Connecting Readers to Writers 14
Connecting Readers to Writers 14
Team Halloween and More!
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This edition of the writers list highlights folks who focus on Halloween-ish subject matter, part of Team Halloween (more info here). Never fear, though, others are included here as always. Give ’em a perusal and expand your reading horizons! [insert wicked cackle here]
If you know of anyone I should add, please comment below. Help spread the word!
NOTE: I cannot guarantee that people listed here do NOT use AI in some way (images and/or text) but I do my best. I have confirmed some. They are marked “dhc.” The worst part of using AI is when the user does not reveal this to the audience. Writing text and creating visuals is a very human skill. Some of us have worked long and hard to develop ours. Many of you are working on that now. The fakers drag us all down. We humans can’t let that happen.
dhw=definitely human written (might be using AI-generated images, though)
Please let me know if you wish to be designated as “dhw.”
The List in alphabetical order (fiction, non-fiction and a designer or two for your micropatronage):
What is micropatronage? See this article by The Delinquent Academic, along some other great essays and now a new serialized sci-fi story.
Pick and choose. And explore Substack. My list is far from complete. And I am happy to say that lots of these people don’t stoop to the fakery of AI (artificial intelligence) which should be called AP (advanced programming).
Wanna catch the eye of readers? A great way is to be bold and post in Notes links to your tomes (no matter how large or small), to your ’Stack, and even your author site!
If I’ve missed you here, please leave me a comment. If you don’t want to be tagged, please also comment or give me a DM.
Team Halloween members (those who write horror, eerie, macabre, chilling tales):
A. B. Frank – Victorian Vignettes (dhw)
Alec Worley – Agent of Weird: Exploring the Write Fantastic
Alexander Ipfelkofer – Tales from the Defrag
Amanda V Shane – Monsters & Mystics (dhw)
Andy Futuro – Andy Futuro (dhw)
Anna C. Webster – Resident Anna
Author Michele Bardsley – Pretty Evil Fiction
Bill Adler – Fiction by Bill Adler (dhw)
Bill Hiatt – Everywhere and Nowhere: Explore Fantastic Worlds (dhw, with help from faerie ancestors)
Blake Liddell – Blackthorn Witch
Brian Martinez – Telegrams from Bloodstream City
Brian Schell – Horror Weekly
Buck Weiss – It's the Devil
Caro Henry – Caro’s Writing Perspectives (dhw)
Caroline Barnard-Smith – SwampWitch (dhw)
CB Mason – When in Doubt, Walk in a Circle (dhw)
Charlotte Pendragon – The Charlotte Pendragon Diaries by Charlotte Pendragon
Chris Well – Chris from Monster Complex
Dan Blakely – detect magic (dhw)
Daniel O’Donnell – Dan’s Deliberations
Daniel W. Davison – Lamp Post in the Marsh
David Perlmutter – Made from What’s Not Real (dhw)
– Dirt Boots | A serialized novel by Australian FoodieDungeon Mistress – Dungeon Mistress Chronicles
E.A. Colquitt – Exploring the Eyrie (dhw)
EternalArt – EternalArt’s Substack
Fiona Tate – Vampires & The Vapors
Franco Amati – Garbage Notes (spec fic, poet)
– Ginger’s SubstackGrace Anderson-Author – Grace’s Spook Show
Hanna Delaney – A work of fiction
Heidi Zawelevsky – Conversations with Critters
Honeygloom – Honeygloom (dhw)
Jean Marie Bauhaus – Through a Glass, Darkly (dhw)
Jenna B. Neece – Jenna B. Neece - Author & Podcaster (dhw) - check out Magical Manifestations podcast
Jennifer Morrow – Autumn Lives Here (dhw)
Jessica Maison – Monster of the Week (dhw)
John Coon – Strange New Worlds (dhw)
Joyce – Joyce's Place (dhw)
Katelynsam – The Fantastic and Mundane Chronicles of a Fantasy Writer
Lauren Salas – Cobwebs and Candles
Leigh Parrish – Halcyon Horror (dhw)
Liz Zimmers – The Palace of Night
Lucas Mangum – Fiction for the Cosmically Disturbed
Mary Sonny – Wannabe Vampire
Matthew Christian – Targeted Nightmares
Michael B. Morgan – AroundSciFi - Read - Imagine - Discover
Morgthorak the Undead – Morgthorak the Undead
Newton Webb – Newton's Tales of the Macabre
Nicolina Torres – Books and Boos, with Nicolina Torres
Norman Crane – The Norman Crane
Paige Garland – Macabre Curiosities
Patricia J.L. 👻🧶🖊️ – Twisting the Myths (dhw)
PC3 – PC3 Horror
Robert Garron – Robert's Substack (dhw)
S. Dumont – S. Dumont’s Corner
S.E. Reid – Talebones
Scrawls of Dread – Scrawls of the Dread’s Substack
Sean Thomas McDonnell – Automatic Writer
Shaina Read – Kindling
Skyla – Slasher
sleightsofheart – The Horror! The Horror!
