Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Reminder: Sunshine State Book Festival 2025 in Gainesville FL

Please if you live in north-central Florida or if you know anybody who does - within driving distance of Gainesville - stop by the Sunshine State Book Festival and support your local authors. 

I'll be there, on Saturday February 1st from open to close, and today the organizers confirmed my booth location at #114. If I can paste the map here:

I'll be in the Humor aisle, next to Action/Thriller

Hope to see you there!

Sunday, January 5, 2025

Thinking About What to Submit to RPLA This 2025

Just a quick note: This year the Florida Writers Association ended the Royal Palm Literary Awards for the non-fiction short/article/blog categories, so there goes most of my submission-worthy materials for consideration.

/headdesk

There are a couple of unpublished short stories I could submit along with one or two shorts I published in Funny Locations. But it feels really bleak that blog writing no longer counts for literary evaluation.

Of the published stories in Funny Locations, should I stick with "Road Trip To Vegas" or gamble on "...All Others Pay Cash"?