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Toot My Own Horn

Leah M. HintonOctober 18, 2018Leave a Reply

I’m terrible at it — tooting my own horn. I haven’t written lately because I’m still amazed any of you might be interested.

However, there are four big writerly things I should have posted about this year and I only ever posted about one.

Many of you have read “Blue” which won second in the 2016 Writers’ Guild of Texas Flash Fiction Award. I think it might even be linked somewhere on this page, if not you can always click here. Well, to add to my WGT honors, I am happy to say I won both first and second place in the 2017 WGT Flash Fiction competition with “Spin Me Charlie” and “A Dark Fog” respectively. Read “Spin Me, Charlie” here and “A Dark Fog” here. I’m really proud of this accomplishment and effectively broke the competition. You can only win one title per contest now. (Crazy, but I wish I’d won third too!)

I mentioned in a previous post about book three in the short story anthology “Short and Sweet” by Grace Publishing, edited by Susan Cheeves King coming out in April. In addition to that good news, I’m happy to say book four in the “Short and Sweet” anthology by Grace Publishing just came out and is available on Amazon. It was another instance of “Happy Mail”. I’m always amazed to see my name in print.

So there you have it, folks. Four biggees. Two contest wins and two traditionally published works.

I will try to keep everyone apprised of big happenings sooner to when they actually happen. Books are still in the works. I’ll be seeking beta readers soon. So hit me up…

I’m also one of the judges for the Granbury Texas Writers’ Bloc Fiction Challenge each month. Enter that competition so I can be wowed by your genius. (And yes, I’m speaking directly to you, Howard.) Seriously though, it’s great fun. Learn more about it here.

Read something good,

Leah

High Lonesome Sound by Jaye Wells – A quick review

Leah M. HintonMarch 3, 20181 Reply

High Lonesome Sound by Jaye Wells
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A great friend gifted me with a copy of the newest book from author Jaye Wells. I read the first chapter and immediately wanted more. But then life intervened and I had to put the book down for a bit. Well, I started it again and read it in a day. I put everything else aside. I even cooked dinner for my family with the book in hand and lost out on some much-needed sleep.

Jaye Wells tells a good story. She builds suspense and keeps you turning pages, but more importantly, she crafts sentences that are beautifully put together and a blessing to read.

“Something deep in her chest, some burning knowledge that was not of the brain but of the heart, told her that if she didn’t find her song, Moon Hollow would become a tomb and she’d be buried alive.”

This is exactly the kind of horror novel I like to curl up with. There is horror, but not for horror’s sake. Every bloody drop is pertinent to the story and makes it all the more complete.

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Writers Guild Texas – 3rd Monday Meeting

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Come hear a great speaker at the monthly meeting of the Writers Guild Texas.

Monday, March 20th – The Dramatic Dilemma presented by Shawn Scarber

(this info taken from WGTonline.org)

This presentation focuses on the role Dilemma plays in character-driven fiction. Casablanca is used as an example to show how dilemma drives dramatic suspense and helps to form the narrative structure of character driven fiction.

Shawn Scarber lives and works in North Texas. He’s written a number of short stories that have appeared in magazines, collections, and e-zines. he’s a Clarion West 06 gradate and an active member of the Future Classics speculative Fiction Writers. Connect with him on Twitter @obliquefiction and on Facebook.

Meetings are in the basement program room of the Richardson Public Library.