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CrimeFictionWriter: I get knocked down
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Saturday, August 01, 2015. I get knocked down. John Floyd's blog post at SleuthSayers.org, " Now, That's a Different Story,. Posed the questions "Do you always have certain markets in mind when you craft your stories? Do you write them and only then think of where they might be sent? I responded to John's question in the comments secetion following his post, but thought the response might be appropriate to duplicate here:. For several years (details in the guest post. I'm still writing most of my short f...
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CrimeFictionWriter: January 2015
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Monday, January 19, 2015. I finished and submitted my first short story of the year this evening. This one's a 2,100-word Mother's Day story I started writing February 8, 2013. Links to this post. My story "Mutable Memories" is one of many mentioned in Lloyd A. Meeker's review of the anthology Men of the Manor. At the website Out in Print. He says:. The most chilling, however, was Michael Bracken’s tale of a butler’s calculated theft and blackmail, Mutable Memories.". Read the entire review here. My prod...
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CrimeFictionWriter: May 2015
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Thursday, May 28, 2015. My story "Blue Heart," published in Take This Man. Cleis Press; Neil Plakcy, editor), received a nice mention in a Publishers Weekly. Both Brent Archer's 'A Ride Home' and Michael Bracken's 'Blue Heart' reflect on memories of first meetings segueing into loving appreciations of aging bodies.". Read the entire review here. Links to this post. Monday, May 25, 2015. Links to this post. Saturday, May 23, 2015. 12 years and counting. Magazines, I have had one. Links to this post. I fin...
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CrimeFictionWriter: March 2015
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Monday, March 30, 2015. I had a story unaccepted today when a publisher cancelled a line of books, so now I'm back to only 8 acceptances for the year. Links to this post. Saturday, March 28, 2015. My story "Alone on Mother's Day" appears in the May True Confessions,. And my story "Can Mom Remember? Appears in the May True Story. Links to this post. Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Reviewed: "Quarryville, Texas". Jochem Vandersteen at Sons of Spade. Read the entire review here. Links to this post. I received my...
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CrimeFictionWriter: Twenty-four
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. I finished and submitted my twenty-fourth short story this evening. This one's a 5,900-word Christmas confession I started July 15, 2011. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Hardboiled Crime Fiction Short Story. Hardboiled Crime Fiction Short Story. Crime Fiction/Horror Short Story. 12 Hardboiled Crime Fiction Short Stories. 23 Erotic Crime Fiction Short Stories. 24 Erotic SF, Fantasy, and Horror Short Stories. Short Story Market Resources.
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CrimeFictionWriter: Twenty-three
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Thursday, July 23, 2015. I finished and submitted my twenty-third short story of the year earlier this evening. This one's a 3,900-word confession, told from a male POV, that I started writing on July 21, 2011. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Hardboiled Crime Fiction Short Story. Hardboiled Crime Fiction Short Story. Crime Fiction/Horror Short Story. 12 Hardboiled Crime Fiction Short Stories. 23 Erotic Crime Fiction Short Stories. Short Story Market Resources.
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CrimeFictionWriter: August 2015
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Saturday, August 29, 2015. Mother and son. Mom says, "What's that? Son: "A pen.". What do you do with it? Links to this post. Friday, August 28, 2015. A Shelter Dog's Love" appears in the October True Confessions. And "Halloween Hookup" appears in the October True Story. Links to this post. Tuesday, August 25, 2015. I finished and submitted my twenty-eighth short story this evening. This one's a 3,700-word Christmas story I started writing August 26, 2013. Links to this post. Friday, August 21, 2015.
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CrimeFictionWriter: September 2014
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014. I received my 34th acceptance of the year this evening, this time for a confession. Links to this post. I finished and submitted my forty-third short story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 4,100-word mystery. Links to this post. Sunday, September 28, 2014. My story "I Tried to Help" appears in the November issue of True Confessions. Links to this post. Sunday, September 21, 2014. I received my 32nd and 33rd acceptances of the year this evening, both for confessions.