Write Every Day Day 15

This meme feels so right to me.

Another getyourwordsout Yahtzee story that I thought would be 1K but I wrote another 2080 words today.


Let me know what day you’re reporting in for. If I've missed you on the tally let me know. Feel free to jump in at any time.

Day fourteen -china_shop, cornerofmadness, badly_knitted, sylvanwitch, goddess47, cmk418, trobadora, luzula, sanguinity, nafs, the_siobhan,


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Writerly Ways

We invited cousins out for an early dinner at 4. It's now 10:30 and they just left. So nothing but links today because my brain is very very tired.


Open Calls


Five Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in June 2025

Ghost Light Lit: Now Seeking Submissions

Mistletoe and Vine Fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror (no scifi) between 100-500 words

Mythaxis July 2025 Submission Period Diverse sci-fi and fantasy fiction.

Last Girls Club Fall Issue Theme: Monkey’s Paw/Answered Prayers

Sapphic Horror Anthology due in two weeks but some of you might have one waiting in the wings (i'm out)

Cosmic Horror Monthly July 2025 Window Weird and cosmic fiction

Solar Punk Magazine July 2025 Window

35 Publishers that Accept Direct Submissions of Speculative Fiction

Star Crossed a shared universe project


You can always check out the Submission Grinder



From around the web


here.How to Identify and Fight the Demon of Perfectionism

Own the Title of Writer (Don’t Add “Aspiring”)

5 Myths of Writing and Publishing Success

How To Make Your Main Character Likeable Even if They’re Not Always a Good Person by Laurel Osterkamp

Be Brave Under Threat: Wise Words from Margaret Atwood

Why You Can’t Write Fear Without Feeling It First.

A Guide to Book Typesetting Services

10 Important Parts of a Book for First-Time Authors


From Betty


Choosing Music and Instruments for Your Culture

Five Common Problems With Metaphors

Think more about whether you like a prospective agent than whether the agent will like you

Successful Queries: Henry Dunow and “The Fire Concerto,” by Sarah Landenwich

Ingredients for brilliance

Continuing a Series: Enticing Readers to Return

Millennial Slang for Writers

When the Second Draft Feels Like a Step Back

Chekhov’s Gun: Does Your Story Have A Forgotten “Gun”?

How to Color Your Map Using SCIENCE!

Use These Foundational Truths to Encourage Other Writers and Ourselves

Necessary Items that Make the Novel You're Writing Work

Three Reasons Every Writer Should Work with a Writing Coach