novelette – Sara Norja

Sunday recs: Rose Lemberg’s Birdverse

Feb 7, 2016

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Rose Lemberg is a wonderful writer (and editor! but I’m concentrating on her writing here). I’ve recced many things by her in the past too: she writes beautiful poetry full of word-magic, for instance. But today, I want to highlight two stories from Rose that I’ve recently read and loved. These are both set in…

Sunday recs: Stories + novels

Dec 27, 2015

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Sara Norja

in books, linkage, novelette, review

Sunday recs! Featuring three delightful short stories, and two excellent novels. Tomorrow When We See the Sun by A. Merc Rustad (in Lightspeed) – a weird and cool space opera. A dark atmosphere but so beautiful. Merc’s worldbuilding is great, and I especially love how they use language. Poetic writing in prose <3 And the…

My novelette “Moss” out in Silver Blade!

Jun 29, 2015

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Sara Norja

in flailing, novelette, personal babble, publication

Eeeep! I didn’t realise that my novelette “Moss” had already appeared in Silver Blade Magazine – but it has! This is my longest published story to date – a novelette, eeee! I feel so happy it’s out and I can share it with everyone! Read “Moss” here! Note: trigger warning for (implied) incest: the story…

Sunday recs: Recent faves

Jun 14, 2015

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Sara Norja

in linkage, novelette, short stories

Here’s some stories I’ve read and really enjoyed these past few days: Forestspirit, Forestspirit by Bogi Takács (in Clarkesworld) – a great SF piece, and superyay for nonbinary character and nonviolence! The Cure by Malinda Lo (in the new issue of Interfictions) – feat. a great atmosphere and creepy (based on history) hysteria cures. Grandmother-nai-Leylit’s…

Story sale to Silver Blade Magazine

May 2, 2015

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Sara Norja

in novelette, publication

Good writing news to start off May: my novelette “Moss” will be published in Silver Blade Magazine! I’m really happy that this 14,200-word baby is going to go forth into the world – it will be my longest published story to date. It’s set in the same forest world as “Boat-husk” and “The Ruin” ……

2014 in review

Dec 31, 2014

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Sara Norja

in discussion, DV, flash fiction, nanowrimo, novelette, novelling, personal babble, poetry, publication, revision, scholarly meets writerly, short stories, year in review

On 1 January I made a post about my writing in 2013 and my hopes for 2014. I like looking back on the past year at its end, so here we go again. My writing goals for 2014 were (slightly abridged): Get a story published! Get more poems published. Work on a poetry collection. Increase…

Sunday recs: Fairytale, memory loss, alien chess

Sep 28, 2014

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Sara Norja

in linkage, novelette, short stories

Three awesome stories for you this Sunday. How the Milkmaid Struck a Bargain With the Crooked One by C.S.E. Cooney (in Giganotosaurus). Gaaaah, this story made me have all the feelings. It’s long, but it’s SO worth it – what a treat to sink into a world like this. (Incidentally, it’s a sequel of sorts…

(Kinda) Sunday recs

Jun 23, 2014

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Sara Norja

in flash fiction, linkage, novelette, personal babble, poetry, short stories

It’s past midnight but I’m still calling this Sunday recs because I haven’t gone to bed yet. Days, this is how they work. I’ve been good and gone to sleep before 1am for the past couple of nights, but it’s not going to happen today. But for a good reason: I’ve spent six hours editing…

Sunday recs: Kate Elliott and Ursula Le Guin

Feb 16, 2014

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Sara Norja

in linkage, novelette, short stories

To my intense delight, Kate Elliott posted a Valentine’s Day gift for her readers on her blog on Friday: a coda to her wonderful Spiritwalker trilogy (Cold Magic, Cold Fire, Cold Steel). Since it’s a coda, this novelette obviously contains massive spoilers. So, it will only make sense if you’ve read the trilogy. (If you…

My writing in 2013 – and my hopes for 2014

Jan 1, 2014

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Sara Norja

in discussion, nanowrimo, novelette, novelling, organisation, personal babble, poetry, revision, short stories, submission, year in review

In a moment I’m going to get down to some actual writing – there has to be proper writing on the first day of a new year! But first, a round-up of 2013 and some writing goals/wishes for 2014. I thought I’d do a list of the writing I’ve done this year. It’s difficult to…

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