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One of my few attempts at a microfiction. It's HARD writing a story that's only 227 words.

https://medium.com/@mathguytulsa/sweetwater-oklahoma-9bf72867ee0c
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Just don't use Nowhere Oklahoma because that actually exists too. LOL Oklahoma definitely has some interesting town names. I live in Oklahoma City and grew up here in Oklahoma. You can find a lot of interesting stories and places about this state.
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I changed the town to Bathsheba. That's a ghost town with an interesting history...it was founded for women, and men were banned from the place. Even male livestock were banned...might make another story...
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I changed this yet again, to Lone Star, Oklahoma. "Lone Star" was a town in SE Oklahoma that was inundated by Wister Lake.
https://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ok/lonestar.html
It seemed better to use a ghost town for the name, and this one doesn't have much in the way of connoatations. Bathsheba's unique history potentially complicates this otherwise simple story.
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I've spent the last couple of days posting some shorter fiction to Medium.com. This is a place where--apparently--you can get paid for your fiction, based on the number and duration of views. It's too early to assess how effective this might be--if anyone else has experience with this site, I'd be interested in learning about it. My "portfolio" on the site is at https://medium.com/@mathguytulsa
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Elycia Lee ☮ Author Icon - Stripe does the 1099s for them, too, so it's less paperwork.
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I did try Medium, but didn't work for me. I wasn't posting fiction, but more essay-type articles, though, so that could have been an issue.

Then I had the issue that the Australian Tax Office considers Stripe a dodgy payment system, and getting paid here proved impossible.

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It's recently come to my attention that people may not be aware of the Crosstimbers Novel Workshop or how to join it.
 
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Crosstimbers Novel Workshop Application Open in new Window. (E)
Crosstimbers Novel Workshop Application
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If you have a novel-in-progress and want to exchange reviews with other novelists, this is the place for you. Note that this a place to exchange peer reviews, so you're expected to give reviews as well as get them.

There's also a forum for short fiction:
 
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Join the Short Fiction Roundtable Open in new Window. (E)
Join the Short Fiction Roundtable
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Local writing group met last night. I read "The FrogsOpen in new Window.; they said they liked it. I believed them when they said they liked the carrot cake I brought to the meeting--there was only one piece left because I told them to save one for Mr. Gene.

Carrot Cake


Cake is three 8" layers, with cream cheese frosting, a butterscotch drip, and candied carrot curls on top. The curls were kind of a disappointment, both in appearance and taste. Don't think I'll do them again.
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         Wish I was in your Writing Group!
Shall you EVER need a hetero wife (for whatever reason!)... here, here! (Nah, Mr. Gene won't need to worry. *ThumbsUpGreen*)
I love the carrots. Very fall-esque *Carrot*
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I've also written a haunted house story (well, sort of) for Halloween.
 
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The Frogs Open in new Window. (GC)
Zeb visits a gothic revival mansion
#2329628 by Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈 Author IconMail Icon

It's still kind of drafty--as in a work-in-progress as opposed to letting in outside air. Content pedestrian (no violence or sex), but the protagonist has a *very* foul mouth, hence the rating. Otherwise, let me know what you think. I'll leave it for public access for today only. (I may try to publish it at some point...)
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I spent yesterday making a birthday cake for a friend. I'm fixing dinner to take to their house tomorrow.
Brad's Cake
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Need my address?

Kudos for nice actions.
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Ichabod Crane Author Icon - He just got out of the hospital after a fall, and he's still recovering. They should have left-overs, so his wife can skip cooking for at least a couple of additional meals. They're both fellow authors and we're in the same local writing group.
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Ichabod Crane Author Icon - Love your handle, BTW. Your namesake figures in a little story I wrote for Halloween a couple of years ago: "The UnconqueredOpen in new Window.
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How I spent today. My local writing group is meeting at our home this Friday.
https://osfw.online/october-2024-meeting/
It's nearly Halloween and half the authors write horror, so...
Scary Cake
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thanks for everyone who weighed in the cover. This was pretty much the overwhelming choice, so we're going with that. The spring issue will have the same layout, but with a different picture and pallette.

Crosstimbers Cover
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Wow! Beautiful cover!
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Hang on! I know that first author...
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I've got two potential covers for the first issue of "Tales from the Crosstimbers." I'm curious which the readership likes better. WDC has messed with the color selections--the bright blue will be more like navy blue in the actual covers. It also blured some of the type--the actual covers will be sharp. I'm more interested in the two styles and in the paintings. One is dreamy and the other more realistic. The title on the first matches the branding on the website, with the tree logo and the Bauhaus-inspired layout.
         COVER A                                                                                 or COVER B
Crosstimbers Cover Crosstimbers Cover
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That's unfair, man! *Shock*

You could as well ask "Rather Gorgonzola or Parmesan?"*Shock2*

Okay, well: the picture of B with the title layout of A.

(Yeah... I'm eating the P with the G.*FacePalm*)
I like B more ... but think the second line of the title should be closer to the first. If you could make that wart the white version of that section of cover A, I think it'd be perfect (so also add the tree and the line, but in white).
Aiva Raine Author Icon - I like B. Not sure about the blue background or highlight.
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How I spent my day instead of writing...
Oreo Cake !
I made this Oreo Cake for my writing group's monthly meeting on Friday.
It's got crumbled oreo cookies in the frosting and chunked oreo cookies embedded in the buttercream between the layers. Of course, it's got a ganache topping, buttercream stars, and more oreo cookies.
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I'm sorry, Beacon's Anchor Author Icon. You're right, but for me it's a matter of degree. *Smile*
Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈 Author Icon - I’ll see what I can do! *Bigsmile*
Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈 Author Icon - Nice website and group-stuff! Your co-members are fortunate to have you. *Heartt*
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I made a chocolate cake today, topped with a chocolate ganache, blackberries, blueberries, and figs. There's blackberry jam between the layers, too. It's for tonight's meeting of my local writing group.

Chocolate Cake
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I don't care it's half a world away - I'm coming to your writing meeting!
That almost looks too good to eat, Max. Almost! You have serious baking skills! *Heartv*
Yeah, everyone wants to be in your writing group now. *Laugh*
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Open Call, Tales from the Crosstimbers  Open in new Window.      Tales from the Crosstimbers Open Call

Announcing a new paying market for speculative short fiction. Writing.Com members are especially welcome to submit. See our website for author guidelines and to submit your story. Stories should be between 1000 and 2000 words in length. Original content only. No reprints. No multiple submissions. No simultaneous submisions. No generative AI.

For further information, please consult the website or write to Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈 Author IconMail Icon.

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Cubby Author Icon - Hmmm...it works at my end. It was down briefly for maintenance, so maybe that was it. Could you try it again?
Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈 Author Icon - GoT it! Thank you!
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Cubby Author Icon - Hope you send something our way! We've only gotten one submission from WDC so far--at least that I recognize.
*Music2* Happy Account Anniversary *Cake*
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Happy Anniversary!

Here's to (at least) seventeen more

Happy 17th Account Anniversary!
Have a great day! Sorry for being late.
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