advice, or short, succinct advice is that…
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National Poetry Month 2023 Poems
April 2023 was National Poetry Month I am a member of a poetry discord that focuses on speculative poetry as a place for speculative poets to meet and get critiques and learn about markets to submit to. They also welcome readers, which is generally how I consider my relationship to poetry. However, for National Poetry…
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Short Fiction Round-Up #74
In April, I pulled back from social media and posted quite a few less stories than weekdays of the month, only ten (10). I also won’t be posting the first week or two of May because I will be mostly off all social media. 3:33 a.m. by Joelle Killian was published at Maudlin House in March.…
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2023 Goal Update #1
It’s been 4 months… I write goal and goal update posts for transparency. Many writers don’t want to share how much they are or are not writing, submitting, querying, etc. I strongly suggest you find yourelf a small writing group with goals similar to yours – whether it be short fiction or novels, indie publishing…
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A Word on Social Media
In short, I’m taking a break. In September 2019, I stumbled off all social media. It wasn’t a planned act. I just stopped visiting any of my social media sites and stopped playing online/mobile games. Instead, I started writing. It was amazing how much time freed up when I stopped looking at or trying to…
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Writing Advice and Feedback #4
How to get or give good feedback I have gotten absolutely horrendous feedback on my work. Often it’s the format rather than the form. My goal in today’s post is to give a few “what not to do when giving feedback” and also give some tips on how to get good feedback. Tips I probably…
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Quarter 1 of 2023 Reading Reflection
Brilliant! I have read fifteen (15) books this year so far. It puts me 63% of the way towards my goal of 24 books read. I’d chosen 24 books because I didn’t want to tempt another reading slump by setting goals too high despite a strong end to my 2022 reading year. A lesson I…