L. Joseph Shosty's Blog, page 3

Four Tips For Overcoming Bad Reviews

TeAmNeRd Reviews asked me to write a guest blog as part of their series. My topic is advice on how to handle bad book reviews. It's not the best-written piece of my career (there's a paragraph where I use the word "writer" about a million times), but I think if you can wade through the rough parts, there might be some wisdom in there for those who need it. Enjoy.

http://www.nerdalien.com/2012/06/auth...

Stupefying Stories, January 2012

It's been out for several months now, but that never stops me from giving my work the occasional push. Please do click the Amazon link below and read the excerpt from January's Stupefying Stories. My short, "Morality for Alchemists and Thieves", is there. Most of it is available to read, in fact. If you like it, don't forget to pick up a copy of the book, cheap at $1.99. Enjoy!

http://www.amazon.com/Stupefying-Stor...

New Fiction @Untreed Reads

For the first time in over a decade, my short story, "One of Us, Old Boy", is back in print. I consider this to be one of the finest stories I've ever written. It concerns the final talk of Dr. Trotter, a university literature professor, and his protege, a young man named Thomas. As their afternoon wears on, strange and terrible secrets are revealed, and as a little magic disappears from the world, so is a little magic born.

I hope you enjoy it.

http://store.untreedreads.com/index.p...

Reprinted from my story collection, Hoodwinks on a Crumbling Fence.

New Fiction @Shelter of Daylight

A new story of mine, "Hearth and Home", has recently been published in Shelter of Daylight #8, a bi-annual anthology published by Sam's Dot Publishing.

I don't often write female protagonists because I don't feel like I do them justice. Usually, the situation has to absolutely warrant a female lead before I'll do it. This was one such an occasion. Here is a fight for survival that only the women of a small, sylvan town can undertake.

I hope you enjoy it.

http://sdpbookstore.com/shelterofdayl...

New Story @ Every Day Fiction

http://www.everydayfiction.com/

It's not a long piece, so please take the time. If you read it, please vote, whether you like the story or not.

New Story @ Fiction365

New story from me at Fiction365 today. I wrote "Tea with Anubis @3:00" when I was in my early twenties and wanted to retell the Cain and Abel story in a more modern setting. Enjoy!

http://www.fiction365.com.php5-12.dfw...