Slow Burn Horror – Slow Burn Horror’s Substack
Snowyteller – Snowy Hearts, host of Menagerie Morning! (dhw)
Stephen Duffy – Short Shivers
Susan Earlam – The Wild and the Quiet
The Black Knight – Shadows and Space (dhw)
The Brothers Krynn – Bros Krynn’s Newsletter (dhw)
Travis Blake – Dracula’s Ghost
V Kelly-Sibley – Pandora’s Box of Infinite Stories
William Pauley III – DOOM FICTION (dhw)
Wyatt Werne – Wyatt Werne (dhw)
Other great writers:
A. C. Pritchard – Spirit Animals
a. natasha joukovsky – quite useless (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
A.J. Sky – Book of Time
A.M. Harrison – H.’s Discount Writing Outlet
A.P. Murphy – The Strangeness Kit
Adam Kozak – Adam Writes (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Adam Rockwell – Inspired by True Events with Adam Rockwell (dhw)
Addam Ledamyen – On the Storytelling Animal (dhw)
AJ – Cathedral Effect (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
AJ Stevens – The Pantheon Chronicles
Alan Grainger – Bugaboo Writing
Alejandro Piad Morffis – Mostly Harmless Ideas (non-fiction)
Alex S. Garcia – Screen Views
Alexander Hellene – A. Hellene Author
Alison Bull – Historical Fiction Stack (dhw)
Allegories And Inquiries – Jared’s Substack
Ana Bosch – Mirth as Medicine (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Ananda X. Suddath – Matte & Shiny Objects
Andrei Atanasov – Attempts to Tell the Truth (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Andrew Beebe – Your Grandma's Substack (dhw)
Andrew Heard – TV’s Moral Philosophy
Andrew Smith – Goatfury Writes (definitely therianthrope written)
Andy Darby, Author – ANDY DARBY, AUTHOR
Angela Morris – The Irrational Sage
Annette Young – Resolution & Independence
Aristotle Evangelos – EvangelosSciFi (dhw)
A-thon X – Captain Kekistan (dhw)
B Stings – B Stings
Barbara Graver – Writing After Dark (dhw)
Ben Luric – The Grand Page
Ben Sherreard – Pen of Ben
Ben Woestenburg – Scribbler (dhw)
Ben Zalkind – A Very Narrow Bridge
Blessed Warrior Reina – Reina’s Substack (dhw)
Bowen Dwelle – An Ordinary Disaster (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Brady Putzke – The Write Books (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Bri Heron – Writing on a Whim
BrianAlfred1983 – The World from a Chef’s Perspective
Brick Masterson – A short story a day (new writer looking for feedback on writing style)
Bridget Riley – Naptime Novelist
Bryan Beall – Neon Nova
Bryan Pirolli – Love and Other Fictions
C. M. Setledge – Writing on the Ledge (dhw)
Caleb Taylor – Wishbone Poetry
Calum Darroch – Traversing The Void (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Cameron Arksey – Otherdaddy
Cameron S. Bradley – Lit Smithery (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Carina Malatesta – Carina's Newsletter
Carl F Northwood: Weird Worlds
Carla Pettigrew – There Might Be Cupcakes Podcast
Caroline Furlong – Caroline’s Newsletter (dhw)
Carolyn McBride 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 – An Enchanted Life (dhw)
Cedar Flyte – The Legend of Leanna Page (dhw)
Charles Nicol – Charles’ Substack
Charlie D. Becker – Castles in the Sky (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Charlie Sherritz – The World of Yesterday (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Charlotte Dune – Charlotte Dune’s Lagoon
Chasey Delany – The Daily Chase! Newsletter and Podcast, Just Clinging On
Chris J. Franklin – Tales of the Zeitgeist (dhw) Chris Patrick
Claudia Befu – Story Voyager
Clintavo – BoldBrush, Clinsights (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Cobol – Synopsis
