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My Award Winning “Building Your Brand” Article to be Published in “Inner Circle Magazine”

As you may recall, I recently announced that I was awarded third place in the Building Your Brand contest by Sweetycat Press. Steven Lester Carr posted my essay on their Facebook page which I replicated here on my blog. Grant Hudson at Inner Circle Magazine just informed me that the essays for all three award []

“The Babel Project” Has Been Accepted Into the Terror Tract Anthology “7 Deadly Sins”

Yesterday, I published a bit of a tease, but have since been given permission to make a more complete announcement. My short story The Babel Project has been accepted into the Terror Tract horror anthology 7 Deadly Sins. Not including the Sweetycat Press contest winner and the Reedsy publication, thats nine stories accepted into anthologies []

Coming Soon: 7 Deadly Sins – Pride

Thats all I have to say for now oh, except for the opening quote: Noah was the target of scorn and hate, with half of the people laughing at his ridiculous ideas, and the other half hating him for wasting his immense wealth on prideful foolishness. But then, there were the desperate who would agree []

E.E. Durbin and the Haunt of Idaho City

The wind was a howling wolf. Emma Elizabeth Durbin knifed her hatpin like a sabre through both her short-brimmed, kid skin hat, and mounds of luxuriant auburn hair as she exited the trains passenger car. Scuffed shoe leather met fresh boardwalk. Her long dress and matching short jacket were oppressively warm. It was only 10:15 []

Cover Image for “Fantastic Schools 2”

You may remember I announced that my short story Sorcerys Preschool was selected for publication in one of the Superversive Fantastic Schools anthologies. I later was told it would be in volume 2, becoming available sometime in August 2020. as you can see above, I found the cover image and thought Id share. Im nice []

Submission “Growing Up” Accepted into Reedsy Contest

No, it doesnt mean I won the contest, but at least Im a contender. The prompt is: Two people who thought they were the last people left on Earth end up meeting by chance. As of this writing, there are 64 entries, so my chances of winning arent all that great. Still, I guess Ive []

I Want My Old Normal Back

Ive been hearing the phrase the new normal a lot lately. Its the idea that even once the COVID-19 pandemic has passed, the U.S. and the world wont simply go back to business as usual, as if the pandemic never happened. There are some people who even see this new normal as an opportunity to []

Third Place Winner: Building Your Brand by James Pyles

EDIT: All three winners will have their articles published in the May edition of Inner Circle Writers Magazine. by Steven Lester Carr The panel of judges for the Building Your Brand project selected the top three entries. Today I post the third place entry written by James Pyles. Friday I posted the first place winning []

Second Place Winner in the “Build Your Brand” project

As I mentioned yesterday, I participated in an online contest by writing an essay about how writers and other creative people can build our brand. In my previous blog post, I featured first place winner Elaine Marie Carnegie. Today, we see what second place winner Peter Astle has to say. by Steven Lester Carr The []

Review of “Mission: Outbreak by Michael Gilwood

Starting Mission: Outbreak by Michael Gilwood, when I read that 200 year old human remains are found on one of Neptunes moons, I was somewhat reminded of James P. Hogans novel Inherit the Stars, which Id consumed some decades ago and remembered enjoying. But afterward, there was a significant section of exposition which, I suppose, []