Writerly Ways
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cornerofmadnessDeadlines everywhere so no writerly thoughts but you can have so links (also I'm pretty sure my dumb bad ear is also infected to add to the fun times)
Open Calls
The Off-Season (Early) Disquieting and disturbing New Weird horror set in landscapes and communities on the edge of the sea
Untitled Cryptid Horror Anthology This is the ones doing the trailer park thing. Check their website. They have all their anthologies to the end of 2024 so you can find stuff to write for
Queens in Wonderland An LGBTQ+ Alice in Wonderland themed anthology
Embodied Exegesis: Transfeminine Speculative Futures (Early) Transfeminine cyberpunk by transfem authors, including trans women, transfems, nonbinary trans women, etc.
Upbeat Tales – August Window Upbeat and/or comedic fantasy, science fiction or horror stories
Escalators to Hell: Shopping Mall Horrors (Early) Horror that takes place in shopping malls (Okay this sounds fun but man I'd have to write fast)
Dark Blooms Girls’ coming-of-age horror stories wish I had seen this earlier because deadline is in 5 days
Sonoran Horror Horror that showcases the sunbeaten land inspired by Arizona and the creatures and mysteries that dwell there poop same thing, deadline in 5 days. Really wish I could find these sooner
THEMA – The Missing Piece of the Puzzle The Missing Piece of the Puzzle
5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in July 2023 These pay WELL
Repeater Books: Open to Manuscript Submissions
Dark Decades anthologies each open call has a different decade and theme
48 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for July 2023
From Around the web
Directionality in Fiction: Why You Need it & How to Create it
BACKDROP: Why Setting Matters I've been screaming this, remember my Mothman story rant?
Publishing Contracts You Shouldn't Sign
How to Create a Wordpress Website for Authors in 7 Easy Steps
Procrastination and Writing: Four Snares That Stop the Flow
10 Self-Published Authors to Learn From
How to Market a Self-Published Book
THREE SECRETS TO CREATE THE WRITING LIFE YOU WANT
Let’s Twist Again Like We Did Last Summer
How to Nail the Purpose of Your Novel’s Scenes
From Betty
Understanding Conflict & Tension
What Is a Throughline in Writing?
Five Common Problems With Background Characters
What Fiction Writers Should Know About Passive Voice
Building Sufficiently Advanced Magic in your World
Character in the Tapestry: Writing from Culture to Character
Overwhelmed with Revisions? Use This Roadmap to Stay On Course.
Three Things Your Author Newsletter Must Do to Please Subscribers What isn't in this is MY personal thing to do or not to do. Don't send daily. OMG I have/had several that do it. No, I don't need constant contact. I loathe it
Character Type & Trope Thesaurus: Free Spirit
Open Calls
The Off-Season (Early) Disquieting and disturbing New Weird horror set in landscapes and communities on the edge of the sea
Untitled Cryptid Horror Anthology This is the ones doing the trailer park thing. Check their website. They have all their anthologies to the end of 2024 so you can find stuff to write for
Queens in Wonderland An LGBTQ+ Alice in Wonderland themed anthology
Embodied Exegesis: Transfeminine Speculative Futures (Early) Transfeminine cyberpunk by transfem authors, including trans women, transfems, nonbinary trans women, etc.
Upbeat Tales – August Window Upbeat and/or comedic fantasy, science fiction or horror stories
Escalators to Hell: Shopping Mall Horrors (Early) Horror that takes place in shopping malls (Okay this sounds fun but man I'd have to write fast)
Dark Blooms Girls’ coming-of-age horror stories wish I had seen this earlier because deadline is in 5 days
Sonoran Horror Horror that showcases the sunbeaten land inspired by Arizona and the creatures and mysteries that dwell there poop same thing, deadline in 5 days. Really wish I could find these sooner
THEMA – The Missing Piece of the Puzzle The Missing Piece of the Puzzle
5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in July 2023 These pay WELL
Repeater Books: Open to Manuscript Submissions
Dark Decades anthologies each open call has a different decade and theme
48 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for July 2023
From Around the web
Directionality in Fiction: Why You Need it & How to Create it
BACKDROP: Why Setting Matters I've been screaming this, remember my Mothman story rant?
Publishing Contracts You Shouldn't Sign
How to Create a Wordpress Website for Authors in 7 Easy Steps
Procrastination and Writing: Four Snares That Stop the Flow
10 Self-Published Authors to Learn From
How to Market a Self-Published Book
THREE SECRETS TO CREATE THE WRITING LIFE YOU WANT
Let’s Twist Again Like We Did Last Summer
How to Nail the Purpose of Your Novel’s Scenes
From Betty
Understanding Conflict & Tension
What Is a Throughline in Writing?
Five Common Problems With Background Characters
What Fiction Writers Should Know About Passive Voice
Building Sufficiently Advanced Magic in your World
Character in the Tapestry: Writing from Culture to Character
Overwhelmed with Revisions? Use This Roadmap to Stay On Course.
Three Things Your Author Newsletter Must Do to Please Subscribers What isn't in this is MY personal thing to do or not to do. Don't send daily. OMG I have/had several that do it. No, I don't need constant contact. I loathe it
Character Type & Trope Thesaurus: Free Spirit
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