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October 18, 2021
Do You Enjoy Speculative Fiction?
Do You Enjoy Speculative Fiction?
By N.M. Cedeño
Do you enjoy speculative fiction? Do you know what speculative fiction is?
The dictionary defines speculative fiction as “a genre of fiction that encompasses works in which the setting is other than the real world, involving supernatural, futuristic, or other imagined elements.” The genre is an umbrella under which lies science fiction, fantasy, and even some kinds of horror.…
October 12, 2021
Self-Publishing and Going Wide
Self-Publishing and Going Wide
By K.P. Gresham
Since publishing my first book in 2016, all my ebooks were exclusive to Amazon KDP. Now, four books into The Pastor Matt Hayden Mystery Series, I decided to “go wide” and offer my ebooks on all ebook platforms: Kindle, Nook, Google, Apple, etc. For the record, this is not a “bash Amazon” blog. Amazon paved the way for me to get to this point, and I’m grateful. It’s just that now…
September 28, 2021
AND THE EYES HAVE IT!
AND THE EYES HAVE IT!
BY
Francine Paino AKA F. Della Notte
What exactly are these spherical bodies contained in the skull? They appear as an orbit of different shapes, some round or oblong, curved, and dense, with a white membrane surrounding a circular colored portion called the iris. The pupil centered in the iris is an opening through which light passes to the retina, making eyes the windows to the world. But…
September 21, 2021
Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction - Book Review
Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction – Book Review
By Renee Kimball
Biblioholism *…book, of books; the habitual longing to purchase, read, store, admire, and consume books in excess. Tom Raabe
In Biblioholism – The Literary Addiction, author Tom Raabe hilariously details what happens to those who are unable to contain their compulsion to purchase, collect …well, HOARD books. And if you wonder if there are still certain people who do…
September 13, 2021
Two Roads Diverged…
Two Roads Diverged…
September!
by Helen Currie Foster, September 13, 2021
Have you noticed that the roads diverged in a yellow wood?
So Frost was thinking of fall, in “The Road Not Taken” (1916). Leaves turn yellow—and not just in New England. I admit Texas Hill Country fall colors are a little muted. Bluestem bunch grass makes silvery seed-heads.
big bluestem…
And our cedar elms turn yellow green, then yellow, and then…
September 6, 2021
Don’t Delete “Unsuccessful” Manuscripts
Don’t Delete “Unsuccessful” Manuscripts
By N.M. Cedeño
A number of the stories sitting in files on my computer were written years ago, some over ten years ago, and have never been published. At times, when cleaning up my laptop, I’ve been tempted to delete some of these old stories, but I restrain myself.
Don’t move those files to trash!
Most of these old manuscripts fall into three categories. The first category consists of early…
August 23, 2021
Dreaming in Santa Fe
Dreaming in Santa Fe
by Helen Currie Foster
Driving into New Mexico with my husband (favorite long-time travel companion) I peer anxiously out the car window—I won’t be happy until I spot the first antelope, tiny, almost invisible, bounding across vast pale green ranch pastures below a string of distant mesas. First I look for a white splotch (tell-tale antelope rump), then suddenly spot an entire flock, spread out…
August 10, 2021
The Nightingale—A Novel by Kristin Hannah—And … Admitting When You Are Wrong
The Nightingale—A Novel by Kristin Hannah—And … Admitting When You Are Wrong
The Nightingale—A Novel by Kristin Hannah is a weighty 564 pages. The cover has shades of blue and grey with the embossed golden image of a bird in a tree- delicate, feminine, appealing. The story is not delicate; however, it is a dark surprise, and one worth reading, even re-reading.
A bit of personal honesty is in order—going in, I was prepare...
July 26, 2021
Working with Editors
by N. M. Cedeño
There is nothing like a marked-up manuscript from an editor to make a writer feel like a know-nothing novice. Whenever I get a document back from an editor, I take a deep breath before reading the comments because I know seeing the number of errors I made will knock the breath out of me.
Here’s how writing and editing short stories usually works for me:
Image by John Conde from…
Working with Editorsby N. M. CedeñoThere is nothing like a marked-up manuscript from an editor to...
by N. M. Cedeño
There is nothing like a marked-up manuscript from an editor to make a writer feel like a know-nothing novice. Whenever I get a document back from an editor, I take a deep breath before reading the comments because I know seeing the number of errors I made will knock the breath out of me.
Here’s how writing and editing short stories usually works for me:
Image by John Conde from…
