One of my Iric stories, under the title "Dragon's Tongue," is featured in this month's Fantasia Divinity Magazine. You can read it online here: READ ONLINE NOW! Or you can grab the paperback here: BUY ON AMAZON! I hope you will consider picking up the print version and supporting this great indie publisher. Fantasia Divinity has … Continue reading My story in Fantasia Divinity Magazine, Issue 9
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New Release on The Flash Fiction Press
One of my Iric stories was posted today on The Flash Fiction Press. It was originally posted on this blog as Volume 11 of the "Adventures of Iric" series. With some editing and fine tuning, I was able to find a home for it at FFP. I am very happy about that. Check it out! -- … Continue reading New Release on The Flash Fiction Press
Here’s to breaking new ground! – Check out my story now on Eternal Remedy
Things seem to be picking up for me. I had another story published today, this time by Eternal Remedy. This story was originally posted on my blog under the title The Adventures of Iric, Vol. 7. A unique title was added during the submission process. The story is now called "Memories of the South." The stuff … Continue reading Here’s to breaking new ground! – Check out my story now on Eternal Remedy
My story is now live on FFM!
My story "No Longer a Pup" is now live on Flash Fiction Magazine. It is a background story for a character that plays an important role in my upcoming book. If you enjoy reading Wolf's origin story here, you'll probably love the misadventures he has in In the Valley of Magic. Check it out! No Longer a … Continue reading My story is now live on FFM!
SHARE: Dealing With Rejection: 5 Bulletproof Strategies for Writers
This is a pretty good list of strategies for overcoming rejection. This post deals more with freelance and non-fiction type writing, but the same strategies can be applied to fiction publishing as well. This author suggests the publishing cycle can at times be like a "cosmic tennis match." I couldn't agree more. I still think … Continue reading SHARE: Dealing With Rejection: 5 Bulletproof Strategies for Writers
SHARE: Bards and Sages Fiction Score Card
Okay, I think this is pretty cool. Often it is very hard to divine how publishers evaluate the stories they receive. One publisher I have interacted with--including having a story accepted by them--goes out of their way to explain their view of good, acceptable writing (here are comments on the problems of first-person narrators). This includes … Continue reading SHARE: Bards and Sages Fiction Score Card
SHARE: 9 Tips to Become a Better Self-Editor
I stumbled on this great little list of editing tips and thought it worth sharing. Many of these are common ideas, but it doesn't hurt to see them again and reinforce them in your mind. Some of these are basic review techniques, others are larger exercises that function more to train you as a writer. … Continue reading SHARE: 9 Tips to Become a Better Self-Editor
Seeing Red
Added status counts to my publishing spreadsheet today (Excel is so useful!). Oh boy, that's a lot of red! But I'm not letting that slow me down. I just got a new acceptance letter today, recently got a request for a rewrite, and have two other stories in the final round of selection at their respective … Continue reading Seeing Red
Revising the Story Tracker
Professional writing is hard. Over the past few months, I have had to rein in my expectations. It takes a lot longer to get an answer from publishers than I expected. And rejection is a much more common result. The long duration of the publishing process makes it all the more important to have some … Continue reading Revising the Story Tracker
Lay off the adverbs, alright?
And by this I do not mean to repeat the age old advice that you should avoid adverbs like the plague. To the contrary, I mean for publishers and editors to remove the stick and to stop viewing every word that ends in -ly as some sort of moral affront. I recently got a rejection … Continue reading Lay off the adverbs, alright?
JM Williams 