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  1. Anthology or Collection? Yes, You Can Win Book Awards

    In this Alliance of Independent Authors post, Book Award Adviser Hannah Jacobson explains how anthologies and collections can compete for book awards and how authors and editors can make the most of the recognition.
    The post Anthology or Collection? Yes, You Can Win Book Awards appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
    selfpublishingadvice.org/antho

    #Process5And6MarketingAndPromotion #ALLiadvice #anthologies #bookawards #hannahjacobson

  2. Anthology or Collection? Yes, You Can Win Book Awards

    In this Alliance of Independent Authors post, Book Award Adviser Hannah Jacobson explains how anthologies and collections can compete for book awards and how authors and editors can make the most of the recognition.
    The post Anthology or Collection? Yes, You Can Win Book Awards appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
    selfpublishingadvice.org/antho

    #Process5And6MarketingAndPromotion #ALLiadvice #anthologies #bookawards #hannahjacobson

  3. Thurs. June 25, 2026: A Steady Creative Day

    image courtesy of  Dan from Pixabay

    Thursday, June 25, 2026

    Waxing Moon

    Pluto Retrograde

    How did it get to be Thursday again so quickly? You can read about the latest over on Gratitude and Growth. I talk in more detail about cooking with the CSA ingredients, so I won’t repeat it over here.

    We were out of the house at 8 AM yesterday and back by 8:45. Can you imagine? The car put-putted up the hill to the hospital, we checked in at radiology, and within 5 minutes we were taken back. I got my mom changed into the hospital gown and she went with the technician for the Xray, which took less than 5 minutes. I got her back into her clothes, we trotted back to the car, and came home. Easy-peasy, which is the way it should be.

    It was a lovely day out, so it was nice to be out and about, and it’s good for my mom to get out of the house sometimes, even if it’s for a medical appointment. Although she spends a good portion of the day (like Tessa) on the enclosed front porch, which is almost like being outside (and suspended over the world).

    We still needed a break when we got home! The worry going into it always takes a toll.

    We are lucky with the hospital up the hill (now that’s open again). They are very kind there, and try to take as much stress out of everything as possible. That is very much appreciated.

    I had a bad case of the “I don’t wannas” when I got home, which is ridiculous, because everything I needed to work on was something I wanted to work on. I just didn’t feel like doing so that day.

    Oh, well, too bad for me!

    I spent most of the day working and reworking the first three radio episodes. I layered in detail beats and subplot beats. I tried a few things and tore them out and tried again. Writing about it takes only a couple of sentences, but it was a full day’s work.

    I also managed to do some straightening up and organizing, and tidying up the reading corner in my office.

    I received an anthology contract. It seems to be from yet a different publisher than the previous two contracts for inclusion in this same anthology, so I think it’s bounced somewhere else yet again. It’s a straightforward contract, so I will sign it and return it. And the Monthology anthology looks like it’s finally going forward, too. No release dates on either of those, but if those both happen, added to the comic noir cat story I have in an anthology releasing in August from Thalia Press, I will have three different short stories in three different anthologies over the next stretch of time.

    Another anthology has extended their deadline, and I might actually be able to submit to them. I roughed out a flash fiction piece in this morning’s free-write session.

    I was assigned another book to review, so let’s hope that’s picking up again.

    I walked down to Savvy Hive and picked up the CSA box, which was lovely. You can read about how I’m using it on Gratitude and Growth here. The humidity is rising, but the temperatures are still in the 70’s, so it was a lovely walk down and back.

    The WAM literary committee meeting went well, and was a lot of fun. Always energizing to be around this group.

    I received my official invitation to be an associate member at Future Labs for the coming year (their year starts in September). The two shows I would be involved in are scheduled for December and January, which isn’t ideal for me. I have to re-think what I would put into the December show. It was something I planned to work on next year, inspired by a fabric-on-canvas exhibit I saw at MASS MoCA a few years ago, but the space limitations for December mean it makes sense to do it for that, 3 small pieces 12” x 12”. I need to clarify the story I’m telling in each panel. I already started sourcing fabric for “Elemental Nine Patch” which will be my central piece for January (I want to put on the quilting and do the backing while I’m in-studio in October), and, if I have time and the Nine Patch is the size I hope it is, I might also do “Jenna Breaks the Fourth Wall” which is a weird little piece I want to do involving a stuffed unicorn. You’ll have to see it for it to make sense.

