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Book Cover: Unfixed Timelines Volume 4
Unfixed Timelines Volume 4

Recent Releases!

Book Cover: Sure Shot Stories: Tales of the Lady Huntsman
Sure Shot Stories: Tales of the Lady Huntsman
Justice/Vengeance: Inferno by Erik Scott de Bie
Inferno
The Complete Mad World Cycle
The Complete Mad World Cycle
Afoul & Affairs, Amanda Cherry.
Afoul & Affairs
Book Cover: An (Un)helpful Guide to Writing a Novel
An (Un)helpful Guide to Writing a Novel
Wrecker of Engines – Tales of Cobalt City’s Adventurers Club, Rosemary Jones.
Wrecker of Engines - Tales of Cobalt City's Adventurers Club
Bad Intentions, a Cobalt City Universe Story. Erik Scott de Bie. Amanda Cherry.
Bad Intentions
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  • Fun for Friday: The Big Pink Book Prompt 14, Music

    On Monday, I shared Prompt 14 from the Big Pink Book, and now I’m back to show you how I used it! Rather than writing a specific piece for this prompt, I came up with some ideas for story titles, sometimes with additional notes. They’re written somewhat haphazardly across the page, not in any particular

  • September 2026 Recap and Publications

    By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 35 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 7 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 10 New Submissions: 2 Stories out at the end of the month: 38 I didn’t manage to submit a lot of stories in September, but I managed to have more out at the

  • WriteHive 2026 Online Conference: Recovering Creativity After Burnout

    Now that the videos from the 2026 WriteHive online conference are posted, I’ll be sharing some of those with quick summaries. This week, I’m talking about “Recovering Creativity After Burnout,” presented by Dianna Gunn. As someone who hit the wall of burnout face first last year, this was an extremely valuable presentation for me to

  • “Evergreen” and “The Magic Matters” in Chimerical Remembrance

    “Evergreen” and “The Magic Matters” are two very short stories in Chimerical Remembrance. “Evergreen” is flash fiction, and “The Magic Matters” is microfiction. What these two stories have in common is that they’re about family relationships that have major or minor issues. “Evergreen” involves the relationship between a non-binary adult child and their terminally ill mother,

  • The Big Pink Book Prompt 14: Music

    Prompt 14 in the Big Pink Book features stickers mostly across the top of the page, with a single sticker at the bottom, left-hand corner, and provides a TON of space for writing. Across the top of the page, there are six stickers. From left to right, they are: An iridescent silver musical staff, which

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