Cody Clarke – KILL THE LION (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Cole Noble – Cole’s Chapters
Colin Devonshire – Colin’s Dark Stories (dhw)
Craig Burgess – Craig’s Cabinet of Meagre Offerings, The Wednesday Audio (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Cyndi Gacosta – Cyndi’s Dark Fiction
D.M. Relik – Missing Verses
D.W Dixon – Steam Stack
Dane Benko – Indulging a Second Look (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Daniel Barber – Stories from the Crusis Compartment
Daniel M. Bensen – Adventures in English
Daniel Sherrier – And the Quest for Pop Culture
David – The Metta Verse (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
David B. Corder – David B. Corder
David Finlay – Stories of Many Kinds
David McIlroy – How to Write for a Living
David Sheley – The Artifact
Declan Finn – Declan’s Newsletter
Devany Wilson – Devany’s Dalliances’
DL White- Black Romance Author – Substack by DL White
Dominus Owen Markham – Dominus Markham
Donn Harper The Apocaloptimist – Donn’s WYKKYD AMBITIONS
Dr. Timothy X Merritt – Directed Fiction
Dragon Writer Luc – The Dragon's Den (dhw)
Dré Labre – Design Fiction Daily
E.B. Howard – It’s for a Story
EA Mayes – EA Mayes' Mysteriousities
Edmund Muller – Edmund Muller
Edward Rooster – From the Future (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
EJ Trask – Age of Aquarius
Elijah Stimson – Elijah’s Substack
Ema Stonig – Avenue Oh
Emily Woodhouse – A Writing Diary by E.P. Woodhouse
Enoch L. Cade – The Elder of Vicksburg
Eric Falden – Falden’s Forge
Erica Drayton – Erica Drayton Writes
Erik Waag – The Wandering Wonderer
Erin Ròse Latta – The Midnight Blue Sea
erniet – just a guy
Ethan Heusser – Crossbite
Ethan Lorenzo – cajunconfederatemonarchist (dhw)
Ethan Sabatella – Senchas Claideb
Fabrina👾Glitchlace – Going Narrative with Fabrina Glitchlace
Felix Futzbucker – Felix's Fertile Feed (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Felix Kammerlander – Felix Chamber (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Frank Dent – Frank’s Shorts
Frank Kidd – Pulp Vitalist (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Frank Theodat – Pulp, Pipe, & Poetry, The Pulp Fictioneer (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
G. K. Sá Earp – Making by the Law in Which We're Made
Gareth Dowson – Mr. D’s Newsletter
Gavin Brennan – Travel is Dangerous (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Geoffrey Barnes – Artwork by G.N. Barnes
George Evans – Fourth Castle on the Left
gkgaius – The Words Whispers (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Gloria Horton-Young – SHE WHO STIRS THE STORM (dhw)
Greg Lemon – Games of Awareness, You'll Never Walk Alone (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
H. M. Vigness – The Wyldwood (dhw)
Hamish Kavanagh – The Sudden Walk
Hans G. Schantz – Fields & Energy (non-fiction)
Harley Claes – Dharma Bum Poetess (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Harold Ember – Fragments and Pieces (dhw)
Husun Shujaat – Husun’s Substack
Hyun Woo Kim – Three Hundred Tang Poems
– Writing Until the Light Goes OutIka Wright – Out of Ika’s Mind (dhw)
Ingrid Haring-Mendes – TOAP
Iris Shaw – Long Oddities
Isha Jain – The Indian Story (dhw)
Jacob Calta – 365 Infantry
James Copley – Resoldiers Retcon Repo
James Esparza – World Without End Lore
James Hart – Penny Wagers (dhw)
James Maynard – And Now, A Sonnet (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Jamie Just Writes – Just Write