    I heard from the organizer of the exquisite corpse poem. The whole first round is complete, ahead of schedule, so we may get our second words earlier than expected. My next word was supposed to arrive on July 5th, so it will probably show up sometime this coming week, which is fine.

    All in all, a solid creative day.

    I cooked dinner using CSA ingredients. I liked the result. My mom has decided she does not like escarole. Getting enough vegetables into her is always a challenge.

    Quiet evening, and got to enjoy the moon from the front porch. We’ve been lucky this month with the weather, only a few really hot and humid days. It looks like temperatures will be steadily rising over the coming weeks, but the nights are supposed to cool down, which is what I hope for in this region, and that helps me keep the apartment comfortable.

    On today’s agenda: online meditation group (I think this is our last one before we break for the summer), the usual round of errands, writing on whichever projects I can, an Authors’ Guild seminar on ghostwriting, open studios at MASS MoCA, and then the closing of the show at Future Labs (which I really have to attend, since I missed the opening due to my play).

    That’s the latest. Hope you’re having a good week.

    #anthologies #art #books #poetry #radio #shortStories #theatre #writing
  4. Thurs. June 25, 2026: A Steady Creative Day

    image courtesy of  Dan from Pixabay

    Thursday, June 25, 2026

    Waxing Moon

    Pluto Retrograde

    How did it get to be Thursday again so quickly? You can read about the latest over on Gratitude and Growth. I talk in more detail about cooking with the CSA ingredients, so I won’t repeat it over here.

    We were out of the house at 8 AM yesterday and back by 8:45. Can you imagine? The car put-putted up the hill to the hospital, we checked in at radiology, and within 5 minutes we were taken back. I got my mom changed into the hospital gown and she went with the technician for the Xray, which took less than 5 minutes. I got her back into her clothes, we trotted back to the car, and came home. Easy-peasy, which is the way it should be.

    It was a lovely day out, so it was nice to be out and about, and it’s good for my mom to get out of the house sometimes, even if it’s for a medical appointment. Although she spends a good portion of the day (like Tessa) on the enclosed front porch, which is almost like being outside (and suspended over the world).

    We still needed a break when we got home! The worry going into it always takes a toll.

    We are lucky with the hospital up the hill (now that’s open again). They are very kind there, and try to take as much stress out of everything as possible. That is very much appreciated.

    I had a bad case of the “I don’t wannas” when I got home, which is ridiculous, because everything I needed to work on was something I wanted to work on. I just didn’t feel like doing so that day.

    Oh, well, too bad for me!

    I spent most of the day working and reworking the first three radio episodes. I layered in detail beats and subplot beats. I tried a few things and tore them out and tried again. Writing about it takes only a couple of sentences, but it was a full day’s work.

    I also managed to do some straightening up and organizing, and tidying up the reading corner in my office.

    I received an anthology contract. It seems to be from yet a different publisher than the previous two contracts for inclusion in this same anthology, so I think it’s bounced somewhere else yet again. It’s a straightforward contract, so I will sign it and return it. And the Monthology anthology looks like it’s finally going forward, too. No release dates on either of those, but if those both happen, added to the comic noir cat story I have in an anthology releasing in August from Thalia Press, I will have three different short stories in three different anthologies over the next stretch of time.

    Another anthology has extended their deadline, and I might actually be able to submit to them. I roughed out a flash fiction piece in this morning’s free-write session.

    I was assigned another book to review, so let’s hope that’s picking up again.

    I walked down to Savvy Hive and picked up the CSA box, which was lovely. You can read about how I’m using it on Gratitude and Growth here. The humidity is rising, but the temperatures are still in the 70’s, so it was a lovely walk down and back.

    The WAM literary committee meeting went well, and was a lot of fun. Always energizing to be around this group.

    I received my official invitation to be an associate member at Future Labs for the coming year (their year starts in September). The two shows I would be involved in are scheduled for December and January, which isn’t ideal for me. I have to re-think what I would put into the December show. It was something I planned to work on next year, inspired by a fabric-on-canvas exhibit I saw at MASS MoCA a few years ago, but the space limitations for December mean it makes sense to do it for that, 3 small pieces 12” x 12”. I need to clarify the story I’m telling in each panel. I already started sourcing fabric for “Elemental Nine Patch” which will be my central piece for January (I want to put on the backing and do the quilting while I’m in-studio in October), and, if I have time and the Nine Patch is the size I hope it is, I might also do “Jenna Breaks the Fourth Wall” which is a weird little piece I want to do involving a stuffed unicorn. You’ll have to see it for it to make sense.

