Heather Bell Adams
@heatherbelladams.bsky.social
Author MARANATHA ROAD (WVU) & THE GOOD LUCK STONE (Haywire); fiction in North Carolina Literary Review, New Letters, Reckon Review, Thomas Wolfe Review, Still, Stanchion, etc Rep’d by Carly Watters
Writers with short story collections, the W.S. Porter Prize is open through Dec 1; prize includes $1k + publication: regalhousepublishing.com/the-w-s-port...
The W.S. Porter Prize for Short Story Collections
The W.S. Porter Prize is awarded to recognize a masterfully written short story collection, while also honoring William Sydney Porter, a native born son of North Carolina and an accomplished short …
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Where to start Chapter 1 in a novel: buff.ly/NAw9XJh by Nathan Bransford #wkb8
Where to start Chapter 1 in a novel
One of the trickiest parts of writing a novel is the whole “Chapter 1” thing. Or should this novel start with a prologue?! Gah! I’m already stuck! You know you need to grab the reader in the opening…
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Finally remembering to post a couple signed copies of Larks—holler if you’d like one. $18, with shipping. 💙📚
This seems like a good to remind folks: if you have a literary project you want to start but need a little help and a little support, our incubator might be what you're looking for! bullcitypress.com/projects/inc...
Incubator
We started in a basement with a budget of $300. We love helping others who have shoestring budgets make the books, journals, podcasts, and literary ephemera that they’ve been dreaming of. Bul…
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Ok, all, we're 8 copies away from an unprecedented 3rd printing of @writesloud.bsky.social's First Kicking, Then Not, a full 14 days before pub day!! Who wants to be the reason an author gets another $300 + 15 more author copies? Have it solo or with a pennant. Let's goooo! stanchionzine.com/shop
OMG THE PENNANTS ARE HERE YOU GUYS. Feel something this summer. Buy a pennant for a fiver or the Breakdown Bundle with a physical copy of @writesloud.bsky.social's First Kicking, Then Not, a PDF download of the book & an I WANT TO FEEL SOMETHING pennant for $17. StanchionZine.com/shop
The Devil's Done Come Back: New Ghost Tales from North Carolina, The forthcoming @blairpub.bsky.social anthology edited by @edsouthern.bsky.social (in which I have a short story), is longlisted for North Carolina Reads! You can vote here; voting ends 7/31: docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
True Crime that reads like a thriller/mystery novel, yes please! #MSWL
A little reminder that I'd love to be on your podcast, be interviewed, be reviewed, and all that good stuff for this new book! 🥹
Like a podcast? Share their episodes. Enjoyed a book? Pass it along to a friend. Love a YouTuber? Drop a link in group chat. Admire an author? Let them know with a message. Creating can be isolating, but sharing helps these works grow and stay alive well past when they’re knocked from the nest.
Grateful to have a new story in Orange Blossom Review: orangeblossomreview.org/journal/all-...
All the Lies I Told Today – Orange Blossom Review
All the Lies I Told Today
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Stanchion opens in 4 hours. Closes in 28. Let's make Issue 19.
Delighted to have a short story in this @blairpub.bsky.social anthology, edited by @edsouthern.bsky.social, which is available for preorder: bookshop.org/p/books/ghos...
The Devil's Done Come Back: New Ghost Tales from North Carolina
New Ghost Tales from North Carolina
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One of us is freaked out about asking for blurbs for their alternative history novella, Starring Marilyn Monroe as Herself (forthcoming Regal House fall 2026) 😆 #authorlife #histfic
You remember too much, my mother said to me recently. Why hold onto all that? And I said, Where can I put it down? —Anne Carson, from "The Glass Essay"
Catching up on recent issues of The Greensboro Review
Join Page 158 Books for a movie night party for Sunrise on the Reaping! Celebrate the release of Sunrise on the Reaping by going back to where it all started: The Hunger Games. For details visit: https://www.page158books.com/event/sunrise-reaping-release-party
oh sorry I can’t make it my story is marked “in progress” now so I have to get my hopes up for the next ten months
Spring conference for @ncwritersnetwork.bsky.social May 2-4 in Asheville: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...
This new short story contest is free and open to NC writers:
We are so excited to announce the winning recipient of our 2024 W.S. Porter Prize: Itoro Bassey for Ajebutter Women! Congrats, Itoro, and welcome to the Regal House family! regalhousepublishing.com/itoro-bassey/
Loved my recent time with a book club in Hillsborough:
THE NEIGHBORS - #flash #fiction by UNCG Creative Writing alum Matt Barrett at Wigleaf https://buff.ly/4aemypF @mfagreensboro.bsky.social #UNCGAlumni #UNCGEnglish #UNCG #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere
"well I guess I better let you have a go on my bike now" love this story by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @theforge.bsky.social (Thanks @mattkendrick.bsky.social for bringing it to my attention) forgelitmag.com/2024/06/03/i...
It Never Mattered What Happened at Home - The Forge Literary Magazine
By Sumitra Singam
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"The gorilla looked sad, in the way real gorillas might look, gorillas that live in rubber tree forests demolished for human consumption. Humans like me."
Passages North@passagesnorth.bsky.social · 2y agoManaging Editor Andrew Walker on today’s bonus short: Like a trusty car with new wheels, this short travels far and wide in a space that feels all too familiar. www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...
