tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80919351756431544692024-03-08T06:34:30.157-05:00Authorized MusingsJennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.comBlogger301125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-59191616952918599342023-12-10T16:13:00.003-05:002023-12-10T16:25:34.674-05:00Awards Eligibility 2023, Jennifer R. Donohue<p> in 2023, I published my DEBUT NOVEL! <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/19834/9781945548222">Exit Ghost</a> came out in March, and I've been pitching it as modern witchy girl Hamlet at the Jersey Shore. It is a little genre-wobbly; it's possible a fan of litfic would enjoy it, it's somewhat gothic, it's modern fantasy, it's dark and witchy and (eventually) bloody. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHSjBRIwIrqAvGapdJxPwKxmh_jxcCZAwG37S-K_5qXFZhJMH1PjUx8Ahgorn88UavxVqhTgzOlGZo-tgkhUFcwh45Hru2H38nGNhKdQAkexoo8n9kA905i0utUV1_RaF2UGtrYZjs2lRxaY-lc05qscjliGjDRQmeopFE0Yqlu-bIK2976TivBadxh7K/s680/Exit%20Ghost%20Jennifer%20R.%20Donohue%20tarot%20promo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHSjBRIwIrqAvGapdJxPwKxmh_jxcCZAwG37S-K_5qXFZhJMH1PjUx8Ahgorn88UavxVqhTgzOlGZo-tgkhUFcwh45Hru2H38nGNhKdQAkexoo8n9kA905i0utUV1_RaF2UGtrYZjs2lRxaY-lc05qscjliGjDRQmeopFE0Yqlu-bIK2976TivBadxh7K/s320/Exit%20Ghost%20Jennifer%20R.%20Donohue%20tarot%20promo.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">my non-series novella publication of 2023 was a weird west, <a href="https://books2read.com/BetweentheBloodandtheSun">Between the Blood and the Sun</a>. It's about faith, and dying, and some of the inspiration came from Val Kilmer's performance of Doc Holliday in Tombstone (1993)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho48aoNJx93rifXuP-7JlSpqfFcP4-B2tlWVR_zVk2HEYzdnauG6v-LWDlB9Sg4CRwLuueGLW8Fbs473jYI8hOpF20nFCGrOpdeixOJ1rngT8-Z0DAF4udTuLZwPPU8bkkzDXzzFN4I1klOANHjXvKa5D5h8zYfkJd_gHzvIcXVZ-ltj60Lr_G87cKNU45/s5120/Between%20the%20Blood%20and%20the%20Sun.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5120" data-original-width="3200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho48aoNJx93rifXuP-7JlSpqfFcP4-B2tlWVR_zVk2HEYzdnauG6v-LWDlB9Sg4CRwLuueGLW8Fbs473jYI8hOpF20nFCGrOpdeixOJ1rngT8-Z0DAF4udTuLZwPPU8bkkzDXzzFN4I1klOANHjXvKa5D5h8zYfkJd_gHzvIcXVZ-ltj60Lr_G87cKNU45/s320/Between%20the%20Blood%20and%20the%20Sun.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had THREE! original short stories published in 2023.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"This is Not the Only Kingdom" was in<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6R942KL"> issue 4 of Old Moon Quarterly</a> [5000 words]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"The Oyster Widow" was in <a href="https://tychebooks.com/saltwater-sorrows">Saltwater Sorrows</a> [7000 words] (And is in the same word as my 2022 novella, <a href="https://books2read.com/drownedheir/">The Drowned Heir</a>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"Solar Sonata For Four Hands" was in <a href="https://www.apexbookcompany.com/collections/all-books/products/robotic-ambitions-tales-of-mechanical-sentience">Robotic Ambitions</a> [3900 words]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>If you are reading for awards and need copies of any of these, please don't hesitate to reach out to me and we can make it happen! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-45719380114635932382023-03-07T20:26:00.001-05:002023-03-07T20:26:14.601-05:00Out now! Exit Ghost, by Jennifer R. Donohue<p> My debut novel, EXIT GHOST, is now out in the world! </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://books2read.com/ExitGhost">You can order it in ebook on nearly platform</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/19834/9781945548222">in hardcover through Bookshop.org</a> (this is an affiliate link) or Amazon or your local indie! You can request your local library order it, because your local library does want to know what its patrons want to read, and probably have a request/suggestion form right on their website!