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The 2022 July Short Story Challenge – Day by Day

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Cora

For starters, Smashwords is currently having its annual summer sale, where you can get plenty of e-books at reduced prices or for free, including several of mine. In other news, blogging will be light this month, because I’m currently doing … Continue reading →

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The 2021 July Short Story Challenge – Day by Day

Posted on July 4, 2021 by Cora

For starters, Smashwords is currently having its annual summer sale, where you can get plenty of e-books at reduced prices or for free, including several of mine. In other news, blogging will be light this month and the remaining two … Continue reading →

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The 2020 July Short Story Challenge Postmortem – 31 Stories in 31 Days

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Cora

With everything that happened regarding Worldcon, the 2020 Hugo Awards and the Retro Hugos, I didn’t really get around to doing the usual postmortem post for this year’s July Short Story Challenge yet. To recap, in July 2015, Dean Wesley … Continue reading →

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The 2020 July Short Story Challenge – Day by Day

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Cora

For starters, Smashwords is currently having its annual summer sale, where you can get plenty of e-books at reduced prices or for free, including several of mine. Also Camestros Felapton is currently running his Hugo Fan Writer Finalist Week and … Continue reading →

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The 2019 July Short Story Challenge Post-Mortem – 31 Stories in 31 Days

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Cora

You may have noticed that blogging was light this past month, because I was doing the July Short Story Challenge again for the fifth consecutive year. What is the July Short Story Challenge, you ask? Well, in July 2015, Dean … Continue reading →

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The 2019 July Short Story Challenge – Day by Day

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Cora

For starters, Smashwords is currently having its annual summer sale, where you can get plenty of e-books at reduced prices, including several of mine. In other news, blogging will be light for the next month, because I’m currently doing the … Continue reading →

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Two new Thurvok stories available: The Bleak Heath and The Cave of the Dragon

Posted on May 19, 2019 by Cora

Yes, this is another new release announcement. But first, I also have a promo to announce. Cause Dave of Double-Cross Lit is running another of his two-genre promos. This time around, the theme is “Questions & Answers” and the genres … Continue reading →

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Two New Thurvok Stories and a New Silencer Story

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Cora

This is a triple new release announcement, partly because I was ill and partly because certain retailers are really dragging their feet in getting the books up. Still, better late than never. While I was ill, Richard Blakemore has certainly … Continue reading →

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Introducing Thurvok and the Return of Richard Blakemore

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Cora

Yes, this is a new release post, though one with a little difference. Because I’m not just announcing my own new release (okay, so I am), but that of Richard Blakemore. Those of you who’ve been following my writing will … Continue reading →

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Convention Programming in the Age of Necromancy – A Short Story

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Cora

In my blogpost about the 2018 July Short Story Challenge, I wrote that every year that challenge generates one or two stories that are not something I can publish either in e-book form or send to a magazine. Often, these … Continue reading →

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