Tag: writers supporting writers

  • Other Writers — A Writer’s Shindig

    Photo by Peter Herrmann on Unsplash

    I should have been more on top of this, but recently my fellow writer Ted Wallenius (aka shredbobted) pulled together about a dozen writers to do some short story workshopping and cross-promotion. Six of them made it through the gauntlet (the other six, including myself, started but then a little then a little thing called “Life” got in the way for us). Those brave and creative souls were:

    If you are ever on the lookout for some talented writers and don’t have two pennies to rub together, you can probably find something worth reading from at least one of these six talented individuals. There’s a little romantic fantasy, a little body horror, a bit of absurdity crossed with action flick, several literature played straight pieces, and something I would call speculative fiction.

    It’ll keep you busy for an afternoon, for sure.

    (more…)

  • Upcoming release: Watering Words by Bridgette Kay

    Hey, just a quick shout out for my good friend out on the west coast, Bridgette Kay. She has just revealed the cover of her upcoming book, “Watering Words”, a collection of twenty-five short stories she wrote a few years back and has since revised and is set to self-publish.

    ©Bridgette Kay, Cover design: Vivian González Zúñiga

    I recall a number of these stories from back when she put the initial drafts on her site as part of a challenge to write one short story a week for fifty-two weeks. Since then, she’s gone through and given them each an overhaul and subjected them to extensive rewrites.

    I’ve got my eye on picking up a preordered copy myself in the next day or so.

    Like many of us who write, Bridgette admits she is feeling the imposter syndrome creep up on her as the publication date creeps closer. I recall that feeling when my own book came out — only it never went away… [cue canned audience laughter].

    Hopefully she’ll get over that because you jumped at the chance to buy a copy and boosted her.

    A portion of all sales goes to a local nonprofit, G.I.R.L.S. Rock Sacramento. As a father of three daughters myself, and as she notes on her announcement, we need more organizations to help young women find their voice more than ever these days.

    Check it out and let me know if you buy a copy. Better yet, visit Bridgette on her site and tell her yourself.