This month, a story of mine is being featured as American Short Fiction‘s web exclusive. There’s a also an interview with me on their blog. “Albert Arnold Gore” is the latest in my series of counterfactual biographies. It’s actually three mini-stories that make up one complete story. Before this one, all of these stories hadContinue reading “New Story: Albert Arnold Gore”
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Fighting Title-Block
My FFC column this month is inspired by this post by Thomas Kearnes, where he discusses his five favorite and least favorite titles. I think we all struggle with finding the right title for a story at some time or another. The title is the story’s first impression and there are naturally feelings of pressureContinue reading “Fighting Title-Block”
[sic] Implied
A list of (not so) descriptive phrases from Courtney Stodden’s Twitter feed you probably want to avoid using in your fiction: Juicy sun Enticingly refreshing Exotically crawling Delicious flick Sensually stacked day Tone lil’ tush Pleasurable pool Boisterously bounce Sensual sightings Soft-ticklish boa-feathers Tantalizing wear Desirable-dusky-dress Wondrous bed Compellingly connect Prowling mysteriously Bodily breakfast Drippin-slippery-mudContinue reading “[sic] Implied”
New Story: “Rules for Living in a Simulation”
You may remember that I spent my Italian honeymoon doing three things in equal proportions: eating carbs, hanging out with my new husband honeymoon-style, and reading Brian Greene’s The Hidden Reality. I assumed I’d come back to the states filled with inspiration for stories set in Italy. These stories would be brimming over with history,Continue reading “New Story: “Rules for Living in a Simulation””
Using Your Writing Skills IRL
Cross posted from my monthly column at FFC. I often joke with my partner (who, in addition to being a fabulous writer, has worked in the web doing user experience and strategy work) about how I have absolutely no skills that are marketable in the real world. Of course I know this isn’t really true;Continue reading “Using Your Writing Skills IRL”
“Elysian” up at The Reprint
This month I have a story reprinted at The Reprint, an on-line journal that helps stories initially in print find new readership. Thanks to Brian Oliu re-mixing an essay of mine last quarter, this puts me in back to back issues of this fine magazine. My story is in good company, alongside xTx, Roxane Gay,Continue reading ““Elysian” up at The Reprint”
My First Time
This month’s article at Flash Fiction Chronicles is about my first time being published. I’ve re-posted it here: Everyone remembers their first time. Maybe you’re young and naive, like I was. Maybe you’ve been working up to it so long that you already feel like a pro. But when the moment arrives, it’s always theContinue reading “My First Time”
New Story: John Sevier
Today there’s a new story from my series of counterfactual biographies up at The Emprise Review. I have to send some thanks out to Amber Sparks for being the perfect history nerd for this story. This one’s called “John Sevier” and it’s about the one and only Governor of the lost state of Franklin. FranklinContinue reading “New Story: John Sevier”
NO Stalking!
So, remember when I thought I was being stalked by a robot? Turns out there were people behind that website, but the web-stalking was completely unbeknownst to them! Check out the email I got this morning from kind Fabio in Florence: Subject: NO Stalking – sorry for the misadventure! Hi Aubrey, through Google analytics weContinue reading “NO Stalking!”
Rejected: A Companion Piece
I wrote a little article for Flash Fiction Chronicles about dealing with rejection. Since the article was a sort of “advice” piece, I stuck to techniques that I would actually recommend to other writers. But for my personal blog, where I let bigger chunks of my crazy out onto the internet, I thought I’d mentionContinue reading “Rejected: A Companion Piece”
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