</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-PSOUrfnAwAsKyRz64aXvUs9Hov9sELKLXlYWMwQXtVbVvF82gL4tGw62dCUW493pfl_vJklAYhqjd5TN6tVTGszrIjYf_GXZBk6WTdiRq6lWJzL3j4hGJOkPRIr3XOXbhCoxKWDA7LYGo8etup981YVWZdQdhUNa-GR6reOcRS2uj9fNlQts8ObvPw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="707" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-PSOUrfnAwAsKyRz64aXvUs9Hov9sELKLXlYWMwQXtVbVvF82gL4tGw62dCUW493pfl_vJklAYhqjd5TN6tVTGszrIjYf_GXZBk6WTdiRq6lWJzL3j4hGJOkPRIr3XOXbhCoxKWDA7LYGo8etup981YVWZdQdhUNa-GR6reOcRS2uj9fNlQts8ObvPw=w240-h320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">However you read Exit Ghost, be it through your own purchase or a library borrow, please do rate and/or review it<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BPNT9447"> on Amazon</a>, and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69703213-exit-ghost">Goodreads</a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-52834496553017407212023-01-21T16:40:00.000-05:002023-01-21T16:40:05.956-05:00Preorder my DEBUT NOVEL Exit Ghost<p> That's right, you heard it here first (if you didn't see it on Twitter, or Instagram, or hear it from me in person), I'm releasing my debut novel, Exit Ghost, on March 7, 2023!</p><p><br /></p><p>I queried this novel for 2 years, starting right before the pandemic really kicked up stateside. Not the best timing on my part, with what otherwise would've been great timing; witchy books are/have been <i>in</i>, and this is a witchy book!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhD9Ugws6PVso-3WLGmCCrhb-OLbNnofWXQzxrRtfDmsHU6K0D4eX90m5b7d8SpaKKOCdT3-eFfhWmcTDZJ7yPlYTsZMXO9nKU5U_zJ4fNkNwH-L-rKsQLeGx_sPOL-DoWKoFATRN3fcKDjbj7chCCm7mPC-fICTm9hU__yR_viLjSTl4ZmSWr_uoQQ/s2250/Exit%20Ghost.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1410" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhD9Ugws6PVso-3WLGmCCrhb-OLbNnofWXQzxrRtfDmsHU6K0D4eX90m5b7d8SpaKKOCdT3-eFfhWmcTDZJ7yPlYTsZMXO9nKU5U_zJ4fNkNwH-L-rKsQLeGx_sPOL-DoWKoFATRN3fcKDjbj7chCCm7mPC-fICTm9hU__yR_viLjSTl4ZmSWr_uoQQ/s320/Exit%20Ghost.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So what is it about? Here's the cover copy:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">After her father is murdered and an attempt is made on her life, New Jersey heiress and witch Juliet Duncan is supposed to be concentrating on getting better and moving forward. Instead, Jules summons her father's ghost using her blood and tears and his old rotary phone to answer the question: who did it? He reveals it was Hector, her dad’s best friend and her mom’s new fiancé.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Certain her life is still in danger, Jules flees the family estate to the Asbury Park apartment she shares with her best friend and fellow witch, Ashes. When another friend joins them, all three women get caught up with a secret boyfriend who’s also big into magic, but in all the wrong ways, all while Jules wrestles with whether her father’s ghost was telling the truth. But what Jules does know is that power has its cost, and she is more than willing to pay the price in order to get her revenge.</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div></div><br /><p>Where can you get it? Pretty much everywhere! I'm doing the ebook in my typical way, with distribution far and wide, and the hardcover is through IngramSpark, which means that bookstores and libraries who order through Ingram can just order it with no special considerations necessary. Indeed, I would be thrilled if you'd request your local library order it. A handy link where you can choose whatever digital store you please (and some physical stores) is here:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://books2read.com/ExitGhost">https://books2read.com/ExitGhost</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">It is already listed on both <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69703213-exit-ghost">Goodreads</a> and <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/10017d5c-4fab-4974-b060-2dcc28ca9784">Storygraph</a>, and if you do read it, I encourage (beg) you to rate and/or review it there and on Amazon!