    I heard from the organizer of the exquisite corpse poem. The whole first round is complete, ahead of schedule, so we may get our second words earlier than expected. My next word was supposed to arrive on July 5th, so it will probably show up sometime this coming week, which is fine.

    All in all, a solid creative day.

    I cooked dinner using CSA ingredients. I liked the result. My mom has decided she does not like escarole. Getting enough vegetables into her is always a challenge.

    Quiet evening, and got to enjoy the moon from the front porch. We’ve been lucky this month with the weather, only a few really hot and humid days. It looks like temperatures will be steadily rising over the coming weeks, but the nights are supposed to cool down, which is what I hope for in this region, and that helps me keep the apartment comfortable.

    On today’s agenda: online meditation group (I think this is our last one before we break for the summer), the usual round of errands, writing on whichever projects I can, an Authors’ Guild seminar on ghostwriting, open studios at MASS MoCA, and then the closing of the show at Future Labs (which I really have to attend, since I missed the opening due to my play).

    That’s the latest. Hope you’re having a good week.

    #anthologies #art #books #poetry #radio #shortStories #theatre #writing
  5. The Freeman Files: Books 1-3 "He thought he'd left his life as a detective behind. But the past has a deadly way of catching up" Sale: $6.99 to FREE by Ted Tayler Rating: 4.4/5 (4,474 Reviews) #books #booksky #mystery #fiction #british #anthologies #policeprocedural #coldcase #crime #kindle

    The Freeman Files: Books 1-3

  6. The Freeman Files: Books 1-3 "He thought he'd left his life as a detective behind. But the past has a deadly way of catching up" Sale: $6.99 to FREE by Ted Tayler Rating: 4.4/5 (4,474 Reviews) #books #booksky #mystery #fiction #british #anthologies #policeprocedural #coldcase #crime #kindle

    The Freeman Files: Books 1-3

  7. Girl in Hyacinth Blue "A Dutch painting of a young girl survives three and a half centuries of loss, flood, anonymity, theft, secrecy" Sale: $18 to $1.99 by Susan Vreeland Rating: 4.0/5 (1,945 Reviews) #books #shortstories #anthologies #art #vermeer #literature #fiction #storytelling #booksky

    Girl in Hyacinth Blue

  8. Girl in Hyacinth Blue "A Dutch painting of a young girl survives three and a half centuries of loss, flood, anonymity, theft, secrecy" Sale: $18 to $1.99 by Susan Vreeland Rating: 4.0/5 (1,945 Reviews) #books #shortstories #anthologies #art #vermeer #literature #fiction #storytelling #booksky

    Girl in Hyacinth Blue

  9. I hate it when I get all excited over a new purchase only to discover I already have it in a different cover!
    #AlfredHitchcock #Hitchcockbooks #paperbacks #books #anthologies

  10. I hate it when I get all excited over a new purchase only to discover I already have it in a different cover!
    #AlfredHitchcock #Hitchcockbooks #paperbacks #books #anthologies

  11. Ordered my author copies today! Can’t wait to hold this beauty and share my timeline-switching alien story This Is The Worst Timeline with you all!
    Pre-order a copy!

    #scifibooks #fantasy #LGBT #Anthologies #scifi

  12. Ordered my author copies today! Can’t wait to hold this beauty and share my timeline-switching alien story This Is The Worst Timeline with you all!
    Pre-order a copy!

    #scifibooks #fantasy #LGBT #Anthologies #scifi

  13. My 2025 Reading Stacks #4: All the Prose That’s Left to Print

    Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Welcome once again to our recurring MCC feature in which I scribble capsule reviews of everything I've read lately that was published in a physical format over a certain page count with a squarebound spine on it -- novels, original graphic novels, trade paperbacks, infrequent nonfiction dalliances, and so on. Due to the way I structure my media-consumption time blocks, the list will always feature more graphic novels than works of prose and pure text, though I do try to diversify my literary diet as time and acquisitions permit. Occasionally I'll sneak in a contemporary review if I've gone out of my way to buy and read something brand new. Every so often I'll borrow from my wife or from our local library. But the majority of our spotlighted works are presented years after the rest of the world already finished and moved on from them because I'm drawing from my vast unread pile that presently occupies four oversize shelves comprising thirty-three years of uncontrolled book shopping. I've occasionally pruned the pile, but as you can imagine, cut out one unread book and three more take its place... ...unless we do as Heracles and Iolaus did with the Hydra: set everything on fire so it can't regrow. We're not doing that; consequently, the never-ending literary consumption continues. So far we've covered two critical tomes by a premier TV critic, the two comics creators who showed up in my 2025 stacks the most, and a selection of graphic novels and trades that were great and/or tall. Next up: nothing but prose! Novels, memoirs, short-story collections -- all words and virtually no pictures, apart from some spot illustrations. […]

