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New course is LIVE!
My newest class, Bringing Your Characters to Life, is now open. The course will run from July 7th to August 9th. The most compelling...
Erin S
Jun 141 min read
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Back in the Saddle
After 6 months submitting nothing to magazines/anthologies, I have dusted off my lists, my trackers, and sadly said goodbye to a few publications I loved that closed their doors (RIP Hexagon...)
Erin S
Jun 72 min read
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Next Class Announcement!
On May 5th, I will be teaching another "Round One" of my course, The Story Beneath the Story. I plan on doing additional rounds in the...
Erin S
Apr 251 min read
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Story Beneath the Story
3 weeks into my first Authors Publish class as an instructor and I am still riding the high. Students are engaged, and I can contribute...
Erin S
Feb 201 min read
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IT'S HAPPENING!
You are invited to join a free talk and Q&A session with author and writing instructor Erin Swann. "How do you show emotions on the page?...
Erin S
Jan 41 min read
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Mixed News
Had a lot of mixed news this month. Sadly, Ardent Dawn is canceling their Shadowtouched Anthology as they are permanently closing their...
Erin S
Oct 18, 20242 min read
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New Upcoming Publications
In the past few months, two of my stories have found reprint homes and three new stories have found homes! Midas , a microfiction, was...
Erin S
Sep 12, 20242 min read
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New WIP manuscript
I've been rather busy this year! I now have 15 published short stories at various publications. I tried my best not to overlap, though I...
Erin S
Jul 29, 20242 min read
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Sisters Five series publications
By some twist of fate, three of the stories I wrote as a loose series have been accepted for publication in the past few months! I...
Erin S
Aug 9, 20231 min read
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New publication announcement, rejections and querying (more rejections)
I believe it is safe to announce that I have received my second 'pro-rate' publication acceptance! One more and I am eligible for SFWA!...
Erin S
May 19, 20232 min read
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New Myths Ezine!
NewMyths.com has published my short story Last Straw at the Coffee Shop , featuring an entitled Karen, kaleidoscopic chaos, and one...
Erin S
May 19, 20231 min read
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3 Stories coming in Spring!
The Colored Lens just sent out their acceptence letter to me! In a World I Cannot Reach will be pubished in the Spring 2023 edition....
Erin S
Mar 1, 20231 min read
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Queries, rejections, long lists, short lists!
And everything in between! Wow. Along with a decent amount of lit journal rejections, I have 3 stories on hold! One on the short list of...
Erin S
Jan 18, 20231 min read
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Factor Four Magazine 2022 Anthology
I'm going to be in the 2022 anthology! Very excited! Available in print and Kindle through amazon. Honored to be among the names in these...
Erin S
Dec 4, 20221 min read
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Acceptance!
Very happy to say I got an acceptance to a fun new publication known as "Deathcap & Hemlock." Their site appears to be a food blog and if...
Erin S
Dec 3, 20221 min read
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Mood Pitch
I participated in Mood Pitch on Twitter and that was an experience! I am very glad I did. I think my pitches are a bit better than before...
Erin S
Nov 25, 20221 min read
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The Writer's Workshop
As November rolls around and people are gearing up for NanoWrimo, I joined the awesome people of Authors Publish for a brand new course...
Erin S
Oct 20, 20221 min read
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First post? Celebrating rejection
I got rejected and I've been grinning all night.
Erin S
Oct 13, 20222 min read
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