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Short Story, “Pumpkin and Glass”
Happy to share that my short story, “Pumpkin and Glass” is available to read for free at Diabolical Plots: http://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-44a-pumpkin-and-glass-by-sean-r-robinson/ This story began as a response to a Humans of New York article that broke my heart. It also features one of my favorite dogs (except Gus is a boy in real life, not Pumpkin). I…
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Tide Child
Hello! Happy to share that my short story, “Tide Child” is available through On Spec. You can follow the link here: https://onspecmag.wordpress.com/current-issue/ “Tide Child” is one of those stories that I can track the genesis of pretty easily. It started with this article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2037734/The-lonely-seal-wanted-Pup-abandoned-having-rare-brown-fur.html And my brain got to thinking — what if it wasn’t a seal?…
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5×5 Anthology – “Child of Flowers”
Very happy to share that the 5×5 Anthology is now out and available for Amazon. Check out that cover! You can find it online HERE This project was really unique to work with. 5 group of 5 writers (so 25 writers in total) created stories. Each group was assigned a genre and created stories…
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On Heroes
Every story needs a hero. Maybe that’s Frodo or Alice. Holden or Gatsby. Anne or Toby. There needs to be a character for the reader (viewer, whatever) to invest in. Someone in which the reader sees some part of themselves. The best heroes are ones in which the reader invests and identifies with on many…
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Becoming – From One who Writes to a Writer
The first story I remember writing was in kindergarten and was heavily borrowed from an episode of the animated ghostbusters TV show. In it, a boy and a girl went to a castle and somehow or other had cloaks that spat out fireballs. The only other thing I remember was that I forgot to put…
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If X Marks the Spot; You Still Need a Map — Goal Setting
I sometimes think that people are like sharks. Not that they have big teeth (though some do), or if they’re carnivorous (also, though some are), but that we need to keep swimming in order to stay alive. By swimming, I mean moving forward. But…moving forward toward what? That’s a question that folks ask themselves (or…
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The Myth of Mental Illness, or Why You Don’t Need to Be Crazy to be a Writer
I read a story years ago (I can’t find it right now) where a novelist sold his soul to the Tenth Muse (in Greek mythos there are nine). This tenth muse was the muse of insanity. And the character was nuts, but produced One Great Novel. There’s reference to many of the “Great Writers” having…
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The Curse of NaNoWriMo or, Why I Don’t Write in November
For most folks, the day after Halloween is about nursing sugar hang-overs, taking down the pumpkins and bracing for Thanksgiving in three weeks. For a crew of writers, it is Day 1 of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in which folks write a 50k word novel in a month. For me, it’s the beginning of…
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Patreon Launch
Hello Gentle Readers, I am very excited to share that after a lot of thought, i’ve decided to open up a Patreon. What is Patreon? It’s a monthly crowd-funding source that allows Patrons (that’s you) to sign up and offer a little bit of funding to support my creative work. At the moment…
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Flash Fiction, “Spindle Talk”
Very happy to share that my flash fiction piece, “Spindle Talk” is out from The Future Fire. It’s about Sleeping Beauty and Narcan. Let me know what you think! Share, comment, spread the word. http://futurefire.net/2017.41/fiction/spindletalk.html