Jamie Wilson – Jamie’s Substack, owner of Conservatarian Press - affiliated with Chris Queen – Neon Crosses - Chris Queen, and Amethyst (dhw) - New writers challenge coming up in Feb. 2025! (dhw)
Jane Deegan – Jane Sez… (seen on The Booster Club)
Jasini KC – Jasini’s Tales and Ideas
Jawn Chan – Jalan Jalan Journal
Jaxon Reed – Jaxon Reed on Science Fiction
JE Tabor – Mostly Fiction
Jeanne S – It’s Just Jeanne (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Jenny Homan – Bottled Embers
Jenovia – JENOVIA'S WEB
Jillian Spiridon – The Cat's Cradle: Stories & More
Jim J Wilsky – Writing Wrongs (dhw)
Jim M – Jim Melvin’s Realms of Fantasy (dhw)
Jo-Ann Carson – Jo-Ann Carson's Substack
Jodie Beckford – Jodie Beckford (dhw)
John Ward – Written Ward
Jolan Hildebrandt – Thunderbolt Fiction
Jon T – Ferns of Columbo
– Crann Na Beatha (dhw)Josh Tatter – Josh Tatter Has Thoughts
Joshua T Calkins-Treworgy – The Storyteller’s Corner
Judson Stacy Vereen – Dispatches from Bohemian Splendor (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Justin Hanagan – Stay Grounded (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
K.C. Knouse – Cactus Flowers
Kailani B. – Damsel in the Library (dhw)
Kait Zeller – Kait's Writing Lair
Kaleb Erickson – Kaleb’s Substack
Kamela Hutzley – Write It Out (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Karen LeBlanc – Karen's Substack
Karina Fabian – Words of FabianSpace
Karun Kaushal – Karun's Substack (seen on The Booster Club)
Katava Sis – Written By Human (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Kate – mrshasthoughts
KateMotleyStories – Motley Stories (dhw)
Kay Moulton – Mommy’s Writing a Novel
Kelley Murphy – Spirit Seeds
Ken Flyingheart – Echoes From the Well (dhw)
Ken W. – Vindicators (dhw)
Kevin D Mackay – Psychophysical (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Keyon Hejazi – Stardust Press (dhw, ed-in-chief)
Kieran Stott – Tales from the Infinitum
kimia madani – Cosmic Kudos (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Kitty Finesse – Down the Rabbit Hole
Konstantin Asimonov – Tap Water Sommelier (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Koshmarov – Koshmarov’s Substack
Kristen Fellows – A Storyboard Life
Kummer Wolfe – Worlds of Kummer Wolfe (dhw)
L.C. Marino – Time Stands Still
– The Fantasy Works of L.J. McEachernL.L. Ford – The Trials of Astra
Lark Morrigan – Lark's Letters (new here - stop by and say "hi")
Laura R. Hepworth – Laura R. Hepworth - Bookwyrms (dhw)
Lausanne Davis Carpenter – Long Ago & Far Away
Leanne Shawler – The Môrdreigiau Chronicles (dhw)
Leonard Gaya – Paper Knife
Levi Ouwendijk – Shimmers of Being (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Librarian of Celaeno – The Library of Celaeno
Life as Women Laughing – Life As Women Laughing (dhw, seen on The Booster Club)
Lillyput Fields – Lilyput’s Substack
Lorne Bronstein – Sessions with Dr. Botgore
Luke Burgis – Luke Burgis Newsletter (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Lyle Enright – A Particular Weird (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Lyle McKeany – Just Enough to Get Me in Trouble (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
M. B. Heywood – The Vaporous Realms
M. Cosmos Newstrom – M. Cosmos’s Substack
M. E. Rothwell – Cosmographia (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Macey Shofroth – The Midwest Creative
Macy Lu – Macy Sees The World
Made in DNA – SamuraiPunk
Maia Brown-Jackson – Maia Writes
Marco – knightsofautumncrown
Marco.D.Blanco – The Magic Lantern
