In life, strangeness often seems to compound with additional strangeness, like dominos falling in rapid succession. The latest strange domino: Inner Workings , the first anthology I’ve had the pleasure of editing, was selected for a special eBundle curated by the Writers of the Future. This is an amazing collection of novels, novellas, and short stories all written by judges and winners the Contest. For the next few days, you can get all 14 titles at 70% off. This includes novels by several of my favorite authors, including Orson Scott Card, Keven J. Anderson (who have been killing it with the Dune series!), and Larry Niven. Check out it out here . There is also a copy of Writers of the Future Volume 37, if you are not familiar with the contest. It was created by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1980s to help give new authors and illustrators a boost in launching their career. As it is free to enter, and contestants retain the right to their work, it is leading aspiring author completion of its kind. Writers of the Future is a free-to-enter contest that was created by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1980s to help give new authors and illustrators a boost in launching their career. My first domino in this story In 2019, while I was training to become a couple and family therapist – itself a strange adventure – I received a phone call from Joni Labaqui, the Writers of the Future Contest Administrator. Rather, I received the phone call from Joni, letting me know I had taken 2 nd place in Writers of the Future Vol. 36 , Q2, and that I would be going to Hollywood to do many things I had never done before: ride the LA metro, rent a tuxedo, meet Tim Powers, eat at In-N-Out Burger; the works. I did end up doing all those things, but not before another strange domino fell: COVID-19 shut down the world and our grand WOTF gala was summarily postponed. Cut to the Fall of 2021 and I’m finally landing in […]
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