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Finishing projects feels good

Jan 8, 2015

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in discussion, flash fiction, personal babble, poetry, short stories

Around the end of December 2013, I came upon a post with pretty pictures of the 33 most beautiful abandoned places in the world. One of those clickbaity list posts, but this one struck a chord. I love the desolate beauty of abandoned things. And so I decided to write something about all 33, inspired…

Award eligibility post (works published in 2014)

Jan 6, 2015

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Sara Norja

in flash fiction, poetry, promotion, short stories

Firstly: this feels so weird. Award eligibility is for real writers, right? Not me? No, shut up, evil!brain. (This post by Amal El-Mohtar is very relevant…) Anyway, I have done my research and to the best of my knowledge, it appears that the following works are eligible for awards (for 2014): Poetry (eligible for the…

An Alphabet of Embers ToC!

Jan 6, 2015

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Sara Norja

in linkage, promotion, short stories

Rose Lemberg, the editor of the forthcoming anthology An Alphabet of Embers (which includes my story “The City Beneath the Sea”), has posted the full ToC on her website: check it out! I can’t overstate how excited I am by this project! I’m really looking forward to reading the other contributions when the anthology comes…

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…

“Munankuorikehto” out in Spin magazine

Dec 29, 2014

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Sara Norja

in finnish, publication, short stories

My Finnish-language flash fiction piece about fairies, “Munankuorikehto” (‘Egg-Shell Cradle’), is out in the Turku Science Fiction Society’s magazine Spin! Huzzah! Here is the link to the issue itself (in Finnish). It came out a couple of weeks ago already, but I was unaware of the fact because I haven’t received my contributor’s copy yet.…

“Raw Honey” in the SH poetry podcast

Dec 26, 2014

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Sara Norja

in linkage, poetry, publication

Merry Christmas/Winter Holiday of Your Choice, all! I’ve had a lovely two days of delicious food and family hangout, and am now nudging myself into the writing groove again. I have a first draft of a story to write… While I was engaged in Christmas preparations, Strange Horizons released the podcast of December’s poetry. Listen…

“Raw Honey” in Strange Horizons

Dec 9, 2014

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Sara Norja

in flailing, poetry, publication

My poem “Raw Honey” is up in the latest issue of Strange Horizons. Yay! I’m so happy to be part of such a wonderful magazine, and for the second time too. Read the poem here! I’m well pleased with this poem. In my mind it’s set in the same world as my previous SH poem…

Story sale to Luna Station Quarterly

Dec 8, 2014

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Sara Norja

in nanowrimo, publication, short stories

My short story “The Ruin” will be appearing in the next issue of Luna Station Quarterly, on 1 March 2015. LSQ is dedicated to showcasing women writing speculative fiction, and I’m looking forward to being part of this lovely project. Huzzah! Pleasingly, this story is set in the same world as my Nanowrimo novel for…

Nanowrimo win!

Nov 30, 2014

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Sara Norja

in nanowrimo, novelling

Huzzah – I just validated my Nanowrimo 2014 win. \o/ Time for a glass of wine! I clocked in at 50,262 words. I managed to actually get some sort of story arc in there, too. 😀 The final words were nothing amazing (few words in this zero draft were particularly amazing!), but I managed to…

Nanowrimo, Day 19

Nov 19, 2014

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Sara Norja

in nanowrimo, novelling, personal babble

Awww yisss I’m all caught up with Nanowrimo after an intense 3000-word session just now. And there’s an actual plot now! *gasp* I’ve been grappling with being behind + lack of plot during the past week, both due to being too busy to plan ahead. I was already resigned that this Nanowrimo zero draft would…

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