The Social Porcupine

So, it looks like I'm starting off my writing career as a fairy tale author? This last year I've had three stories accepted and published by two different anthologies. And,yes, all three of my stories are fairy tales. The first one was a retelling of Cinderella and you can find out more about that one here . The last two are in this  book, pictured above. It released yesterday! You can buy the print version here . While I love my fairy tales, I'm not sure what I think of being a fairy tale author. Because I really love contemporary, too ;D Overall, I'm purely excited ;D This book has twenty-eight stories in it. I haven't read the rest of them yet, so I can't recommend the book as clean. But I'm hoping! Because some of these stories look AMAZING! My stories are: PRINCE PERFECT: A prince goes on a quest to find the perfect bride, encountering all of the familiar fairytale princesses we know and love. But each one has some small fault he can'...

Guys, I have a short story published! And I'm so excited to share it with you all! It's included in an anthology collection of Christian Speculative fiction, most of which is science fiction, with some fantasy. My story is the only fairytale in the book. You can buy the book here:  Mythic Orbits Volume 2 LIVING HISTORY: (Sci-Fi) In which humans are at the bottom of the classes and Sam must find a job to survive. I always have a hard time wrapping my head around sci-fi and alien type stories, but I think many others will love this story. HER MAJESTY'S GUARDIAN: (Fantasy) The queen has turned everything yellow and her guardian is forced to do something about it. I really loved this one! DRAGON MOON: (Fantasy) Darla's little brother has cancer, but she is determined she can keep him alive with his dreams, and so she becomes the dragon he wants. Such a sad, beautiful story! I was surprised I liked it considering I don't like tattoos at all. ...

I have written dozens of short stories. I have around ten novellas.  And I have written three novels, two of which I feel are ready to be published.  Yes, I know I'm probably not ready, but these last few months I finally feel like I'm ready to be published. I've always wanted to be published. But I've always known that I must write a ton, receive piles of rejections, and keep writing for a time first. And then suddenly these last few months things have felt different for some reason. So I looked around for a conference I thought might suit my writing. Through recommendations from Stephanie Morrill  I finally decided upon ACFW .  And then for months I prepare by writing, editing, researching, and WRITING. A huge highlight was meeting Frank Peretti, and hearing him speak. I laughed so much in his class.  My goal? To be published. I didn't have to sign a contract or anything, I just wanted affirmation that this is in my futu...

I'm getting some of my short stories published! And I'm just like so so, so, SUPER EXCITED.  One of my best friends loves to send me emails full of links to places looking for submissions. Most of the time I find I have an hour or so to kill soon after these emails... so what better way to spend that time but submitting?  I have received many rejections. But I've always understood that was a part of the game. You write, you submit, and you mostly get rejected.  I sent three stories for the  Clarion Call  anthology, little dreaming they'd want two of them!  The anthology, Clarion Call, Volume 4: FairyTale Riot is due to release end of July 2018. I think this makes me a published author???  Oh, and look at these fun covers they did for announcing the stories last week!