    midlifecrisiscrossover.com/202

  14. My 2025 Reading Stacks #4: All the Prose That’s Left to Print

    Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Welcome once again to our recurring MCC feature in which I scribble capsule reviews of everything I've read lately that was published in a physical format over a certain page count with a squarebound spine on it -- novels, original graphic novels, trade paperbacks, infrequent nonfiction dalliances, and so on. Due to the way I structure my media-consumption time blocks, the list will always feature more graphic novels than works of prose and pure text, though I do try to diversify my literary diet as time and acquisitions permit. Occasionally I'll sneak in a contemporary review if I've gone out of my way to buy and read something brand new. Every so often I'll borrow from my wife or from our local library. But the majority of our spotlighted works are presented years after the rest of the world already finished and moved on from them because I'm drawing from my vast unread pile that presently occupies four oversize shelves comprising thirty-three years of uncontrolled book shopping. I've occasionally pruned the pile, but as you can imagine, cut out one unread book and three more take its place... ...unless we do as Heracles and Iolaus did with the Hydra: set everything on fire so it can't regrow. We're not doing that; consequently, the never-ending literary consumption continues. So far we've covered two critical tomes by a premier TV critic, the two comics creators who showed up in my 2025 stacks the most, and a selection of graphic novels and trades that were great and/or tall. Next up: nothing but prose! Novels, memoirs, short-story collections -- all words and virtually no pictures, apart from some spot illustrations. […]

    midlifecrisiscrossover.com/202

  15. #MurderEveryMonday Crime fiction title with an evaluative adjective

    When Kate reminded us of this week’s #MurderEveryMonday theme, my first thought was for H. R. F. Keating because I had noticed a pattern in some of his books:

    • The Bad Detective
    • The Good Detective
    • The Soft Detective
    • The Rich Detective

    These are standalone’s and I never read anything by Keating, but I’m curious about his writing. He was president of the Detection Club between 1985 and 2000. I do have two related books in my immediate TBR: Agatha Christie: First Lady of Crime, essays edited by him, and The Verdict of Us All – edited by Peter Lovesey, a collection of short stories by The Detection Club’s members in honour of Keating’s 80th birthday, which include before each work a memory or contact these writers had of H.R.F. Keating.

    #Anthologies #BookBlogging #BookCovers #BookPhotos #BookLook #books #BritishAuthors #classicCrime #ClassicCrimeFiction #ColecçãoVampiro #ColecçãoVampiro #DetectionClub #HRFKeating
  16. #MurderEveryMonday Crime fiction title with an evaluative adjective

    When Kate reminded us of this week’s #MurderEveryMonday theme, my first thought was for H. R. F. Keating because I had noticed a pattern in some of his books:

    • The Bad Detective
    • The Good Detective
    • The Soft Detective
    • The Rich Detective

    These are standalone’s and I never read anything by Keating, but I’m curious about his writing. He was president of the Detection Club between 1985 and 2000. I do have two related books in my immediate TBR: Agatha Christie: First Lady of Crime, essays edited by him, and The Verdict of Us All – edited by Peter Lovesey, a collection of short stories by The Detection Club’s members in honour of Keating’s 80th birthday, which include before each work a memory or contact these writers had of H.R.F. Keating.

    #Anthologies #BookBlogging #BookCovers #BookPhotos #BookLook #books #BritishAuthors #classicCrime #ClassicCrimeFiction #ColecçãoVampiro #ColecçãoVampiro #DetectionClub #HRFKeating
  17. Short Story News: Elvis Impersonators, Scuba Diving Cats, and Maybe More?
    This week I got some news I'd been hoping for in finding out that I sold a short story to an anthology project. I don't want to say too much, though the contract is signed, and the project is for speculative fiction stori
    kitauthor.com/short-story-news
    #AuthorLife #BookNews #BookThoughts #WritingFantasy #anthologies #MuseHappens #ShortReads #ShortStories