</p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-30099905296727696062022-11-15T20:08:00.005-05:002022-12-31T17:44:16.371-05:00Awards Eligibility 2022, Jennifer R. Donohue<p>I have had <i>seven</i> original short stories published in 2022 </p><p><br /></p><p>"Every Quivering Fold of Flesh" was published by <a href="https://futurefire.net/2022.60/fiction/every.html">The Future Fire</a></p><p><br /></p><p>"One to Sit in Judgement" was published by Air and Nothingness Press in <a href="http://aanpress.com/aanorder.html#sm">The Spirit Machine</a></p><p><br /></p><p>"Boys of Summer" was published by <a href="https://corvidqueen.com/stories/boys-of-summer-jennifer-r-donohue">Corvid Queen</a></p><p><br /></p><p>"Mistempered Weapons" was published by <a href="https://kaleidotrope.net/summer-2022/mistempered-weapons-by-jennifer-r-donohue/">Kaleidotrope </a></p><p><br /></p><p>"A Country of Eternal Light" was published by <a href="https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/a-country-of-eternal-light/">Apex Magazine</a></p><p><br /></p><p>"On What Wings" was published by <a href="https://www.fusionfragment.com/issue-13/">Fusion Fragment</a></p><p><br /></p><p>"Into the Dark" is in Issue 86 of <a href="https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/fiction/into-the-dark/">Fantasy Magazine</a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, my novella The Drowned Heir is eligible in that category, and <a href="https://books2read.com/DrownedHeir">is available on most digital platforms, and wherever you buy your hardcover books. </a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6duHaxqSAoeXedoqNLA52iHqNo-ZbOfRBax-BvJbk7uYGMkcCgjXmir_006Etw_RoiY33Jiu5oZygaxW7KMXOQ-Sy2g30BmK22LaPEpGR4jV9fK1chUxsDvmIJ_nRygH_ggJIO8upUvIYJuVhCAX2o9LX4bDYsZaV-VuBwtVNi3YRQ2R704P2I9JgVQ/s4032/PXL_20220817_123548490.PORTRAIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6duHaxqSAoeXedoqNLA52iHqNo-ZbOfRBax-BvJbk7uYGMkcCgjXmir_006Etw_RoiY33Jiu5oZygaxW7KMXOQ-Sy2g30BmK22LaPEpGR4jV9fK1chUxsDvmIJ_nRygH_ggJIO8upUvIYJuVhCAX2o9LX4bDYsZaV-VuBwtVNi3YRQ2R704P2I9JgVQ/s320/PXL_20220817_123548490.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-44148667725324984032022-11-11T16:56:00.001-05:002022-11-11T16:56:35.456-05:00Available Now! Run With the Hunted 5: Insert Coin to Play<p> The latest installation of Run With the Hunted came out on October 31, and thus Run With the Hunted 5: Insert Coin to Play is now available to purchase in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Run-Hunted-Insert-Coin-Play/dp/1945548207/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=">paperback</a> and <a href="https://books2read.com/runwiththehunted5/">ebook</a>!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLLYKrYCHr9gdqKK7dt3mTyZnMQOH9CwgChrdBfNPiO60U_si3IyzPeTFLubI4tE9VyULG32uHG3uqPuIvv-lvJvshpHDrZZzzSYXVghM1Znm1_myaHTdppp_nfNlsKQvgANc_v-MyRudQt3AsgxswMzDtNzAgsAdDDLP_G-xYcH3FCeRzvCra_eDrg/s2560/copy%20Run%20With%20the%20Hunted%205%20Insert%20Coin%20to%20Play%20(3).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLLYKrYCHr9gdqKK7dt3mTyZnMQOH9CwgChrdBfNPiO60U_si3IyzPeTFLubI4tE9VyULG32uHG3uqPuIvv-lvJvshpHDrZZzzSYXVghM1Znm1_myaHTdppp_nfNlsKQvgANc_v-MyRudQt3AsgxswMzDtNzAgsAdDDLP_G-xYcH3FCeRzvCra_eDrg/s320/copy%20Run%20With%20the%20Hunted%205%20Insert%20Coin%20to%20Play%20(3).png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the fast-paced, tech heavy future, all work and no play makes a dull team. Bits scores an invite for the game: a real-world, multi-day puzzle and travel challenge with big prizes for the winners. Dolly and Bristol join the road trip, solve puzzles, take in the scenery, and bicker about snacks. But when Bits does what she does best and takes a look behind the code, all is not what it seems, and now the trio is playing against a different and deadlier clock.