by MKMarketing | Jan 29, 2016 | For the love of writing, Short stories
OK, my mind is blown. THANK YOU for voting for my short story, Like Father, Like Son, to WIN The Best of Wordhaus 2015! Writing Horror was one of the craziest challenges I faced in 2015 was–a complete departure for me. I am so thrilled and honored to have my...
by MKMarketing | Mar 23, 2015 | Short stories
I’m so pleased to announce my short story, IT WAS EASIER, appeared today in the music-themed literary magazine, Mixtape Methodology. This is an especially exciting event for me because my first novel, RADIO HEAD is musical fiction. Also, the Middle Grade novel...
by MKMarketing | Feb 25, 2015 | For the love of writing, Short stories, Your highest potential
I was challenged to write a horror story a month ago, about the things that sadden, disgust, and disturb me. I don’t write horror. It may sound silly, but I hold to the belief that what we think about makes up who we are. I don’t want to ponder the things...
by MKMarketing | Sep 8, 2014 | For the love of writing, Short stories
Warning: this story contains adult themes. While in no way graphic, the content is nonetheless appropriate only to readers eighteen and older. Thank you! I’m so excited to announce that this story appears in the September 2014 publication of GRAVEL magazine....
by MKMarketing | May 15, 2014 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts, Short stories
Successful short fiction makes a big impact in as few words as possible. Every choice you make as an author needs to be deliberate, every character needs to act with purpose, and every word must pack a punch. When less is definitely more, focusing on certain details...
by MKMarketing | Sep 20, 2012 | For the love of writing, Short stories, Your highest potential
Three decades stand between me and a little wish I’d had a child. For most little girls, ballet tutus hold an inescapable allure, swishing like a soft summer breeze over long grass, impossibly layered mille-feuille, delicate and delicious. I wanted one. And the...