Tag: short story

SMART SETTINGS

Jun 17, 2023

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Ace Baker

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Jennifer Moffat’s “Love Comes into our Sight” in The Things We Leave Behind Jennifer Moffat is a talented romance writer whose character descriptions will lodge those people in your mind for quite some time. But she makes some smart choices with setting, too. Let me show you a few smart choices she makes in her…
STRONG STARTS: Dawn Miller’s “Howl”

Jun 2, 2022

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Ace Baker

in starters, Uncategorized

STRONG STARTS: Dawn Miller’s story “Howl,” in The Things We Leave Behind Storytellers are sometimes tempted to do the “James Bond”—start with a chase scene, an explosion, something quick and frantic to get the heartbeats going. Truth is, the opposite is often more effective. Early on, it’s important to include detailed description so readers can…
SHORT STORY IN THE RED TUQUE FINALS!

Jan 17, 2015

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Ace Baker

in champion, fiction, short stories, writer ace baker

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…
SIWC Countdown: 4 Days: 4 Writing Contests, 4+ Reasons to Enter !

Oct 20, 2014

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Ace Baker

in knockout idea, novels, poetry, short stories, touch gloves

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…
Pulp Literature (and Ace Baker) at VCon!

Oct 4, 2014

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Ace Baker

in fiction, poetry, short stories, writer ace baker

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,…
Jennifer Manuel #002: Pathos and simile in SILENT E !

Nov 13, 2013

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Ace Baker

in choose your weapon, fancy footwork, fiction, knockout idea, power punch, short stories, Uncategorized, writing technique

After my analysis of Jennifer Manuel’s award-winning story, “The Woman in the Box with the Baby,” Jennifer wrote and tweeted to tell me she was pleased with what I had to say about her work –whew! She also e-mailed me a copy of another award-winning tale of hers, “Silent E,” a story that earned…
Writer’s Digest Contest Update: I moved up to sixth place now…don’t know why!

Aug 1, 2013

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Ace Baker

in writer ace baker

Ok, I got an e-mail from Writer’s Digest today saying that my literary short story is now 6th, not 7th place (although the prizes remain exactly the same…sigh…). No explanation of WHY, but I’m moving up in the world…
July 31st post comes early: A Starter for You from Rachael Frey

Jul 31, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fiction, novels, short stories, starters

Ok, I’m getting ready to embark on a 17-HOUR flight to Singapore, so tomorrow’s post is coming, well…tonight. As in just before I leave. As in now. It’ll be short and sweet (maybe not so sweet, but short) because of that, too. Here’s the beginning line to Rachael Frey’s “The Lost Twice Legend,”…
Writer’s Digest Mystery…Solved! 7th place in Literary Fiction!

Jul 26, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fiction, short stories, writer ace baker

Ok, while I had hoped it might rank even higher, my short story, “The High Price of Fish,” won 7th place in the 82nd Writer’s Digest Competition. There were a heavy number of entries, so I’m quite happy about this! I’ve really been concentrating on reading great short fiction writers this year and learning technique…
Cody Klippenstein #005: A gentle touch with personification…

Jul 23, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fancy footwork, fiction, novels, short stories, writing technique

Is it day five already? Our final day of looking at some of the writing technique Cody Klippenstein uses in “Case Studies in Ascension”? It’s gone by quickly. For today, I decided to end with a tool familiar to most every writer: personification. Let’s read the passage first: Neither Obaa-san nor I have been…