</div><br /><p><br /></p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-37418406922211048962022-07-27T22:36:00.003-04:002022-07-27T22:41:29.352-04:00Available to preorder! The Drowned Heir, by Jennifer R. Donohue<p> Surprise, I have a new dark fantasy/horror novella coming out at the end of August! </p><p>I am self publishing it. <a href="https://books2read.com/DrownedHeir">It is available for ebook preorder</a> (with the hardcover to follow)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4iAG5w8eD11vtfPThaZVYzTFFljcZtcy8ccEaR07kJR6FwlUMC79yDCqAQelM1TvlBY9JNaZ1x5FgAM7jUT5bMwfOqfU493vlii2b9lmJ49y4ad738LiI5VFiHWpflXZq_2ZUWCHl3rG3_yGjCOQ8OrMdLZexlTJOC817VfcOLAy8hVfrLotVUY2BOw/s2560/The%20Drowned%20Heir.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4iAG5w8eD11vtfPThaZVYzTFFljcZtcy8ccEaR07kJR6FwlUMC79yDCqAQelM1TvlBY9JNaZ1x5FgAM7jUT5bMwfOqfU493vlii2b9lmJ49y4ad738LiI5VFiHWpflXZq_2ZUWCHl3rG3_yGjCOQ8OrMdLZexlTJOC817VfcOLAy8hVfrLotVUY2BOw/s320/The%20Drowned%20Heir.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>"When her uncle dies at sea, a third child with no place in society undergoes a ceremony to house his spirit and take his role, diminishing the family’s loss. But her uncle’s spirit hasn’t settled the way it’s supposed to, and will not content itself with shore-bound business. Her uncle’s spirit insists, angrily, that it was not just a storm that killed him and wrecked his ship, not a rogue wave; it was an unthinkably large monster.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then his lover comes knocking with news of an adult son who has set sail along the same shipping lane, and dead uncle and living niece must work together to save a son neither of them knew existed."</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>AND I have a blurb: "Profoundly poetic and infused with fascinating magic and myth, this book spoke to me deeply of the struggle between hereditary duty and the yearning for adventure. Hungry monsters and rogue waves lurk with ill intent below family secrets kept too long. I could taste the salt water in every line -- a triumph of nautical storytelling, as fascinatingly and carefully crafted as a swift ship." —Premee Mohamed, Nebula Award-winning author of <i><a href="https://www.premeemohamed.com/offer-you-tonight">And What Can We Offer You Tonight</a></i></p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-56358949969863830192021-11-16T21:38:00.001-05:002021-11-17T14:46:01.727-05:00Awards Eligibility 2021, Jennifer R. Donohue<p> I have had <i>five </i>original short stories published this year!</p><p><br /></p><p>"Sailing to Byzantium" is in <a href="https://www.fusionfragment.com/issue-4/">Fusion Fragment #4</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>"How Do You Grow?" is in <a href="https://hexagonmagazine.ca/issue-4-spring-2021/">Hexagon 4</a></p><p><br /></p><p>"All This Darkness" is in <a href="https://apex-magazine.com/all-this-darkness/">Apex 123</a></p><p><br /></p><p>"The Mountain's Wife" is in <a href="http://futurefire.net/2021.58/fiction/mountain.html">The Future Fire</a></p><p><br /></p><p>"I Am Tasting the Stars" is in <a href="https://translunartravelerslounge.com/2021/08/15/i-am-tasting-the-stars-by-jennifer-r-donohue/">Translunar Travelers Lounge</a></p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-60336406770185272532021-10-27T19:18:00.000-04:002021-10-27T19:18:05.766-04:00Preorders open! Run With the Hunted 4: VIP<p> As October draws to a close, I know there's one thing on everybody's minds: the next installment of Run With the Hunted!</p><p><br /></p><p>Run With the Hunted 4: VIP <a href="https://books2read.com/RunWiththeHunted4">is available for ebook preorder now, on the platform of your choosing</a>! The paperback will swiftly follow.