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The End. ... or the Beginning

Both, actually. I retired from computer drafting, and started writing July 6, 2019. I began by writing a magazine article (still in progress) mainly to learn Scrivener , the software I am using to write with.

It was not until August 14, 2019, that I started writing my first short story. This is when I started writing, seriously, obsessively, constantly, and without over-using words ending in 'ly'.

Coming Soon. ...

Disagree with some aspect of my grammar. ... and/or punctuation? Look for future newsletter(s) for my take on how evil English grammar and punctuation can be!


August 14, 2020

I will issue an email newsletter known as 'The Newb Files' on a monthly basis starting August 14, 2020.

Additional content including sporadic, free short stories (which may include ebooks) will be available. Monthly email newsletters may include:

  • News and/or In Progress
  • Read Something: Stories and/or story fragments
  • F.A.Q.
  • Monthly Newb Moment: Yes, you too can write, I am
  • Opinion Pieces relating to the craft and art of writing

... or anything else I want.


Read Something

Below are links to a few short stories I wrote. The first three are the results from an exercise in 'voice' for the diyMFA 101 writing course I took in the spring of 2020. The fourth is the second short story I ever wrote, which I wrote as an entry for the 2020 CBC Short Story Prize.

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Science Fiction/Fantasy/Western (Foul Language/Mature Content)

WARNING: Spoilers Alert!


Weborbit, Mouse Attack, and An Itreyan Feast

The Rope


Monthly Newb Moment

I started writing my first short story mid-August 2019. Having started, I just typed, head down, as fast as my index fingers could go.


When I stopped and looked at the monitor to read what I had just written, it looked. ... odd. I picked up a book and scanned for dialogue. Yep, I had no double-quotation marks in the dialogue I had just written. OK. Good to know.


Will I ever be able to change the name of this Newsletter?

Stay tuned, it could take a while.


F.A.Q.

Future newsletters may have Frequently Asked Questions. Send your question(s) to: Eric.

That's all for this month!

Thanks,

Eric C Bailey, August 14, 2020

The Newb Files, Science Fiction and Fantasy

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