My mother, the inimitable Jane Yolen passed away this morning after a blessingly short fight with Alzheimer’s. She did not suffer, and went peacefully into the ether which, I am certain for her, will be filled with words of the most exquisite beauty and meaning.
I'm writing an issue of my newsletter pottern.substack.com (still lives there, atm) on marketing short stories and I'd love to hear from short story publications & short fiction writers:
What, if any, marketing do you do for your stories? How do readers find them? What do you find moves the needle?
I watched every episode and memorized trivia and taped quotes to my wall. I made friends because of it and it felt like a secret code for understanding each other.