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><blockquote><i>'Funny, twisty, and full of surprises, 'V.I.P' is a boot-scootin' good time as well as a cleverly unexpected addition to this series of heist books!' - Premee Mohamed</i></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclvL0-ZNsYw8D5ZYaQV_HONEoa040mT18E6JUpeU3HVe6RGxc7MgogrTRb06SQB6ZVfXgSZ5zRpdc5N_ahIauQTU4MqOF7R37WcxNpSrBJgSJ-zA5EyBnBPoMSsDU_olaiSF2h0KqZfcc/s2048/Run+With+the+Hunted+4+VIP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1283" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclvL0-ZNsYw8D5ZYaQV_HONEoa040mT18E6JUpeU3HVe6RGxc7MgogrTRb06SQB6ZVfXgSZ5zRpdc5N_ahIauQTU4MqOF7R37WcxNpSrBJgSJ-zA5EyBnBPoMSsDU_olaiSF2h0KqZfcc/s320/Run+With+the+Hunted+4+VIP.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><blockquote>In the fast paced, tech heavy future, even cowboys get the blues. Bristol is unwinding at a non-work party when she's approached by a bullrider with trust issues; he's had enough injuries that he can't do the rodeo circuit anymore, and he's got a deadline to get married and claim his family fortune if he wants a ready-made alternate career path. With Bits and Dolly posing as her bodyguards, Bristol is plunged into the social lives of the ostrich ranching elite. It's rife with rivalries and there are parties for days, but when people from Bristol and the team's past catch up to them, the race to the altar takes a left turn.</blockquote><p></p><p>My dear friend J.Z. Kelly <a href="https://jzkelley.com/preorder-run-with-the-hunted-4-vip/">has a blog post detailing the reasons why you should preorder RWTH: VIP</a></p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-70707751849488076232021-08-15T15:23:00.002-04:002021-08-15T15:23:33.153-04:00Out now! "I Am Tasting the Stars" in Translunar Travelers' Lounge<p>New story day!</p><p>My latest, "I Am Tasting the Stars" is out now in <a href="https://translunartravelerslounge.com/2021/08/15/i-am-tasting-the-stars-by-jennifer-r-donohue/">Translunar Travelers' Lounge</a>! </p><p>This has been an interesting market to try and crack (as we in the business say), as part of their stipulation is that they want <i>fun</i> stories. And in many ways, fun is subjective and arguable, and in other ways, it really very much is not. If you're familiar with my stories, 'fun' isn't really one of the main themes you might consider me to typically cover.</p><p>It is both a climate change story, and a 'the bombs dropped' story, told by a narrator who was nine years old when the word that was ended. And back then, when the world ended, she made a list of the things that should be gathered and saved and experienced, so that people would remember. The last item on the list is the one this story concerns itself with, a bottle of champagne.</p><p>Please go read it, and I hope you enjoy! Maybe fun isn't what I normally write, but even so, it is a very 'me' story!</p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-70898681600253190412021-07-11T14:59:00.001-04:002021-07-11T14:59:29.302-04:00Available now, in The Future Fire: "The Mountain's Wife"<p>A few years ago, I read a couple of longform articles on Mt. Everest and the way that sometimes bodies became like landmarks to other climbers, and the subsequent recovery efforts that were made to get those deceased climbers down off the mountain. In the way of things, it left an impression, but kind of just got loaded into my subconscious. </p><p>And that's where <a href="http://futurefire.net/2021.58/fiction/mountain.html">"The Mountains Wife"</a> came from. It's a fantasy story, maybe a little bit of a horror story. There are dogs but (spoilers) the dogs are okay. The narrator (and indeed, almost everybody in the story) is unnamed, another of my hallmarks.