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Short Fiction Round-UP #77
July might have been rough to follow my short fiction recs. Mastodon was the best place to get my weekday morning suggestions reliably. I started the month on Twitter, but have since abandoned my account. Three weeks ago, I joined BlueSky and have started posting daily there – though without a scheduler, it’s a bit…
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Writing Advice and Feedback #7
Querying!! For months I have wanted to post some advice on querying. You may have already seen the advice I’m going to give. However, I’ve come across many writers who query without getting up-to-date advice and make mistakes. The worst that happens is the writer gets a form rejection. The best that happens is the…
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Short Fiction Round-Up #76
In June I posted twenty-one (21) story for followers to read. Here they are all rounded up! Hibernation Heirloom by Chelsea Mueller was published by The Sunday Morning Transport in June. Baffling Magazine publishedGastronomie Mort by Gerri Leen in 2021 Beyond the Veil by J. Kosakowski in 2021 the ending by Gwynne Garfinkle was published…
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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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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…