Blogs about: Writing Short Stories
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Finding an Agent
One of the easiest way to research agents is AgentQuery.com. This website/database lists over 900 agents and is searchable. Here’s what the site says about why it was created: “We created… more →
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Links You Can Count On
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pittsburghflashfictiongazette wrote 1 week ago: Are you a new blogger or a new writer and you wished there was one site you could go to that would g … more →
Short Story: Church Robbery (First Few Paragraphs)
kevinthecoolguy wrote 1 month ago: AUTHOR’S NOTE: As I sit here in my church office trying to rewrite and rework this short story … more →
Boring but Short Update #2
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izanobu wrote 1 month ago: It’s nearly the end of the first week, and due to the depression and resulting insomnia (I … more →
Short Story: My Perfect Wedding
kevinthecoolguy wrote 1 month ago: “I just got a text from Father Thomas,” Robert said as he stood and showed Zach the phone. … more →
Short stories are fun
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Brandon Sneed wrote 1 month ago: You know, I’ve never really even tried to write short stories — as in, fiction — u … more →
Q & A Story Building
englishwithjennifer wrote 4 months ago: Some people shy away from a challenge that requires creativity because they don’t consider themselve … more →
Getting Back Into Short Stories
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Whitney wrote 4 months ago: It has been so long since I have written a short story of any kind that I found myself getting back … more →
Finding an Agent
literarydatabaseteam wrote 6 months ago: One of the easiest way to research agents is AgentQuery.com. This website/database lists over 900 a … more →
Contest Results: Build a World in a Sentence
kshayes513 wrote 7 months ago: Last month I posted that I would be entering On the Premises Mini Contest #8: Premise: Write a bland … more →
The Writing Life
literarydatabaseteam wrote 8 months ago: No one is going to knock on your door and demand that you finish your novel. An agent will not call … more →
A Platform Helps You Publish
literarydatabaseteam wrote 8 months ago: Okay, you’ve just finished the Great American Novel. Really. It’s going to win prizes, sell millions … more →
Two Weeks Left
literarydatabaseteam wrote 8 months ago: Literary Database sponsors the BEST FIRST LINE CONTEST. Which of your stories has the strongest begi … more →
Contest: Build a world in a sentence
kshayes513 wrote 8 months ago: On the Premises has just announced its April Mini-Contest: “Worldbuilding.” The idea is … more →
The Solitary Life of a Writer
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literarydatabaseteam wrote 8 months ago: This solitary life of crafting words into sentences, sentences into paragraphs, paragraphs into stor … more →
Writer Websites
literarydatabaseteam wrote 9 months ago: So, you’ve published a few short stories and are at work on a novel. Do you need a website abo … more →
"Write What You Know" part 3
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kshayes513 wrote 9 months ago: I’ve talked about using your own life, and doing good research to expand your knowledge. Now w … more →
a short story writer's view of 100,000 words
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diane wrote 9 months ago: I haven’t started writing my new novel yet. I said I would start it in February, but I did not … more →
Contests for Short Story Collections
literarydatabaseteam wrote 10 months ago: You’ve written many short stories, maybe even had a few published with the help of Literary Da … more →
Best First Line Contest
literarydatabaseteam wrote 10 months ago: Literary Database sponsors the BEST FIRST LINE CONTEST. Which of your stories has the strongest begi … more →