</p><p>The Future Fire does a great job when it comes to publishing (This is my second story with them; last year, they published <a href="http://futurefire.net/2020.55/fiction/know.html">"Know They Will Die, Under the Salt of It."</a>) Their editing is smooth and reasonable, and stories have illustrations! What a luxury, as an author, to have an illustrated story.</p><p>Additionally, this is my 29th short story publication! This does count prints and reprints, but it is 29 times that somebody read my story, said "Yes, we want to publish this" and did! </p><p>Stay tuned next month for number 30...</p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-39557473375386858212021-05-10T17:45:00.002-04:002021-07-19T10:47:42.419-04:00"All This Darkness" out now in Apex Magazine!<p> My latest short story is now available in issue 123 of <a href="https://apex-magazine.com/">Apex Magazine</a>! It will be free to read on June 1, but <a href="https://apex-magazine.com/product/apex-magazine-issue-123/">the full issue is only $4.99 if you can't bear to wait.</a> It's called "All This Darkness," from the Bruce Springsteen song "Land of Hope and Dreams." </p><p>It isn't about Bruce Springsteen, though, and it isn't a New Jersey story. It's inspired by Shamokin, Pennsylvania, where my grandparents come from. It was a coal mining town, until the mines closed, and so my story is about the generation of kids that thought they would graduate high school (or not) and go to work in the mines, like their parents before them. Until the mines closed. And then they went into the mountain anyway.</p><p>I do hope you'll give it a read, and enjoy! They also interviewed me, which was really fun and interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add: Here is the direct link to my story: <a href="https://apex-magazine.com/all-this-darkness/">https://apex-magazine.com/all-this-darkness/</a></p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-51824288002607502442021-04-08T21:09:00.002-04:002021-04-08T21:09:30.769-04:00Get the latest! "How Do You Grow?" <p> My latest short story is available to read in <a href="https://hexagonmagazine.ca/issue-4-spring-2021/">issue 4 of Hexagon magazine</a>! </p><p><br /></p><p>It is called "How Do You Grow?" and is about symbiotic teeth, and growing up, and the things that adults tell children sometimes as they're growing up. The title is from the Anne Sexton poem "<a href="https://www.ritualwell.org/ritual/little-girl-my-string-bean-my-lovely-woman">Little Girl, My String Bean, My Lovely Woman</a>"</p><p>In his <a href="http://quicksipreviews.blogspot.com/2021/03/quick-sips-03192021.html">Quick Sip Review</a>, Charles Payseur calls it "an unsettling but effective read," and I do tend to trust Charles' judgement. </p><p><br /></p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-76978416703425472472021-02-22T18:42:00.001-05:002021-02-22T18:42:06.244-05:00New short story! "Sailing to Byzantium" now available in Fusion Fragment (issue 4)<p> One of the stories nearest and dearest to my heart, "Sailing to Byzantium," is now available in<a href="https://www.fusionfragment.com/issue-4/"> Fusion Fragment magazine's 4th issue</a>!</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a pay what you want PDF, or you can get a physical issue or $23.99 Canadian. They sent me a contributor's copy, and it is a very high production print work!</p><p>If you liked some of my other short stories, "<a href="https://syntaxandsalt.com/2017/06/19/daddys-girl-by-jennifer-r-donohue/">Daddy's Girl</a>" and "<a href="http://lunastationquarterly.com/story/for-whatever-we-lose/">For Whatever We Lose"</a> specifically, then this story is an examination of similar themes.</p><p>It's a story that was rejected by some as too literary, and by others as too genre, and I'm still not really sure what to call it necessarily. But it's found its home, and I hope that it is read widely! Tell your friends!