Marisa Kazwey – Marisa’s Substack
Mark Dykeman – How About This (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Mark Watson Books – The Traveling Circus (dhw)
Martial X – The Pen and the Sword Journal
Martine Proctor – The Roll Top Desk (dhw)
Mary Catelli – writer
maryh10000 – Meaningful Differences
MashStars – Luxamanastria
Matt Avery – Doodle Bin
Matt Perryman – Monsters, Machines, and Madmen (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Matthew Johnson – The Rewrite Newsletter
Maximilian P Siddell – Mythscape (read The Song of E'a)
Maya Sinha – Creative License (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Meagan McIsaac – Authorstrator
Melanie J Wilson – Surviving with Panache (dhw)
Michael K – Mike in New York (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Michael Krantz – Chiapas Missions
Michael Newberry – The Shrewd Artist by Michael Newberry
Michael S. Atkinson – Michael’s Musings (dhw)
Michael Young – Life Crumbs (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Miguel S. – THE FICTION DEALER (does writing prompts)
Mike Kay – A Shadow of Yew (dhw)
Minna – Cabinet of Curiosities (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Morgan Beatty – The Futureness (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Mr. Ma – MINDCUROLOGY
Nick Buchheit – This Nick Writes (dhw)
Nick Richards – Tranith Argan Fantasy Series (dhw)
Niko Haapala – The World of Niko Pulp (dhw)
O.A.Ruotsalainen – The Finnish Meat Guy (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Oleg – Babel Babble, Fictitious (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Oliver Vanice – First Principles Screenwriting
Olivia St. Lewis – Wednesday Afternoon
Paul Spencer – The Zeitville Chronicle (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Perry Chalmers – My Own Little World
Peter Hyson – Cotswold Capers
Peter Murphy/Cursed Murphy – Peter’s Substack
Phil Hampton – Life of Agency (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
R. H. Snow – R. H. Snow’s Deep Thoughts from the Dubble-wide of D00m
R.J. Huneke – R.J. Huneke’s Insight Into Writing | Insight Into Writing
Rand I. – Rand's Substack
Rebecca Collins – Nerdy QA Girl's Substack (seen on The Booster Club)
Redd Oscar – ReddOscarWrites
reinancruz – Indie Fiction Digest
Remus Noronha – All My Dreams Are Red
Rene Volpi – Offbeat Chronicles
Renee George – Renee George's UF/ PNR Suspense Fiction
Richard Glover – The World of Ar’rin
ringleader – author of “dog and pony show”
Rob Mortell – Stories Have Power
Robert C. Worstell – Living Sensical
Robert Collins – Robert Collins' Author Substack (seen on The Booster Club)
Robert Walrod – Earthly Delights
Rod Bluhm – A Journey of Words
Ros Barber – Writing a Better World (dhw)
RW Span – willspan
Ryan Lambert – 𐌉𐌃𐌉Ꝋ𐌕𐌄𐌒𐌵𐌄 (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Ryan W. Craver – Cravarian Realms (dhw)
S Tallett – Daydreams & Doomsdays
S.L. Linton – The Forgotten Library
Sabrina Rosen – Sabrina Rosen's Storytime
Salima Noorani – Clueless Spectator
Sam – Get Rich or Die Typin' (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Sam Bartol – Ghost Notes (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Sam Rake – Treats of Writing
Samantha Childress – Caravanserai with Samantha Childress (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
SCIENTIA – SCIENTIA (non-fiction)
Scoot – Gibberish Scott MacLeod – Son of Ugly
SDG Lemaître – Coracle Voyager
Selina Rifkin – Cauldron (non-fiction)
Sergej Klementinovski – Writer's Odyssey
Shadia Alfan – Her serial ShadowGame – ShadowGame
