Recent Submissions

Recent short story submissions:

"Weight" to CBAY Books.
"The Witch of Braighe" to CBAY Books.
"Stavros" to Flash Fiction Online.

One hundred words was too short for "Stavros."  It works a lot better at 762 words.

Honesty in Writing

You learn fascinating things while writing--such as that there is a distinct difference between writing that a character feels something because that is what you want him to feel, and writing a character feeling something that he truly does feel.

Always be honest. It will require more work as you dig deep into yourself to figure out why the character feels what he feels, but the understanding you gain will be very much worth it.

Link to a Review

Here is a link to a Kirkus review of One Thousand Words for War.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/…/madeline-smoot/one-thousan…/

You can now Pre-Order One Thousand Words for War!

One Thousand Words for War is now available for pre-order! It will be released on May 1, 2016. My short story, "Strands of Grass," appears in it with eighteen other excellent stories.

I hope you will buy it, enjoy it when it comes out, and tell all of your friends how awesome it is--if you think it is awesome! :)  Please write a review, because we would like to know what you think.

http://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Words-Hope-Eri…/…/ref=sr_1_1…

Submission: "Stavros"

Today I submitted "Stavros," a 100-word micro-fiction story, to the Morgen Bailey blog monthly competition.

https://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/

Publication Status: One Thousand Words for War

Today I received, reviewed, and responded to the final galley proofs for One Thousand Words for War. It goes to the printer's later this month! Hurray!

Working on Two Stories, Still

Current stories in progress are "Katie Carrefour" and "Before the Sun Sets."