Category Archives: short story

Counting the Days – Writing to a Schedule

Posted on June 25, 2014 by SharonJoss

Hard to believe the year is already half over. At the beginning of 2014, I committed myself to a production schedule for the first time. I made myself a 30-day, 60-day, and 360-day list of GOALS I felt I could … Continue reading →

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Final Friday Free Fiction: Marriage is a Four-Letter Word

Posted on May 29, 2014 by SharonJoss

Check back again next month!

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2013: The List and the Lessons

Posted on December 26, 2013 by SharonJoss

This year (2013) has definitely been the year of the short story. I read more than a dozen short story anthologies and nearly 100 (as yet) unpublished shorts by writer colleagues in writing workshops. I also read more books this year … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween from the Lizard King!

Posted on October 31, 2013 by SharonJoss

  Okay, please forgive the blatant advertisement, but I’ve got a new short horror story due out today in e-book, Loretta and the Lizard King.  This is the first of my vintage 2013 short stories to be published, and I … Continue reading →

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Writing at the Coast

Posted on October 29, 2013 by SharonJoss

I’m baaack. From a nine-day sojourn to Lincoln City for an intensive Science Fiction writing workshop, taught by award-winning author and editor, Kristine Rusch.  Wrote four shorts and a little a technique exercise that mutated into a flash fiction piece.  Read … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Having Written

Posted on October 8, 2013 by SharonJoss

I finished editing the final six chapters on AURUM today.  I’m done.  Finished, Finito. This is my fourth completed novel.  The joy and lightness of spirit that comes with having written is a high I’ve now experienced four times, but … Continue reading →

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Graduation

Posted on April 18, 2013 by SharonJoss

I sold a short story this week; my first.   It’s a big milestone for any writer, and for me, I consider it a graduation of sorts.  After four years of study and applied learning, I have finally achieved the … Continue reading →

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