Tag: Writing
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Firsts
This week, I am embarking on a couple of firsts for my writing career. The first “first” came earlier this month when I was invited to contribute a story to an upcoming anthology. I’ve never been asked to submit anything, so that’s exciting! The topic for the anthology is “tales of the…
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Rejection Goal: 100
This week, I was going to talk about how busy I’ve suddenly become. I was going to tell you all about how I heard back from the publisher that requested the full transcript of Gas Giant Gambit, and how they were just telling me they hadn’t gotten a chance to read…
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Perseid Prophecies
*”Perseid” is misspelled in the URL because I misspelled it in the title of this blog! But even though I can easily fix both, I won’t be fixing the URL because then all the links I shared will break. Oh well, just goes to show you should always spell check!…
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Where to Submit Horror, Sci-Fi, & Fantasy Short Stories
Over the last little while I’ve seen a number of people on social media asking where they should be submitting their short stories. As a writer of horror and sci-fi, I’m not really in a great position to make suggestions for, say, romance, comedy or drama. But, I can offer…
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Short Story News!
I’ve finally done it! After 40+ submissions of short stories and the Gas Giant Gambit manuscript, I finally did it. My short horror story “SSID” was published by Alex Parker Publishing on February 1st last week. This is not only the very first time one of my stories has been published; it…
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Gas Giant Gambit: A Blurb
I’ve been busy writing away this week, trying to catch up with my New Year’s Resolution of writing one short story every week that I am not working on a larger project like a novel or screenplay (I’ve fallen behind, but I am hopeful that a truly short but impactful…
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Good News (Hopefully)
Do you ever get those days where you find it hard to do the things you know you have to do? I’ll be honest. I’m having one of those days right now, and the thing I’m struggling to do is write this blog. I couldn’t find a topic idea I…
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Successes
As hard as they may hit, rejections are a dime a dozen. The thing that comes far less often, and should be recognized and celebrated no matter how big or small it may be, is success! As someone new to writing and submitting fiction, I have yet to experience a…
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Rejections
Rejection. It’s something every writer must learn how to handle if they want to be published. But that doesn’t make it any easier, especially for those of us who have not yet gotten that all-important acceptance letter. I’ve not been at this game for very long yet. I only sent…
