Listen, I'm gonna be honest here: this one wasn't that interesting to talk about. Sixteen is a collection of--you guessed it--sixteen short stories by young adult authors from the 80s. It had some good ones, it had some not-so-good ones. I enjoyed reading it but it also brought back a lot of... interesting memories about … Continue reading Short Story 101 When You Don’t Like Writing Short Stories
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Sea Glass: A Short Story
I posted another short story on the blog because that's a thing people do. It's about a mermaid, kind of.
Fake It ‘Til You Make It: Why Plotting Stories is a Lie
"The plot is more what you'd call guidelines than actual rules."