Shane Elliott – Feats N' Faults (dhw)
Sharron Bassano – LEAVES
Shoni – The Warriors Hub Newsletter (dhw)
SLART – Cream of The Crop (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Stella Maris Designs – Stella Maris Designs (dhw)
Stephanie Losi – Risk Musings (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Stephen Alan Adams – Fourth Draft
Steven A Key – The New Muse series
Stirling S Newberry – The Absurd Version
Strawbridge – The Mind-Soul Sanctum
Tania Weatherley – Living an Authentic Life
TC Ross – Writer TCRoss's Substack
Techne Fit – London Fitness. World's greatest Fitness Substack (non-fiction)
Tell Me a Mystery – Tell Me a Mystery
Terry Freedman – Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Terry Fries – 3 Lives in Jury
Thaddeus Thomas – Deeper Stories with Thaddeus Thomas (dhw)
The Crazy Cat Lady Writes – The Crazy Cat Lady Writes
The Delinquent Academic – The Delinquent Academic (dhw)
The Man Behind the Screen – Tales of Calamity and Triumph (dhw)
The Pro Wrestling Exuberant – The Pro Wrestling Exuberant
The Ramen Bowl – The Ramen Bowl
The Rewind – The Rewind
The Starfire Codes – The Starfire Codes by Demi Pietchell
The Way Teller – The Way Teller’s Aetheric Emporium
Thérèse Judeana – Windflower (dhw)
Thomas J. Bevan – Soaring Twenties, The Soaring Twenties Social Club, The Commonplace (AI strictly forbidden)
Tiffanie Gray – TnTCreationz by Tiffanie (dhw, great cover art and more)
Timothy Schmid – Timothy’s Substack
TJ Patton – Loves & Lies Lit
(dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)Tracy – Trial & Error
Tracy Mansolillo – The Power of Change
Trilety Wade – I won't keep you (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Val Stuart – Who Will Save Her?
Vanya Bagaev – Nova Nevédoma (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Victor Casler – Vic's Verdict (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Victor D. Sandiego @ Dynamic Creed – Dynamic Creed [Unique Fiction] (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Victoria Jensen – Victoria’s Books & Short Stories
Vince Wetzel – Salted Wetzel with a side of mustard
Von – Von’s Substack Walther Cantu – Peregino
Wendy Henry – Wendy's Kitchen & More
Wendy Parciak – Happy Tales (dhw)
Will Boucher – Heavy is the Headset
William Collen – Chiefly Lyrical, RUINS (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
William Linares – Horror & Comics Unlimited
Winston Malone – Storyletter Xpress Publishing (indie publisher)
Xavier Macfarlane – The Not-Yet-Novelist
Yakubian Ape – The Lake of Lerna (dhw)
Yardena Schwersky – Letters on Being (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties )
Yuelian Hong – yuelian's rough drafts (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Zachary George – The Threshold (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
Zachary Roush – Realms
Zack Grafman – Infinite Dominion (dhw, seen on Soaring Twenties)
🌙 Haly, the Moonlight Bard ✒️ – Moonlight Bard’s Rhapsody in Realms
I know I’ve probably missed some people. If so, it’s unintentional. Please just leave me a comment. And if you don’t want to be tagged, please comment that, too.
More Ways to Be Seen!
The more ways for us writers to be seen, the better! My little list is just one small way. Here are some others so far:
NEW Soaring Twenties, a tri-weekly newsletter and monthly magazine run by a collective of creatives, collaborating to make the internet human again. Run by Thomas J. Bevan and Vanya Bagaev. Strictly for HUMAN creatives. No AI. Hooray!
