Anna Tizard: award-winning fantasy & dreampunk🖌

Writes weird/contemp. fantasy inspired by a word game played on podcast, Brainstoryum. Join in: are doorways into the mind.✍️

[Anna Tizard: award-winning fantasy & dreampunk🖌 @AnnaTizard]

Writers! On the Brainstoryum podcast I bring you:

* a surrealist word game that generates unique prompts using YOUR word suggestions

* writing tips & publishing opportunities!

* Laughs, thoughts, tea drinking

Then I roll a 12-sided dice to go deeper⬇️
https://t.co/M1olOmZ8N1

[Martin Dench, Author @DenchWrites]

Dust jackets, designed by @EmilyDesigner, available with all my non-Amazon hardbacks!

They're beautiful (apart from the photo of me).

All available everywhere, except Amazon, now! 📚

[Gaius Konstantine @GaiusKonstantin]

An Exception

I do not normally review outside of Reader’s Favorite; however, this is a rare exception that is unlikely to be repeated soon.

For our very own @AutisticRedHead , your review is below. As this is outside RF, I’m not going with a star rating. Instead, I’m giving you something even many 5 star reviews do not get, a recommendation.

“Their lines were predictable, and their rhythm felt mechanical. Their world was a play that had gone on too long without rewriting—too simple, too flat, too empty.” The world in Hanneh, a novella by author Gabriella Nøhr, isn’t just simple; it’s picture-perfect on the outside while stifling everything that makes us human. The setting is a happy little country, particularly an even happier little town called Vejle, where a woman named Hanneh struggles to recall how she came to be there. Behind a carefully manicured façade of harmony, Hanneh realizes that only sterility and conformity are permitted, all in the name of ‘wellness.’ But what is well? What is normal? And who gets to decide the parameters? As Hanneh explores her surroundings and, more importantly, herself, she is about to discover an age-old truth: Normal is sometimes an artificial concept imposed by a society when it can’t define, categorize, or accept an individual for who they truly are.

Clever and sharp, Hanneh by Gabriella Nøhr is an original and uniquely relevant portrayal of modern dystopia disguised as a gilded cage. The plot itself follows a woman suffering from a neurodevelopmental condition as she struggles to acclimate to a state-controlled ‘safe-place.” However, another interpretation is that the entire novella is a pertinent metaphor for every person who has ever felt like an outsider or the ‘other’. In addition, a not-so-subtle dig is thrown at the medical profession, which tries to treat a condition without knowing exactly how the people suffering from it feel. Gabriella’s writing style is focused and sharp, but she does break a couple of rules. The formatting is not what the industry expects, and while I cannot know whether this was an intentional stylistic choice, I would urge that it not be changed. The story works better without conforming to that norm. Additionally, the pace is very brisk and the English Translation impeccable, though at times the story seems slightly abrupt.

Overall, Hanneh is a great read for anyone who has ever felt out of sorts in a society that shaped itself without understanding a part of humanity. I easily recommend it.

[Delenda Carthago @DelendaStories]

Sunday Micro-Fiction
Speculative | Absurdist | Social Satire

A Small Matter
J stopped pairing socks. No one remembers why. Everyone else followed. The world crumbled.

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One word: But Why?
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More micros on Substack

[🎼 𝕸𝕬𝕽𝕂 🎼 @2112Westy]

#folkloresunday
In parts of the Fens, the plants Lords-and-Ladies were sometimes called “fairly lights,” and it was said their strange flowers gave off a faint glow at dusk. With their heat, foul scent and poisonous berries, the plants became one of Lincolnshire’s most uncanny signs of early summer.

[Anna Tizard: award-winning fantasy & dreampunk🖌 @AnnaTizard]

@the_erik_doran Hey, that's a great idea.

The first anthology was so good, and there's bound to be more material than they can do anything with!

