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Short Story Round-Up #93
I posted sixteen (16) stories in December. I got behind in my reading and missed a week. Small Wonders published: Adjudication Form 134π53 by David Marino in 2024.This story is told in a non-standard format that is really engaging. The voice is incredible. specular she by Anne Liberton in 2024. I love the form and…
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2024 Reading Reflection & Reading Goals for 2025
Check out my previous goals and reading reflections At the top of this graphic, you’ll see I exceeded my reading goal for 2024 of 36 books by 31-33% depending on whether you’re talking to Goodreads or Storygraph. Goodreads thinks I read 47 books and Storygraph 48. Not sure where the descrepancy is, but either way,…
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2024 Writing Goal Wrap-up and 2025 Goal Setting
It is the last Friday of the year and time to assess my goals from this year and set new ones for next year. Strap in, this is a long one. Click my Goals category to read previous goal setting and updates. But I’ll review the previous year’s throughout. If you’re in my Discord, you’ll know that…
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Short Story Round-Up #92
In November, I suggested twenty-one (21) stories from twenty (20) authors at seventeen (17) magazines. There’s so many good stories and poetry in SFF/H coming out all the time, and I’m still trying to catch up with some favorite magazines from when I started recommending online almost four (4) years ago. I hope you enjoy…
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Short Story Round-Up #91
It’s the first Monday of the month and here I am yet again with another short story round-up summarizing the stories I recommended throughout October. In October I recommended twenty-three (23) short stories and poems. Lots of spooky stuff, but also some not-so-spooky. Small Wonders published: The Stars at the End of All Things by…
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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…