Writerly Ways

Yeah I have nothing because I spent the day working on cleaning and found at least 100 pages of edits lying around so I put them into the documents. That's my writing suggestion. Edit in different ways on paper and on screen. It's amazing how different they can look.


Open Calls

77 Calls for Submissions in June 2022 - Paying markets And honestly that might be what the post was going to be about. Pay for short stories often suck.

The Sprawl Mag

True Reflections: Anthology Of Stories By Trans Youths (share it with any trans authors you know)

Dracula Beyond Stoker Issue #2

Samjoko Magazine

Infinite Horrors

The Cellar Door Issue #3 Dark Highways

Etherea Magazine


From Around the web

When You Feel Like a Hack

How To Research Topics Like a Journalist


Strengthening Story with Symbolism, Motifs, and Image Systems

storyville: Unreliable Narrators

9 Things I Wish I Knew Before Self-Publishing My Book

Pen Names: How And Why To Use Them

how to vet your agents a twitter thread

From Betty

Michael Crichton’s Method for Plotting Out a Story

How to Triage Your Writing

My 8 Favorite Book Marketing Strategies

Let It Be Ugly

Losing the Plot: Writing by the Seat of Your Pants

Promote Your Book with Your Values

Thoughts on Thoughts

Four Supporting Characters Your Hero Can Learn From

Six Tips for Taking Inspiration From History

When to Cut That Scene

The Four Ways to Create a Bittersweet Ending

The Ins and Outs of Blurb Requests

Do You Have Any Advice for Villains Forced to Be Heroes?

Subterfuge in Dialogue

Fear Thesaurus Entry: Responsibility for Others

4 critical steps to growing your audience

New classes on navigating the publishing process!