</p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-64247140525624504892020-11-23T19:30:00.001-05:002020-11-23T19:30:18.615-05:002020 Awards Eligibility Post, Jennifer R. Donohue<p> I had<i><b> five </b></i>original stories published this year!</p><p><br /></p><p>"<a href="http://www.truancymag.com/2020/01/25/for-thine-is-the-kingdom-by-jennifer-r-donohue/?fbclid=IwAR2Ps6KXdcAd7lbsUmiuTdHg0aDPq1B7jvdyvOK96OKSVqaiCDpw4RryEe4">For Thine is the Kingdom</a>" appeared in Truancy magazine in January</p><p><br /></p><p>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085BD6653">Black Market Cheerios</a>" appeared in Lamplight volume 8, issue 2. </p><p><br /></p><p>"<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/842882405/nothing-left-but-mud-digital?ref=shop_home_active_3">Nothing Left But Mud</a>" was published as a standalone by Sword & Kettle Press in July.</p><p><br /></p><p>"<a href="https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1988233747/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_ci4IFb90649TK">Defend Us in Battle</a>" appears in the Hear Me Roar anthology, released in September</p><p><br /></p><p>"<a href="http://futurefire.net/2020.55/fiction/know.html">Know They Will Die, Under the Salt of It</a>" appeared in The Future Fire in October.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, I released the third Run With the Hunted novella, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1945548134">Run With the Hunted 3 Standard Operating Procedure</a>, in October</p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-89963142111607308162020-10-24T20:12:00.004-04:002020-10-24T20:12:45.950-04:00Now Available! "Know They Will Die, Under the Salt of It" in The Future Fire<p> My science fiction short story "Know They Will Die, Under the Salt of It" is now available to read in <a href="http://futurefire.net/2020.55/fiction/know.html">The Future Fire</a>!</p><p>I wrote this story in 2018, after I happened across an article in <a href="https://www.outsideonline.com/1896841/open-your-mouth-and-youre-dead">Outside</a> about freediving. So then I read three more. I didn't really know what I was going to do with it yet, but that's just part of my process; I just put as much into my brain as I care to, and stories come out, some sooner, some later. </p><p>The title come from the Carl Sandburg poem "<a href="http://carl-sandburg.com/young_sea.htm">Young Sea</a>" and it is a title that I'm happy with. I feel like it both catches the freediver spirit, and the reality of those who live by the ocean and work closely with it, and also the reality of what is happening in the story itself. </p><p>This is one of two stories that I've written about not-really-successful space colonies; the other is "Black Market Cheerios," and appeared earlier this year in <a href="https://apokrupha.com/product/lamplight-volume-8-issue-2/">Lamplight Volume 8, Issue 2</a>. They are not related stories in any further sense; they don't share characters or anything. But they are both stories that I am very pleased with, and I am happy that they have found homes!</p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-21424218971663002692020-09-26T00:00:00.040-04:002020-09-26T11:55:20.057-04:00Cover Reveal and preorder announcement! Run With the Hunted 3: Standard Operating Procedure<p>It's that time of year again!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Run With the Hunted 3: Standard Operating Procedure </span></b>is coming to <i>you </i>on October 31, 2020!</p><p>That's right, Dolly, Bits, and Bristol are back with their latest adventure!