Covid-19 sounds like a great sci-fi concept, doesn’t it? Or just a writing prompt. So, I’m not talking about the disease itself. I’m not talking about quarantine (though you know that if life returns to some semblance of normalcy, there’ll be lots of romcoms about this year). I’m just talking about the word itself. ImagineContinue reading “Creativity and Covid-19”
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Back to the Drawing Board
Sometimes the words sing. Sometimes they fly out of my fingers and into the word processor. Worlds are created from nothing. Characters dance. Stories, not just simple plots, but stories weave together. And sometimes I am a lump. This last week I submitted a story for consideration in an anthology. I had struggled over thatContinue reading “Back to the Drawing Board”
Nabu Carnevale
So, I posted a bunch of announcements this week. I’ve got four stories coming out in four different anthologies, all releasing June 1st from Tell-Tale Press. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE No, it’s not a fire alarm. It’s just me. I might be a tad excited. Tell-Tale Press had previously published one of my tales, “Stories Lie.” Through that,Continue reading “Nabu Carnevale”
The Festival of Rejected Stories
The sign declared, “The Watering Whole.” The Prairie Mason wrinkled his nose. He hated people who couldn’t spell. Nevertheless, it was the first business on the edge of the wheat-filled plains he’d stepped from, and he was thirsty. He pushed through the swinging doors. As he stepped inside the dimly-lit room, the piano music stopped.Continue reading “The Festival of Rejected Stories”
The Stories You Eat
“The best way to get stories is just ask questions. People always love talking about themselves,” Carina told her daughters. Annie wrinkled her nose. “Can we just eat? I’m hungry!” Carina grinned at her children. Tella wore her pixie cut and black tank top like the trying-to-be-edgy young teen she was. Angie, the younger blondContinue reading “The Stories You Eat”
Jonathon Mast: Author 