Episode 137: Interview with Emily Barnett

Notes:

Emily hosts the weekly #FlashFictionMagic short story writing tag, where writers share their short work on Fridays based on the week’s prompt. She has short stories and poems that are being published in four anthologies this year, as well as stories in online magazines Havok Publishing and Spark Flash Fiction. Her short story Gone Fishin’ recently won the Havok Editor’s Choice Award. She has written five works of fiction and is currently querying her book Thread of Dreams to agents. She’s also a thoughtful, wise, and supportive presence within the Instagram writing community.

Emily’s personal website is https://emilybarnettauthor.com/ . Her site contains links to her short stories that are in print, blurbs for her fiction books that she is querying, and displays her beautiful and whimsical digital illustrations. You connect with her on Instagram @embarnettauthor, on Twitter @embarnettauthor , and on Facebook @emilybarnettauthor.

Emily mentions participating in the Twitter pitch contest #moodpitch which occured on April 7th, 2022. More information can be found at: https://moodpitch.org/

Emily also talked about two online magazines that accept short stories for publication. Those are;

Havoc - https://gohavok.com/

SparkFlash -  https://sparkflashfiction.com/

Books and Movies Mentioned:

 The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde

Holes by Louis Sachar

What Darkness Fears: An Anthology by Anne J. Hill, Lara E. Madden, Elaine Wells, Emily Barnett, D.A. Randall, Maseeha Seedat, Beka Gremikova, L.A. Thornhill, Kristiana Sfirlea, Savannah Jezowski, Effie Joe Stock, AJ Skelly, Natalie Noel Truitt, Crystal Grant, Denica McCall, Kat Heckenbach, and Laurel Jean

Fool's Honor: An Anthology by Anne J. Hill, Lara E. Madden, Beka Gremikova, Emily Barnett, Hannah Carter, Maseeha Seedat, David Lasley, L.A. Thornhill, Alex Silvius, Savannah Jezowski, Effie Joe Stock, A.J. Skelly, Natalie Noel Truitt, Crystal Grant, Claire Tucker, Nathaniel Luscombe, Elaine Wells, Julia Skinner, Mariella Taylor, Brittany Eden, Anna Augustine, Laurie Lucking, Kaitlyn Emery, Nobel Shut Chan, Tasha Kazanjian, Richard S.

Casting Call: Havok Season Six (Havok Flash Fiction Book 6)

Music from: https://filmmusic.io
‘Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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