My short story, “Big Gertie and Just Walter,” published in Potomac Review is now posted online. If you would like to read it, click on the link below.
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Honored to have a story in this gorgeous spring issue of Potomac Review!
Hi Nicole, you killed it at AWP! "Ask an Agent Anything" was my favorite session. You and the others were full of wisdom and humor. I don't know how agents wear so many hats and still seem so relaxed. I have a voice-driven family novel in the works and would love to query you when I'm finished.
So excited to have a story in the latest issue of Potomac Review and meet Editor Monica Mische! Great day at AWP conference.
Award-winning author Ben Fountain joined The Epilogue podcast to talk about character and voice, fearlessly embracing big themes, and having a book adapted into a movie.
Congratulations to the winners!
Thrilled to have a Christmas story in Spillwords! @spillwordspress.bsky.social, @storystreetwriters.com
I am so honored to be nominated for a Pushcart Prize by New World Writing Quarterly for my story, "Lani," that appeared in their Fall 2025 issue. Thank you to the editors for believing in me and helping writers thrive! @newworldwriting.bsky.social
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Just finished listening to your interview with Gail Carriger. She is full of writing wisdom — loved the information on the Heroine's Journey and characterizing inanimate objects. Thanks for another great episode, Michael!!
Story Street's Horror Contest Winners! @writingcommunity.bsky.social
Story Street Writer Elisa Maiz has a new piece of flash fiction, "Teo," in the latest issue of Sky Island Journal. @skyislandjournal.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social
Read it here:
www.skyislandjournal.com/issues#/issu...
Story Street's Margaret Speck Ogawa will read a piece of her short fiction from the Bamboo Ridge Journal of Hawai’i Literature and Arts (Issue 128, edited by Cathy Song and Naomi Shihab Nye) on October 22, at the Mānoa Public Library.
#writercommunity #hawaii @bambooridge.bsky.social
Story Street Writer Elisa Maiz's story, "Joaquin," is in the October issue of The Write Launch! @thewritelaunch.bsky.social
A World of Connection Close to Home: My Experience at the 23rd Annual James River Writers Conference
Something new this year to go with our 100 word horror writing contest. A free 90 minute class in micro-fiction!
Sign up with your contest entry. Class will be November 15, 6-7:30pm EST.
Over on The Epilogue podcast...best-selling author Gail Carriger joins to talk about the Heroine's Journey, writing connected series, and the archaeology of writing. Listen and subscribe!
Many thank yous to the lovely @gailcarriger.bsky.social who stopped by The Epilogue... to talk about the Heroine’s Journey, writing series, and the writer as archaeologist.
Give a listen and subscribe!
Read The Heroine’s Journey!
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"Once I decided to no longer measure success by how many pieces I published, something I had no control over, but by my commitment to the practice of writing, my creative work and world blew open." ~ Diana Friedman
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So honored to have my story, "Lani," published in New World Writing Quarterly! @newworldwriting.bsky.social, @storystreetwriters.com
newworldwriting.net/michele-alou...
Margaret Speck Ogawa turns the tables and interviews Michael Stubblefield about his new writing podcast, The Epilogue...
Dying to know how to create a good hook for your book? Read Eileen O'Neill Connors' article, "3 Steps to Hook the Heart of Your Reader: Advice From Brandon Sanderson." @writingcommunity.bsky.social
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What happens on the ride home after a dance lesson.
Read "Begin Again," by Michele Alouf.
vestalreview.net/begin-again
Issue 66 of Vestal Review comes out just after the summer solstice, when the days start growing shorter, though as any flash fiction aficionado knows, brevity isn’t always a bad thing.
Read now at vestalreview.net/issue-66.
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Celebrating my birthday with the release of Vestal Review's summer issue! Honored to have a story in this gorgeous collection of flash fiction. Thank you Vestal Review for making my day extra special!
@vestalreview.bsky.social
Walked into an elevator with my kids. Tom Hanks was in it.
“Hello, Tom Hanks.”
My kids looking at me like I’m INSANE - why are you talking to a stranger? How do you know his name?
TOM HANKS: Close your eyes.
(Reluctantly, they do)
He goes into full Woody voice.
“Andy’s coming!”
Smiles.
[FIN]
