The new year isn’t new anymore. 2024 has had some haps. Here’s a few things going on, writing-wise. Murder, Neat A few years ago, the Sleuthsayers blog collective set out on a plan. An anthology plan. The Sleuthsayers ranks includes a few dozen terrific writers all with a love for short crime fiction. A group… Continue reading 2024 So Far:
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Bringing the Romance Back
Back in June, a friend did me one heck of a solid. It happened the way such profound things do: by accident. This was at our Sisters in Crime chapter meeting, and the speaker said the first thing about storytelling that surprised me in a while: That great stories needed romance. That speaker was Clay… Continue reading Bringing the Romance Back
Stories
Published Fiction I mean it. I will invent any sandwich a story demands. Coming in 2024! Black Cat Mystery Magazine “Gravity Hill” A not-so-motivated bartender tries his Nashville date move on a out-of-his-league woman who somehow seems to fall for it. CHECK OUT BCMM March 2024 Mystery Magazine “Someone Went and Killed Tickly Thomason” The… Continue reading Stories
2022: 10 Years of Writing Stories
2022 marks ten years since I tried writing short stories. Technically, I wrote my first one–that I acknowledge–in 2010, but that was dabbling and naïve ambition. 2011 was learning, and January 2012 brought my first short story acceptance: “The Food Acquisition Breakdown,” in wonderful but fledgling Canadian lit e-journal. There was no need to convert… Continue reading 2022: 10 Years of Writing Stories