“A Shot in the Ass”: My Just-Published Short Story
I wrote this short story a few years ago, when living in Bangkok, and presented it to my writing group, KEYBANGERS BANGKOK. As usual, their input proved invaluable. I reworked it and showed it to the Tampa Writers Alliance, who liked it and persuaded me that it really fell within the historical fiction genre. Up until […]
WHAT MAKES WRITING “HISTORICAL FICTION” ?
Left to right: Salida, Colorado, once a booming mining town; Tutankhamen Exhibit, Paris, France; Sign where the Berlin Wall stood. (Photos by author). I recently submitted a short story to my writing group. It was fairly well received, with some very constructive critiques, the kind that make a story even better. What surprised me was […]