Welcome to Snippet Sunday on Darkling Dreams! Where writers come together to share a few sentences (8-10) of their current project — whether it’s a recently released novel, a WIP (work in progress), or an older manuscript that’s being revived. Intended to hook readers, gather feedback, and build an author’s fan base, Snippet Sunday is the … Continue reading Necromancy’s Birthplace (Snippet Sunday 4.19.2020)
Month: April 2020
Racing a Deadline: QSF’s Annual Flash Fiction Contest
For the last two years I have entered Queer Sci Fi's annual flash fiction contest without any success in making it into the anthology. I am still determined, however, to give it another go. Third times the charm, as they say, even if each year QSF is getting an influx in entries which lessens the … Continue reading Racing a Deadline: QSF’s Annual Flash Fiction Contest
Down the Camp NaNo Rabbit Hole
April showers bring May flowers. April days also bring NaNo words. (Yeah, I know, that one didn't rhyme at all.) The first Camp NaNoWriMo session of 2020 is upon us, amidst a truly upended world. For some that means the focus just isn't there as the world deals with such a unprecedented stress to be … Continue reading Down the Camp NaNo Rabbit Hole