  18. Short Story News: Elvis Impersonators, Scuba Diving Cats, and Maybe More?
    This week I got some news I'd been hoping for in finding out that I sold a short story to an anthology project. I don't want to say too much, though the contract is signed, and the project is for speculative fiction stori
    kitauthor.com/short-story-news
    #AuthorLife #BookNews #BookThoughts #WritingFantasy #anthologies #MuseHappens #ShortReads #ShortStories

  19. Don’t Wait for the Trilogy Bundle: How Buying Book 2 Unlocks the Third Installment

    tubefree.org/w/nigyQrNRPzLBnLx

  20. Don’t Wait for the Trilogy Bundle: How Buying Book 2 Unlocks the Third Installment

    tubefree.org/w/nigyQrNRPzLBnLx

  21. From the British Fantasy Society:

    We're excited to reveal the cover for the latest anthology from superstar editors Marie O'Regan & Paul Kane—and this time, they're off to the Land of Oz with Titan Books 💚

    britishfantasysociety.org/cove

    #books #anthologies

  22. Not Too Long & Not Too Short

    Here’s a quick notification for anyone interested in writing and publication venues and supporting a fun Kickstarter:

    Missed-Fits: A Calendar of Fools Anthology by Storm Humbert

    The idea for Missed-Fits is born of two central motivations at Calendar of Fools: the desire to create truly unique books and reading experiences for our readers, and the desire to provide a service or fill a gap we see in the professional short fiction space. In this case, the gap we saw was a relative dearth of stories of a certain length (1,200 to 2,100 words)…

    I backed an earlier Calendar of Fools campaign and am happy to see that these anthologies are still going strong.

    Given that I like books, often write stories that don’t fit traditional venue length requirements, and enjoy supporting artists, this is right up my alley. 

    Perhaps these are things you like too?

    * * *

    Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash #writing #creativity #inspiration #Writers #Kickstarter #365Ways #365Ways2026 #anthologies
  23. Not Too Long & Not Too Short

    Here’s a quick notification for anyone interested in writing and publication venues and supporting a fun Kickstarter:

    Missed-Fits: A Calendar of Fools Anthology by Storm Humbert

    The idea for Missed-Fits is born of two central motivations at Calendar of Fools: the desire to create truly unique books and reading experiences for our readers, and the desire to provide a service or fill a gap we see in the professional short fiction space. In this case, the gap we saw was a relative dearth of stories of a certain length (1,200 to 2,100 words)…

    I backed an earlier Calendar of Fools campaign and am happy to see that these anthologies are still going strong.

    Given that I like books, often write stories that don’t fit traditional venue length requirements, and enjoy supporting artists, this is right up my alley. 

    Perhaps these are things you like too?

    * * *

    Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash #writing #creativity #inspiration #Writers #Kickstarter #365Ways #365Ways2026 #anthologies
  24. For the British Fantasy Society: I chat with British speculative fiction icons Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane chat about their latest anthology for the Flame Tree Beyond & Within series, plus their approach to anthologies and how you, dear writer, could stand out from the submissions crowd.

    britishfantasysociety.org/the-

    Or watch the full interview with Marie & Paul over on the BFS YouTube channel: youtu.be/kZZbwutzQdM?si=kPRb3Y

    #witches #witchcraft #witchlit #horror #fantasy #anthologies #books #writing

  25. For the British Fantasy Society: I chat with British speculative fiction icons Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane chat about their latest anthology for the Flame Tree Beyond & Within series, plus their approach to anthologies and how you, dear writer, could stand out from the submissions crowd.

    britishfantasysociety.org/the-

    Or watch the full interview with Marie & Paul over on the BFS YouTube channel: youtu.be/kZZbwutzQdM?si=kPRb3Y

    #witches #witchcraft #witchlit #horror #fantasy #anthologies #books #writing

  26. On Writing and Anthologizing Poems

    Award-winning author and bestselling editor of poetry anthologies James Crews discusses his process for writing and anthologizing poems.
    The post On Writing and Anthologizing Poems appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/on-writing-a

    #WriteBetterPoetry #anthologies #Anthology #PoetryCollections #WritingPoetry

  27. On Writing and Anthologizing Poems

    Award-winning author and bestselling editor of poetry anthologies James Crews discusses his process for writing and anthologizing poems.
    The post On Writing and Anthologizing Poems appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/on-writing-a

    #WriteBetterPoetry #anthologies #Anthology #PoetryCollections #WritingPoetry