Month: March 2020

Getting Into Both Clarions: The Deets

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Hey, friends! Check out this helpful information from fabulous author Allison Thai about her (successful!) application process for the prestigious Clarion science fiction and fantasy writing workshops. Congratulations, Allison! Write on! Best, Amy Clare Fontaine

Allison Thai

I hope that this blog post would be useful for prospective applicants, or at least satisfy curiosity of what a (not THE, mind you,) successful application cycle looked like.

Table of Contents:
-application timeline
-how I got the news
-my writing sample
-my Clarion West essay

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Pre-order ‘Japanese Fantasy Drabbles’!

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The Japanese Fantasy Drabbles anthology from Insignia Stories is now up for pre-order on Amazon for just 99 [US] cents and will be released on April 16! 80 stories of Japanese mythology for 99 cents! This includes three new stories from me–about sickle weasels, a turtle ghost, and a cat demon–and the first published stories of my good friend Carmen Indalecio! Get it now at the pre-order rate, folks! It’s a steal! With gratitude and love, Amy Clare Fontaine

INSIGNIA STORIES

The Kindle pre-order link for ‘Japanese Fantasy Drabbles’ is now live! 

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Releasing on April 16th, this anthology features 80 drabbles (100-word stories) inspired by Japanese folklore and yokai tales, as well as original fantasy and science fiction pieces.

CONTRIBUTORS:
Amy Clare Fontaine – A.S. Charly – Bayveen O’Connell – Beth W. Patterson
Carmen Indalecio – Charles Reis – Charles Venable – Christine Richmond – D.J. Tyrer
Eisuke Aikawa – Emma K. Leadley – Heather Ewings – Jacek Wilkos – J.M. Wong
Joel R. Hunt – John H. Dromey – Joyce Chng – Juan Takai – K.B. Elijah
Kelly Matsuura – Kimberly Rei – Kyosuke Higuchi – Malena Salazar Maciá
Massimo Soumaré – Mina Ikemoto – Monica Schultz – N.M. Brown – Natsumi Tanaka
Rich Rurshell – Russell Hemmell – Sheenah Freitas – S.J. Fujimoto – Stephen Christie
Steve Stred – ToJo – Toshiya Kamei (Translator) – Vonnie Winslow Crist…

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Black History Month Spotlight: Jakebe T. Lope

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Hey, friends! Check out this interview with the AWESOME Furry Writers’ Guild author Jakebe! He’s super cool and you should check out his work! You rock, Jakebe!!

Best,

Amy Clare Fontaine

Furry Writers’ Guild

It’s February, and in honor of Black History Month we have been featuring some of the black authors that are members of the Furry Writers’ Guild. Today will be our last feature for the month, and we will be sharing an interview done with Jakebe T. Lope! He has had stories featured in Breaking the Ice: Stories from New Tibet, Historimorphs, and New Fables. Without further ado, let’s get to the interview.

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FWG: Tell the guild and our readers a bit about yourself.

Jakebe: My name is Jakebe T. Lope, though I’ve gone by others in my day. I’ve been in the furry fandom since 1996, so I’m pretty sure that makes me a greymuzzle! I’m a long-time writer and blogger — my blog “From the Writing Desk” is a collection of personal essays about the writing process, my journey with mental health, the…

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