My 100 word story “The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore” was shortlisted for The Welkin Mini Prize!
Read MoreA long time ago, back in 2017, I had a page-a-day calendar of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die and I kept many of the pages for scrap paper or reminders of actual places I wanted to visit.
Read MoreI think this is the first time where every piece in my submission package got accepted, which means three brand new stories got released into the world all at once.
Read MoreI’m back in Roi Fainéant Press for a second time in their special feature issue COLD! And coming from Canada, I have no shortage of experiences with frigid long winter days.
Read MoreSometimes a piece doesn’t end up where I think it will.
Read MoreThe first question I get whenever I tell someone about this is, “What is a wigleaf?”
Read MoreAdmittedly, it feels like cheating, but workshop prompts really work for me. There’s something challenging about being given a specific set of criteria and then figuring out how to make it different from everyone else.
Read MoreSometimes stats and numbers are nice. They frame expectations and give perspective. My favorite calls are ones where there are constraints. In this case, for their 10th Anniversary celebration issue, Split Lip wanted small stories in less that 275 words
Read MoreSometimes, pieces sit in the proverbial drawer waiting for just the right submission call. Also, sometimes, it pays to scroll Twitter late on a Saturday night.
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