These posts on short stories cover topics from how to craft the story to what works in stories already published.
42 What? That's not enough? Fine. In 2010, I was just getting started hooking myself into the writing community, and I stumbled across the Sci-Fi / Fantasy symposium Life, the Universe, and Everything. Imagine my shock when I realized that this three-day…
'Tis the season to set some goals! What do you hope to accomplish with your writing this year? Where do you see yourself this time next year? While you're setting goals for writing, consider the following: 1. You can only control yourself,…
Christmas isn't just ubiquitous in stores this time of year. Every sitcom has to have a special Christmas episode. Authors with established contemporary series are often compelled to write a Christmas novella or short story, usually bringing together characters who have never…
I'm going to come clean: I don't write short stories with any regularity. I wrote quite a few in school, but my natural inclination is toward novels. Longish ones. So I know the theory, but not much about the practice. David Farland,…
Okay, confession time: I want to be a novelist. Preferably a NYT Bestseller. I actually find it hard to write short things--I'm a lawyer, dang it: we think "brief" is its own oxymoron--and I dream of going on book tours where I'll…
Top Ten Myths About Writing Short Stories Short stories are easy to write. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have kids in middle school writing them. Since they’re so easy, you should whip out a story a week, skim through it for grammatical errors and…
To get everyone excited for the LTUE Contest 2014--which will be accepting submissions soon and publishing the winners for the first time this year in the debut edition of Sibyl's Scriptorium [deep gasping breath]--we're exploring the SFF short stories, poems, and illustrations…