In Written Across the Genres, the last Mainstream Fiction short story, is “Duration Matters” by Arleen Eagling. It’s written in first person. The protagonist, Jennifer, is a high school student and she’s in trouble. Here are the first couple paragraphs: “Three months after I transferred from prep school to Ramsey High, I waited outside the […]
The Use of Diary Entries in a Short Story
Paula Chinick, who wrote a mainstream short story called “Hidden Discovery” in my anthology, Written Across the Genres, used diary entries between narrative paragraphs. Jean, the protagonist, talks in first person about finding her mother’s diary after she died. “I found it a few months ago while forced to go through her things alone. Alone, […]
Weekend Events Locations Corrected
Thanks to writers George Cramer and Camille Thompson for correcting the locations for this weekend. Without George and Camille, I would have gone to the wrong place on Saturday. For those who plan to attend one or both, here is the right info. Saturday is the Las Positas College anthology launch. Sunday is the award […]
Written Across the Genres Interview With Cathleen Cordova
I am interviewing the authors who contributed stories, novel excerpts, essays or poems to Written Across the Genres. Today’s interview is with Cathleen Cordova who has retired from a career in law enforcement. She has been published in magazines, anthologies, and in Times They Were A-Changing, edited by Kate Farrell, Linda Joy Myers, and Amber […]
SFWriters Conference after a Session on Anthologies
Jordan Bernal, Victoria Zackheim, Barbara Santos, and me after the session on “How to Create, How to Contribute”. A timely session for my work on “A Class of Muses”, an anthology I plan to self publish this summer. Jordan is one of the judges for this year’s California Writers Club anthology. Victoria and Barbara had […]