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Flash fiction podcast (link)

Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast – short stories episode no.32

Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast ‘short stories’ episode number 32 went live today and contained four flash fiction pieces that have appeared on my blog as Flash Fiction Fridays.

This episode contained: Blackbird by Jade Kennedy, The Letter by Jane Risdon, Why Me by Angela Watt, and Triumph by Joy V Smith.

Link: http://wp.me/p18Ztn-7Jc

See the link above to read the stories… or hear my dulcet tones on the podcast…

The podcast is already available via Google’s Feedburner and will be in the next few hours on iTunes, then Podbean (when it catches up), Podcasters (which takes even longer) or Podcast Alley (which doesn’t list the episodes but will let you subscribe).

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Joy’s V. Smith’s fantasy tales

Check out my new Fantasy and Fun board on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/joyvsmith/fantasy-and-fun/

And my flash fiction story: Triumph:
http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/flash-fiction-friday-101-triumph-by-joy-v-smith

And Crystal Quest: Mystic Signals – Issue 17
https://www.createspace.com/4169883

Plus, there are a few fantasy stories in The Doorway and Other Stories on Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SV1FB2

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Triumph (flash fiction) link

My flash fiction story, Triumph, is up on Flash Fiction Fridays today: http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/flash-fiction-friday-101-triumph-by-joy-v-smith/

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Mooving Out (podcast)

Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast – short stories episode no.28

Bailey’s Writing Tips podcast ‘short stories’ episode number 28 went live today and contained four flash fiction pieces that have appeared on my blog as Flash Fiction Fridays. This episode contained:

The Secret of Willow Cottage and the Reluctant Bride (889 words) by short story author Jane Risdon and
747-word Mooving Out by Joy V Smith.
399-word The Sea and His Guitar by YA, science-fiction, paranormal author and poet Kenna McKinnon
983-word The Spores by novelist and short story author JD Mader.

The podcast is available via iTunes, Google’s Feedburner, Podbean (when it catches up), Podcasters (which takes even longer) or Podcast Alley (which doesn’t list the episodes but will let you subscribe).

Access the blog link for the links: http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/2013/06/30/baileys-writing-tips-podcast-short-stories-episode-no-28/

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Flash Fiction Friday

My flash fiction story, Carnies, is up on Flash Fiction Friday now: http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/flash-fiction-friday-082-carnies-by-joy-v-smith/

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Oh, it’s Sunday. Puts M back in the drawer.

One of my flash fiction stories is up at Flash Fiction Friday: http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/flash-fiction-friday-082-mooving-out-by-joy-v-smith

I’ll be back Monday with my M.

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Joy’s writing news update

My short story collection, The Doorway and Other Stories, will be available as a free download for Kindle May 6 & 7 (Sunday and Monday).  Remember that you don’t need a Kindle to read it!  (There are apps, etc.)

My short story, Refugees in the Caves, is now a podcast: http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/baileys-writing-tips-podcast-short-stories-ep-10/

The podcast is available via iTunes, Google’s Feedburner, Podbean (when it catches up), Podcasters (which takes even longer) or Podcast Alley (which doesn’t list the episodes but will let you subscribe).
 
iTunes (item 1), Google’s Feedburner (final item), PodbeanPodcasters or Podcast Alley
 
It’s also still available at Flash Fiction Fridays:
 
My review of Punctuation by G. Miki Hayden is in the May/June issue of Working Writer
 
My latest e-book (story collection), The Doorway and Other Stories, is now available on Kindle:  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SV1FB2
 
My other e-books include: Hidebound:  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005ICFOHY  (SF)
After Anfissa meets Ferenc, they flee to a planet where even the grass is deadly.
 
Pretty Pink Planet (free e-book): http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/93615  (SF)
Lori, an agent of SOESFOL, visits Prism to track down planet pirates and rescue aliens.
 
In this Pretty Pink Planet sequel, Lori and Chiing continue their adventures.
 
Remodeling: Buying and Updating a Foreclosure: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/71560  (Non-fiction)
How one woman bought and remodeled a foreclosure; it didn’t even have a kitchen sink! 
 
And I’m waiting to hear back on my two SF novels: Strike Three  and Taboo Tech; I hope to sign a contract soon for Detour Trail (western).

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Refugees in the Caves podcast

My short story, Refugees in the Caves, is now a podcast: http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/baileys-writing-tips-podcast-short-stories-ep-10/

The podcast is available via iTunes, Google’s Feedburner, Podbean (when it catches up), Podcasters (which takes even longer) or Podcast Alley (which doesn’t list the episodes but will let you subscribe):  iTunes (item 1), Google’s Feedburner (final item), Podbean, Podcasters or Podcast Alley.

It’s also still available at Flash Fiction Fridays: http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/flash-fiction-friday-028-refugees-in-the-caves-by-joy-v-smith/

 

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The Doorway and Other Stories (teasers)

The Doorway
Nessa stumbles into the time corridor while helping a friend.
 
Guard Dog
Sequel to The Doorway.  Nessa travels to the time of Earth’s first contact.
 
Stray Cats
Cats, herps, and humans–sometimes interchangeable.
 
Pilot’s Course
Terran humans in the far future settled on other planets. Heroine plots new  course…  (Won 2nd place in the Florida Freelance Writers Association’s Florida  State Writing Competition–Andre Norton Fantasy/SF Short Story division 1995.)
 
The Princess Quest
Sword & Sorcery: The princess and the barbarian…
 
When Danger Rules
Reesa came back to rescue the remaining members of the family she loved.  Now she had to avoid being killed by her cousin, who wanted the throne, and the new ruler of the planet, who didn’t want a throne, and the ones she had come to rescue…
(Excerpt in Writer’s Digest  Nov. 2000 and Excerpt in Writing Clinic (special issue)  2003)
 
Home Not
When Grief’s Aunt Chelsea died, his Uncle Sandro saw his chance, and Grief was at his mercy…   Adventure.
 
What Price a Friendly Freep
Aliens and humans and spaceships. 
 
Too Tight
Close call…
 
Royal Guardians
Heroine and companions land in Florida after escaping from another dimension.
 
Old Rex
D.A.’s daughter’s dead dog (ghost story).

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Refugees in the Caves (SF story)

It’s Flash Fiction Friday, and my short story, Refugees in the Caves, is up at: http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/flash-fiction-friday-028-refugees-in-the-caves-by-joy-v-smith/

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