Yes, you did, in fact, read both parts of the original tale last February. But I recently expanded it to meet Clarion‘s 2,500-word minimum for an application story, and this is one of the middle sections. It’s not a retcon–it’s…
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Friday Flash Fiction: “This Scene Lacks Tension”
Yes, this is a continuation of last month’s “CSI: Computer Science Investigation,” and the title is one of the critiques this draft received from my weekly writer’s group. I’m working on it! Read “This Scene Lacks Tension” at 512 Words…
FREE eBook of My First Fiction Sale
Now through the end of Saturday (January 5, 2013), you can download a FREE Kindle edition of the first short story I ever sold! It’s titled “At Long Last, Love,” and it’s part of the anthology From the Porch Swing…
New ORC City
This is an unofficial announcement, so don’t make plans until you see an update on the OryCon 34 web site, but: I am running the Open Read and Critique (ORC) sessions again this year, but instead of a solid three-hour…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Poker Face”
More backstory/prologue from “Making Waves,” while I decide whether or not I really want to bloat my current 7,000-word draft to 20,000+ for this submission call. Don’t get me wrong; I know I can do it. I just don’t know…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Anchors Aweigh”
I’m still working on finishing that “Making Waves” short story, but I’ve already posted three parts of it to 512, and I don’t want to spill any more. So I decided to try writing some backstory for the characters therein….
The Thrill of Defeat
Two, count ’em, two rejections received today! That makes sixty-four total since the end of 2008. (I’m counting.) Which is, really, not a lot. I should be writing a lot more, and I should be submitting a lot more. In…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Under the Sea”
I know some writers are exceptionally wary of posting any part of an unpublished work online, but I’m not too worried about this one: this is the last excerpt from “Making Waves” I’m going to post, which adds up to…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Nice Day for a Drive”
Herewith, an excerpt from my other Clarion UCSD 2012 application story. And as soon as they reject me (again), this one’s going to, I don’t know, let’s say Asimov’s. Because it involves robots and shit. Read “Nice Day for a…
Friday Flash Fiction: “So Then I Met These Aliens”
This is an excerpt from one of my two Clarion UCSD application stories this year, and as soon as they reject me, it’s going off to Clarkesworld. Whee! Read “So Then I Met These Aliens” at 512 Words or Fewer