Day One Short Stories (May FMWriters Story-A-Day Challenge)

Notice how the title of this post is plural? Yep, that’s right. May 1st was good for not just one new short story, not two of them, but THREE! Beware the plot bunnies around my writing office. The things are vicious. 9627 words in one day kind of vicious!

Why do I suddenly feel like [...]

May Story-A-Day Challenge is ON!

The annual Forward Motion May “Story-A-Day” challenge starts today! The challenge was started over 10 years ago by Holly Lisle, sort of a Nanowrimo for short stories. This is the second year I’ve participated, and I’ve been looking forward to it for months. The only real rules are that the stories must be at leat [...]

It’s a Story, But Not *MY* Story

I’m in the process of getting ready for the Forward Motion Writer’s May Story-A-Day short story challenge. The plot bunnies and Muse have been very good to me providing me with more ideas than I think I can write in that month. So much so that I stopped looking for more, and tried to distract [...]

Effective Ebook Front and Back Matter

This article is not about the story itself. It will assume you have finished the work in questions and are now making the hard decisions that come with publishing. One of the most time-consuming is putting together the front matter and the back matter of an ebook for the first time.

Yes, we can use [...]

Amazon 47North – Pricing Analysis

“For our customers who are avid readers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, we’re happy to introduce 47North, the latest imprint from Amazon Publishing. 47North offers a wide array of new novels and cult favorites, from urban fantasies to space operas, alternate histories to gothic and supernatural horror.”

As I write science fiction, this is [...]

New Release – “The Great Libraries”

I don’t know how I forgot about this, but apparently I did…

I’m pleased to announce a new release in the “Gateway Roadhouse” series. The adventures of the people, and aliens, surrounding the Roadhouse return in this sequel to “Dark Circus.”

A race against the flames…

Emmie Kirkwood is delighted when the Gateway Roadhouse insists [...]

Human Wave Science Fiction – Reading List

As a followup to the post about a previous post about science fiction, Sarah Hoyt has posted two blog posts about what the group of us are calling “Human Wave science fiction“. Science fiction with a positive tone, a solid story to entertain, and with purpose. One of the things we are doing is making [...]

Science Fiction – As Both Reader and Writer

Sarah Hoyt has had a series of blog posts about the state of Science Fiction, starting with this one called “Bring Back That Wonder Feeling“. All I can say is YES YES YES! Do yourself a favor and go read it.

Done? Good, now I can comment (and yes, this is modified from the comment [...]

FM Writers May Story-A-Day Challenge

11 of 31 Stories (35%) complete

2012 New Word Goal

240000 of 500000 Words (48%) complete

2012 Revision Goal

142300 of 400000 Words (36%) complete

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Dark Circus

Dark Circus

SF Suspense Novelette
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The Great Libraries

A Gateway Roadhouse Story

SF Suspense Novelette
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Flying Dutchman of the Spacelanes

Flying Dutchman of the Spacelanes

SF Suspense Short Story
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In the Cauldron

In the Cauldron

SF Adventure Suspense Short Story

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Mop Jockeys and Fighter Pilots

Mop Jockeys and Fighter Pilots

SF Romance Short Story
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Spires

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SF Adventure Short Story

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The Art of Negotiation

The Art of Negotiation

SF Psychological Novelette
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Where the Purple Grass Grows

Where the Purple Grass Grows

SF Adventure Novelette
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