What is Spec Fic?
My definition of speculative fiction.
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nataliejep
Jun 112 min
New words at last!
I don’t like being afraid of things. I’m that idiot who goes outside to investigate the weird noise in the middle of the night, or looks...
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nataliejep
May 192 min
Are any words better than none?
I haven’t worked on my short story for just over two months. It is sitting at 2,222 words exactly. The numbers-weirdo in me likes that...
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nataliejep
Apr 142 min
Doing Something Different
Every now and then Einstein's definition of insanity wafts through my brain in a pungent reminder that this Groundhog Day of my life is...
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nataliejep
Mar 172 min
Two steps forward, one step back
It has never taken me so long to write a short story as the one I’m writing now. I know the storyline, and so far it is doing everything...
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nataliejep
Feb 251 min
Acceptance!
There’s a great trick for blocked writers; if new words don’t come, edit some old ones. I took that advice recently and dusted off an old...
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nataliejep
Feb 51 min
Rejection
I got a nice rejection today. I’m going to paraphrase, but it went something like this… Hi Natalie, thanks for considering [magazine...
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