A reminder to myself. Be specific. When I’m cleaning up my stories, I go through and search for the word “looked” because I frequently use it as shorthand for generic body language. For example, “The AI looked genuinely unhappy” Okay… what specific piece of body language does my POV character recognize as looking genuinely unhappy? […]
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I feel like I should frame this, the way people do with My First Pair of Shoes or My First Blanket. My First Amazon Review is for my collection Scenting the Dark and Other Stories. How is the review? First, let’s discuss short stories a bit. Short fiction is hard for me to review. Simply
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I have a soft spot for Apex Magazine because Jason Sizemore has been incredibly supportive of me and my writing since the moment we met. I’ve sold more stories to Apex than to any other magazine, in fact. So when Jason asked me if I’d be interested in being featured in a single author issue
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