The Library, curated by Winston Malone and @J.M. Elliott. Promotes writers on Substack and also those who are published. How to Submit. Also check out their Buy Indie page. Browse the Stacks by category.
https://thelinklibrary.substack.com/p/new-this-week-aed
Top in Fiction, run by Erica Drayton.
Literary Salon (includes Post Op and Freebookstore), started and run by Thaddeus Thomas. Go to his Chat for more info and also look for his Notes and Posts. For Freebookstore, you need a Bookfunnel account, which costs money. Contact Thaddeus for details. And it means you offer free copies of your books to people, which is a strategy used by authors who write book series.
The Tall Tales Fiction Critique Community, started and run by Addam Ledamyen.
Auraist, started and run by @Sean McNulty. Highlights books for your perusal. I still haven’t had time to give them a thorough examination (some stuff is behind a paywall). Check them out and let me know what you think.
The Booster Club, started and run by Jenna B. Neece. Read this post to see what they are about.
And on dru’s book musings, get her weekly list of new releases of mystery books! Here’s the latest.
Read More Books, run by Jeremy Anderberg. A place to discuss what you have read and possibly find other things to read.
How to support other writers here:
Restack something you enjoy
Subscribe, even as a free subscriber (there are still quite a few people hoping to make a living off their writing here, but they appreciate your eyeballs either way)
Follow here and on other social media
Publisher Spotlight
Your opportunities to get your work published are evolving. One of the latest is right on Substack, where people like these are seeking out your works and either presenting them in print or online (or both in some cases).
Stardust Press – Keyon Hejazi, Editor-in-chief (also a writer of Persian fantasy fiction) – don’t miss the August Call for Submissions
Written Tales Magazine – Kevin, Editor
Genre (Theme) Days
See my article: Publisher Agent Fiction Genres Defined, with downloadable PDF.
Fiction is divided into two main categories, or so I have seen on various sites that present themselves as authorities on the subject:
Genre (mystery, romance, sci-fi, drama, horror, historical, etc.)
Literary (usually anything that’s not of a specific genre and often considered to be more focused on ideas that plot, characters, etc., but I beg to differ)
These genre days are great opportunities to showcase your work and are also inspirational!
Here’s a list, showing the “host(s)” who often do a summary of the posts:
Funny Sun(ny)day – started by Addam Ledamyen who writes humor. No summary.
Macabre Monday – now hosted by John Coon, Jon T, Shaina Read, The Chronicler, and started by Jeff Kinnard
NEW! Mystery Monday – hosted by D.W. Dixon
Teaser Tuesday – started by Marco (knightsofautumncrown)
Terran Tuesday – hosted by The Black Knight, James Esparza, R. H. Snow
Warrior Wednesday – hosted by The Brothers Krynn
Readers/Writers Wednesday – I do this post, others welcome to post their own lists; the more, the merrier
Throwback Thursday – hosted and created by Redd Oscar
Thorny Thursday – hosted by Kathrine Elaine (summary done mid-month)
Sci-Friday – host unknown, started by Andrew Smith (aka Goatfury)
Sword & Saturday – hosted by The Brothers Krynn
And don’t forget that from now until midnight on October 31st, it’s Team Halloween time! Post your scary stories any day of the week!
As an author focused on literary fiction (my genre fiction is a side journey), I would like to connect with other Literary Fiction writers such as Madame Z.
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Keep writing! The readers are out there, anxiously waiting.
Please check out my author website. And thanks for reading.
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Thanks for reading. Please check out my first book of recently published eerie short stories (ebook, paperback, audio), and my new book of eerie Sci-Fi stories (Kindle and paperback), both from Wordwooze Publishing. (I even designed the covers.) A third book will be out in about a month: The Wiccan Tales. A real Halloween treat. I will be posting an excerpt or two plus the cover design before then.
Wind Down the Chimney and Other Eerie Tales: Ebook, paperback: Barnes & Noble, Amazon. Ebook on other platforms: Books2read. On Audible.
The Stardust Alliance and More: Ebook at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and elsewhere. Paperback at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. On Audible.
Thank you for the mention 😻🤩
Thank you for the shoutout.