Short Story Format

Standard Format

When I first started out writing and submitting short stories, I spent a lot of time and effort learning how to format my manuscripts. Here are all of the short story formatting guidelines I use, collected in one place for your convenience. Cover Page The margins should be one inch…
March 27, 20236 Comments
Sidearm & Sorcery

Sidearm & Sorcery Volume Two

Presenting a  gripping new supernatural anthology featuring some of newpub's finest! Supernatural evils lay hidden, deep in the shadows of society. Be these dangers man or beast, they will strike at unsuspecting, everyday people. What if there are no selfless wizards around when a demon steps from the alley? What…
March 23, 20235 Comments
Character Agency

Character Agency

"What if my characters want to do things  that  sabotage my plot?" That question will baffle outliners. "Your characters are just extensions of your own will," they'll say. "How can they 'want' anything that you don't want?" This misunderstanding stems from the technical differences between authors who construct meticulous outlines…
March 20, 20238 Comments
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Writing Tips: The Sentence Level

Working as a professional writer and editor these past years has not only taught me a lot about writing; it's shown me much that I didn't even suspect I didn't know. Since I always try to have one hand reaching down the ladder to help folks below me up while…
March 14, 20239 Comments
Nightland Racer

Nightland Racer

Newpub author Fenton Wood presents a new edition of his most popular novel! Reynard "The Fox" Douglas is an outlaw racecar driver who despises the government that jailed him, drafted him, and seized his money. He's also the only man who can pilot an experimental nuclear-powered supercar into the Zone,…
March 10, 20234 Comments
Three-Act Structure

Should You Outline?

Writers come in two broad types: architects who draw up thorough plot outlines before they start writing, and gardeners, or discovery writers, who just dive in and play it by ear. Some writers are natural outliners. Others are natural gardeners. A common complaint of the latter is that they lose…
March 8, 20236 Comments
Demon Ex Machina

Demon Ex Machina

Author David V. Stewart unveils his latest occult horror tale ... ... with a tech twist DEMONIC AI The face… So human, yet not human, the face of an old woman, man…monster. It haunted me, a demon reaching out, looking out into the world beyond cyberspace, beyond printed circuits. Buried…
March 4, 20238 Comments
AgainstTheMountainsOfMadness

Against the Mountains of Madness

Announcing a new collaboration between Superversive pioneer Jason Rennie and science fiction grand master John C. Wright! Your hosts John C. Wright and Jason Rennie seek to scale the Mountains of Madness, what has become of our modern culture, and what can be done to fix it. We use the…
February 27, 20232 Comments
Beating Back the Darkness

Beating Back the Darkness

Author Tiger Hebert announces the upcoming crowdfunder for his action-packed fantasy series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcIH8ALmRtQ Get Ready for Beating Back the Darkness Series Cover Overhaul & Rebrand It's the modern day fantasy series readers are calling, "a fusion of Lord of the Rings, Narnia, World of Warcraft, and D&D." Beating Back the…
February 24, 20231 Comment
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3 Days Left for Mongoose & Meerkat 3

Just 3 days left to back Cirsova's Tales of the Mongoose and Meerkat: The Redemption of Alness. Two years have passed since the fall of Alness. And two years have passed since the brash young sellsword Mangos teamed up with Kat, the mysterious Alnessi rogue. Together, they have made a…
February 17, 20232 Comments