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Category: short stories
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Favourite Opening Lines from The Best American Short Stories 2014
A good opening leads you into another world–the world of the story. Here are a few that got my attention from The Best American Short Stories 2014: From David Gates‘ “A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me” : The name Paul Thompson won’t mean any more to you than my name would, but if you’d…
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J. H. Moncrieff : A Fighter Writer Through and Through !
Spotlight on Horror Writer J. H. Moncrieff I met J.H. Moncrieff at the Surrey International Writers Conference in Surrey, B.C. Two things struck me about her almost immediately: her attitude about writing…and her attitude about life! She’s a writer and a fighter (more than you might even know—read on!), and she’s the focus of…
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Indirect conflict: foils in “A Day at the Races”
Often, when you hear the word “CONFLICT” you might picture two people fighting–battling each other, duking it out, or fighting against a snowstorm or hurricane. What you might not think about is conflict that is created the way Jason M. Jones does it in “A Day at the Races.” Take a look at this excerpt: Your mother…
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Ace Baker will be with the CTA in February and at the ACT in September !
So far this year, I’ve scheduled two opportunities to present ideas about writing to others, and the first is coming up very soon. I’ll be in Coquitlam on February 20th presenting ideas to a group of teachers as part of their CTA (Coquitlam Teachers Association) district-wide professional development day, CREATING CULTURES OF LEADERSHIP. A colleague, Greg Sutherland, and…
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Official Journey Prize nominations by PULP LITERATURE !
“Victory Girl” Nominated by Pulp Literature The editors at Pulp Literature have been incredibly kind to me this year… My poem, “Big Red Schoolhouse,” was selected by past Poet Laureate George McWhirter as the winner of The Magpie Award, and was subsequently nominated by Pulp Literature’s editors for a National Magazine Award. One of…
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My Guest Post on Crystal Bourque’s Blog : “Ace Baker: Poet at heART”
I originally met Crystal Bourque at the SIWC Conference in October, 2014. She’s passionate about writing, and we’ve been staying in touch, sharing ideas about that very subject ever since. This month, she asked me to pen a guest blog for her about the subject of the value of poetry to fiction writers. Here’s the…
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SHORT STORY IN THE RED TUQUE FINALS!
A short story of mine is in the finals for Red Tuque’s “Canadian Tales of the Mysterious” contest. That means it’s one of thirteen stories chosen to be published in an anthology later this year. Right now, they’re choosing the placings, so I won’t say the title of my story just yet, to keep the…
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SIWC Countdown: 4 Days: 4 Writing Contests, 4+ Reasons to Enter !
4 Days Away: 4 contests, 4+ reasons to enter! Four SIWC writing contest categories and FOUR reasons to enter! Okay, so the contest may be over for this year (more on that in a later post), but the best time to begin your entries for next year is . . . now! That said, here’s…
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Pulp Literature (and Ace Baker) at VCon!
Last night, I finished work at 6:30, flew across the Port Mann bridge, and made it to the VCon book signing event by 7:00. VCon looked like a bar scene from Star Wars–many interesting characters, and these ones weren’t in between pages of a book! Wandering the halls were fantasy and sci-fi characters, steampunkers,…
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Hummingbird Flash Fiction Contest: “WFF” is an editor’s pick!
Well, the results are in for Pulp Literature’s flash fiction Hummingbird contest. First, I was contacted that I was one of twelve finalists. Then, the results came out today. My story, “WFF,” wasn’t the winner or runner-up; those accolades go to Rob Taylor’s “Here I Lay Down My Heart,” and Daniela Elza’s “Waiting for Twilight,”…