Links for Friday

I have all kinds of lovely links for you today.

First a bit of news. Corey Wilde has announced that he has two more judges, beside himself, for his Watery Grave Invitational contest. Welcome Dave Zeltserman and Aldo Calcagno to the judging staff.

Over at the Flash Fiction Chronicles, Jonathan Pinnock has an enlightening essay about the joys of getting stuck when you're writing. http://www.everydayfiction.com/flashfictionblog/problems-problems

When I read this essay by Richard Dansky, I wanted to grab a pen and start writing as fast as I could. http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/the-stories-are-where-you-find-them

If you're considering writing a steampunk story for the Kerlak anthology you might find this slide show by Jeff VanderMere of interest http://www.filminfocus.com/article/steampunk__an_overview

I also came across two new markets, at least to me. The first came via Brooke Smith's flash group. Called "Sunsets and Silencers", it's a non-paying print and online lit journal looking for flash and short stories up to 3000 words. http://sunsetsandsilencers.com/home/archives

The second is a paying print market of a penny a word called "New Genre". They're looking for sci-fi and horror stories http://www.new-genre.com/about/sub.html

And we've all been here before http://dogzplot.blogspot.com/2009/08/slice-of-life-bill-barr.html But it's always nice to know that we're not alone. Go read Bill Barr's "Slice of Life", it's short but it'll put a smile on your face.