[KENNETH M. GRAY @KennethMGRAY2]

Read Sayulita Sucker by @cterlson
https://t.co/bumB6XcUX9
and meet the real Phil the Crow

[Anna Tizard: award-winning fantasy & dreampunk🖌 @AnnaTizard]

@the_erik_doran Dare I ask--did you see what number your submission was?

I sent mine in just over a week ago and I saw that I was 174th in the queue for review! 😳😆

[Anna Tizard: award-winning fantasy & dreampunk🖌 @AnnaTizard]

@the_erik_doran Oh wow--amazing! 🥰

[Erik Doran ❤️‍🔥 @the_erik_doran]

I submitted a story to the WERE-2 anthology today!

Thanks to this post by @AnnaTizard for the heads-up!

Looking forward to seeing what comes up for us!

[KENNETH M. GRAY @KennethMGRAY2]

Look what arrived today!
I had the pleasure of Beta reading this and now get to read the finalized and illustrated edition.
Thanks @DelendaStories

[Anna Tizard: award-winning fantasy & dreampunk🖌 @AnnaTizard]

@DelendaStories Great article, thanks for sharing this.

I've not used any of these platforms but I'll be launching an ARC campaign soon, as my MS will be ready in July. I'm going to try my subscribers & podcast listeners, but I've been thinking about Readers Favorite (& now poss. Booksiren😁!)

[Anna Tizard: award-winning fantasy & dreampunk🖌 @AnnaTizard]

@DelendaStories Thank you, Delenda! 🥰

[Anna Tizard: award-winning fantasy & dreampunk🖌 @AnnaTizard]

Anyone who would like to join in and get a shout-out: you have 24 hours left!

⬇️⬇️✍️

#WritingCommmunity

[Anna Tizard: award-winning fantasy & dreampunk🖌 @AnnaTizard]

@NLVracar Ooh! Love it!

So clever and neatly tied up (as usual).

Thanks so much, Nick! 🥰

[Anna Tizard: award-winning fantasy & dreampunk🖌 @AnnaTizard]

Who'd like a shout-out on the next Brainstoryum podcast (story brainstorming mayhem with tea & laughs)?

Write max 250 words based on:

"the shallow crow" OR:

"the tranquil game developer"

I'll read out your story/ scene/ idea & tell listeners where they can find you. Comment⬇️

[Anna Tizard: award-winning fantasy & dreampunk🖌 @AnnaTizard]

Writers! On the Brainstoryum podcast I bring you:

* a surrealist word game that generates unique prompts using YOUR word suggestions

* writing tips & publishing opportunities!

* Laughs, thoughts, tea drinking

Then I roll a 12-sided dice to go deeper⬇️
https://t.co/M1olOmZ8N1

[Anna Tizard: award-winning fantasy & dreampunk🖌 @AnnaTizard]

Anyone who would like to join in and get a shout-out: you have 24 hours left!

⬇️⬇️✍️

#WritingCommmunity

[Anna Tizard: award-winning fantasy & dreampunk🖌 @AnnaTizard]

Who'd like a shout-out on the next Brainstoryum podcast (story brainstorming mayhem with tea & laughs)?

Write max 250 words based on:

"the shallow crow" OR:

"the tranquil game developer"

I'll read out your story/ scene/ idea & tell listeners where they can find you. Comment⬇️

[Anna Tizard: award-winning fantasy & dreampunk🖌 @AnnaTizard]

Who'd like a shout-out on the next Brainstoryum podcast (story brainstorming mayhem with tea & laughs)?

Write max 250 words based on:

"the shallow crow" OR:

"the tranquil game developer"

I'll read out your story/ scene/ idea & tell listeners where they can find you. Comment⬇️

[r.b @tuxedocatz11]

#ASongOrMovieForBeef
'It's my pattie and I'll fry if I want to'

[Delenda Carthago @DelendaStories]

I’ve gained enough experience with the main ARC platforms (Booksprout, LibraryThing, Reedsy, BookSirens), and I’ll be writing an article about them soon. I think many new writers will be interested in the topic, especially in where to send their books.