TiF Monthly Meet-Up, Monday, April 13th at 3pm EST / 12pm PST / 8pm GMT
The time has come to, perhaps, have a monthly meet-up for fellow fiction writers? How often this happens and if it happens on a monthly basis is ENTIRELY up to you! As it stands we are looking at using Zoom which allows for 100 people and 40min and that is what we’ll do for the foreseeable future.
I’m looking for people to host future months. What that entails is that you are part of the fiction community, subscribed to Top in Fiction, have a working webcam and microphone so you can facilitate the meet-ups and have the time available to devote about an hour to being a host.
Topics for discussion will be set before the meet-ups and will always revolve around the fiction writing community. And we encourage everyone to come with questions. You don’t have to be on camera or use your mic when in the meeting, though it would be preferred. And we will record all meetings to then share afterwards for those who were unable to attend.
The official invite, including the Zoom link to join will be sent on Friday, April 10th.
The Ultimate Serialized Fiction Discussion
This past Monday I had a really in-depth discussion with Simon K Jones and S.E. Reid on the topic of…you guessed it…SERIALS! Specifically how they are done using the tools that Substack provides and our own skill set to best manage our own serials. There’s lots to unpack in 90min and I can say we barely scratched the surface but we got somewhere! If you are writing a serial now or you’re on the fence about whether or not starting one is a good idea right now, give this a listen and ask questions in the comments. I’m sure my fellow hosts will be glad to take a stab at an answer.
Any errors seen below such as typos, miss-labeling of genre or category, wrong link, wrong person mentioned, etc. please state the error in the comments and I will update immediately. Mistakes can happen. I am only human.
MICRO/FLASH FICTION
Seed of Light by Josh Louis of Fantasy and Fellowship [Fantasy]
It’s Always the Spouse by Scott MacLeod of Son of Ugly [Mystery]
SHORT STORY
Amelia on Mars by Ashley@Briefly of Briefly [Science Fiction]
The Birth of the Four-Headed Monster by Howard Fox of The Joke’s On You [Comedy]
Hook, Line, and Sinker by J.J. Walker of After Dark [Horror]
How to Talk to the Dead by Gaby Jai-Devi Brogan of The Anatomy of Reality
Snow Falls by Alex Grecian of A Terrific Friend of Yours
A Most Improper Algorithm by Charlotte Henley Babb of Charlotte Henley Babb Writes [Speculative Fiction]
SHORT SERIAL
On a Mission [Shattered: Isaiah’s Side, Ch. 2] by CB Mason | YA Dystopian+Sci-Fi of By CB Mason [Science Fiction]
SERIAL
Urd's Well [Ash & Oak, Ch.1] by Katharine Kapodistria of Notes from the Edge [Fantasy]
It’s a honor to have my sci-fi/humor short story The Birth of the Four-Headed Monster published in this week’s Top in Fiction. Thanks to @TiF Team!!
Thank you for the mention here! Looking forward to checking out the conversation with Simon and S.E. Reid over the weekend.