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Goal Check 2021
It’s the end of August, and it’s a good time to do an update of if I’m meeting my yearly goals as a writer. I posted one of these updates at the end of April. Because my goals aren’t huge in terms of numbers, only updating about every four months is reasonable. If I had…
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Weekly Short Fiction Round-Up #35
This week I only have six stories for you because yesterday I celebrated my one year anniversary of starting social media as Adria Bailton, of working towards building a readership. Thank you for reading my original short stories, my goal blog posts, and my short fiction round-ups. I hope you enjoy these stories. Can’t Bear…
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Weekly Short Fiction Round-Up #34
Seven more stories for you this week! Please enjoy. As I Wait for the Killing Blow by M. Shaw was published by Fireside Fiction in June. It’s about a 9-minute read at under 2000 words. Daily Science Fiction published Too Cuddly by Mary E Lowd in May. Death by/to Language by Naomi Kim was published…
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Weekly Short Fiction Round-Up #33
Today I bring you seven more stories for your enjoyment. This week had a good mix of spec fic and literary genres. Weaving by January Adams was published by Fireside Fiction in May, and is about a 13-minute read. Daily Science Fiction published The Day Before the Wall Street Inferno by Lora Gray in May.…
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Weekly Short Fiction Round-Up #32
Seven more stories this week! Some weeks almost have a theme, which is honestly unintended. I notice there are several quite dark stories in this week’s selection. Most of these sites will have content warnings, so please protect yourself. Some days these stories work for me and some days they won’t. Spoken Like Tongues by…
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Writer in Motion Week 5 – Reflection
Previously on… For those just joining me, this summer I participated in the Writer in Motion program. In Week 0, we were given a prompt to reflect upon.In Week 1, we posted our inital, rough, unedited drafts.In Week 2, we posted our self-edited drafts.In Week 3, we posted edited stories after receiving feedback from assigned critique partners also participating in the…
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Writer in Motion Week 4 – Final – In the Country of Shadow
Previously on… For those just joining me, this summer I participated in the Writer in Motion program. In Week 0, we were given a prompt to reflect upon.In Week 1, we posted our inital, rough, unedited drafts.In Week 2, we posted our self-edited drafts.In Week 3, we posted edited stories after receiving feedback from assigned critique…
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Weekly Short Fiction Round-Up #31
I hope you’re enjoying the extra blog posts about Writer in Motion lately. I still may not have a bbok post this week because I’ve been reading not-yet published work as a beta reader. However, I still have your weekly short fiction round-up. Never Quiet Again by Jess Zimmerman was published by Catapult in 2017.…
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Writer in Motion Week 3 – CP edits!
Previously on…. What is Writer in Motion? We were given a prompt at Week 0. The goal: to write a 1000-word story, showing our process along the way. We posted our initial, rough, unedited drafts for Week 1. Then we revealed our editing processes and posted self-edited drafts for Week 2. Spoilers: my story changed…
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Short Story Round-Up #30
This week has another seven short stories for you. It is a little heavier on literary fiction than is typical for my weekly round-ups. House Hunting by Lisa Mason was published in May by Daily Science Fiction. MoonPark Review published And If We Could Dance Backwards by Christina Dalcher in 2018. Calling on Behalf of…