Category: Personal
Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem Out Today!
by Shannon Fox
Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem is officially available today! This anthology features 23 new stories celebrating monsters and the movies. I’m honored to have my story, “Hyde Park” included in the stellar lineup. Edited by Kevin J. Anderson and published by WordFire Press, this is an awesome anthology you won’t want to miss. Available in paperback and ebook. Click here to buy it now! Lights! … Read More Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem Out Today!
Writing Update: A Starred Review for Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem!
by Shannon Fox
The current pandemic has me working a lot and reading a lot (expect more reviews as soon as I have time to get them up!), but I’m popping in briefly to share that the upcoming anthology I have a story in, Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem, received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly! Click here to read the review on the Publisher’s Weekly site Note: … Read More Writing Update: A Starred Review for Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem!
Writing Updates: Winter’s Cry to Be Reprinted in May and Some Personal News
by Shannon Fox
In the midst of all this Coronavirus craziness, I haven’t had time to update my blog at all – and definitely not with the bright spot of news I recently received! My short story, “Winter’s Cry,” is being republished by The Magazine of History and Fiction in May! It was previously published by The Copperfield Review in 2012. “Winter’s Cry” is a short story … Read More Writing Updates: Winter’s Cry to Be Reprinted in May and Some Personal News
Cover Reveal: Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem Anthology
by Shannon Fox
Before Christmas I shared that the story I’d submitted to the Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem Anthology had been accepted! Today I’m excited to share the cover of the anthology which will be released this summer! The anthology was developed for the Publishing MA at Western Colorado University and is being published by WordFire Press. Edited by Kevin J. Anderson, it includes new stories from … Read More Cover Reveal: Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem Anthology
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Today I Am Thirty
by Shannon Fox
3-0. Three decades. Today, I am thirty. I don’t think I greeted twenty with nearly as much reverence as I do turning thirty today. I’m sure at twenty I was just impatient to get to twenty-one and then to twenty-two so I could graduate college and start my life. The beginning of this year brought us the ten year challenge and everyone’s nostalgic trip back … Read More Today I Am Thirty
Writing Updates: “Hyde Park” Short Story Sold, Publication Expected July 2020
by Shannon Fox
In my last writing update, I mentioned I wrote and finished a short story two days before the Halloween deadline for an anthology. Well that story, “Hyde Park,” is now sold! Apparently there were over four hundred entries for the Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem anthology and just twenty-two made the final cut! I’m honored to have made it all the way to the end … Read More Writing Updates: “Hyde Park” Short Story Sold, Publication Expected July 2020
Writing Update: Rainbow Bookshelves, Audio Books, and More
by Shannon Fox
I’ve needed to do something about my book shelf situation at home for about two years Problem was, I really liked the bookshelf I had, really liked my living room set up, and didn’t want to just get rid of a perfectly good bookshelf (or perfectly good books). So I kept piling all the new books on the floor near the book shelf, telling … Read More Writing Update: Rainbow Bookshelves, Audio Books, and More
How to Host a Successful Book Club: Lessons Learned From Five Years in the Trenches
by Shannon Fox
Anyone can start a book club. The challenge lies in keeping it going. This month, the book club my friend Kariana Reyes started turned five years old. I’m OG member and I think I’ve been at every meeting and finished every book except for a handful! I’ve made new friendships through the book club and read books I never in a million years would … Read More How to Host a Successful Book Club: Lessons Learned From Five Years in the Trenches
Writing Updates: Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
by Shannon Fox
After last month’s writing update, I officially started the process of querying agents. And I forgot how much the querying process SUCKS. You basically send out a letter to decide the fate of your baby to someone you’ve never met and then spend literally weeks and months waiting around for the response to drop like a thunderbolt from the sky to either ruin or … Read More Writing Updates: Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
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Cursed Collectibles: An Anthology is Available Now
by Shannon Fox
It’s officially Spooktober and what better way to celebrate than with a new collection of spooky stories?! Cursed Collectibles is officially available through Amazon! The Kindle version is available now, with print and audiobook versions to come in the next couple weeks. Click here to purchase Cursed Collectibles: An Anthology for Kindle Spend an afternoon antiquing and it’s not hard to figure out why … Read More Cursed Collectibles: An Anthology is Available Now
Cursed Collectibles Anthology to Be Released October 1st
by Shannon Fox
I’m so excited to share I have a story coming out in the Cursed Collectibles anthology and it’ll be available for purchase on October 1st – just in time for Halloween! The story I have in this anthology, entitled “The Garden Party” is actually one I wrote way back when I was going to UCSD – and then rewrote and submitted for this! I love … Read More Cursed Collectibles Anthology to Be Released October 1st
Writing Updates: Starting the Query Process for Shadow of the Magician
by Shannon Fox
This month I’m starting the agent querying process for Shadow of the Magician. I got feedback from most of my beta readers back and made all my changes to the manuscript from there. I also finished doing the grammar line edits so I feel like this is a solid, clean draft. I’m now at the point where anything else I might do it just feels … Read More Writing Updates: Starting the Query Process for Shadow of the Magician
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