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArhiRloMpueC3fGmjeHN6n_dsN5fQPbTroD7aGqVXqyCLXGiYAyAQQKSGBJ6zkto7MEh3sUxxNrJe3SKFlkYOHSPPReKBmcI7EN6tzSUcxGFVl_w_A5zfQiqjlWk7aJmM0qg93TzLxDc3/s2048/RunWiththeHunted3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1283" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArhiRloMpueC3fGmjeHN6n_dsN5fQPbTroD7aGqVXqyCLXGiYAyAQQKSGBJ6zkto7MEh3sUxxNrJe3SKFlkYOHSPPReKBmcI7EN6tzSUcxGFVl_w_A5zfQiqjlWk7aJmM0qg93TzLxDc3/s320/RunWiththeHunted3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-783f56f3-7fff-9fc1-5b41-786a517be705"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><blockquote>In the fast-paced, tech-heavy future, the rich are richer, and even more careless. Dolly is practically legit, recovering abandoned sports cars from parking lots around Dubai, and selling them off after a little tech magic from Bits. When Bristol catches wind of an auction for the most expensive dog in the world, it’s an opportunity they don’t want to miss. What could be more fun than a dog heist? But things really go south when it’s about handoff time, and this super simple dog heist gets a little more deadly.</blockquote><p><br /></p><p>You can preorder the Kindle version here: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08K3S774H">Run With the Hunted 3: Standard Operating Procedure </a></p><p>And you can preorder non-Amazon items here (more stores will populate as the preorder processes through them): <a href="https://books2read.com/u/m2ZGBk">Run With the Hunted 3: Standard Operating Procedure</a></p><p>Unfortunately, Amazon does not do paperback preorders, so you won't be able to order that until day of.</p><p>Missed the previous heists? There's still time to catch up with <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JNRQRFV">Run With the Hunted </a>and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZQN9965">Run With the Hunted 2: Ctrl Alt Delete</a>!</p><p><br /></p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-70205394636756431172020-09-25T18:51:00.002-04:002020-09-25T18:51:37.288-04:00Now Available: Hear Me Roar<p> Hear Me Roar is now available!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/2020/09/hear-me-roar-anthology-pre-orders.html">In my previous post</a>, I promised to update for paperback preorders but, there weren't any. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hear-Me-Roar-Rhonda-Parrish/dp/1988233747/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1601073719&sr=1-2">But you can buy the paperback now!</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are already a number of reviews for it on Amazon and on Goodreads, which is excellent! At least one of them mentions my story, "Defend Us in Battle", which is also excellent! The response seems to, in general, be positive.</p><p>That's a great table of contents, and I'm pleased to be sharing it with these authors! Rhonda is great to work with (see also <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Grimm-Grit-Gasoline-Dieselpunk-Decopunk/dp/1732254664/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=grimm%2C+grit%2C+and+gasoline&qid=1601074248&sr=8-1">Grimm, Grit, and Gasoline</a> for my short story "One Hundred Years") and so I was pleased to repeat the experience!</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxnztRqEuad3ezo4YtsyPzvFSRPaXwBhWOZULpQQXpIGpLj6mhAOqdlvCMHktLVOY1WCLFkQaR2vSI5w4ca23zuEFPknlMR8RnOknFeu0UyZ3QtGxhbIQO-26agAbT0nsIB4l1C1iEoUf/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="662" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxnztRqEuad3ezo4YtsyPzvFSRPaXwBhWOZULpQQXpIGpLj6mhAOqdlvCMHktLVOY1WCLFkQaR2vSI5w4ca23zuEFPknlMR8RnOknFeu0UyZ3QtGxhbIQO-26agAbT0nsIB4l1C1iEoUf/w207-h320/image.png" width="207" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><div>If you don't want to order from Amazon, Rhonda Parrish <a href="https://www.rhondaparrish.com/home/publications/anthologies/hear-me-roar/">lists a number of venues on her website</a>! She also makes the excellent point that you can request that your local library order it! And your library doesn't have to order it through Amazon either; it is available on Ingram (I just checked), which also means that if that's how your local bookstore orders, you can ALSO get it through them! Support your local bookstore! Support your local library!</div>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-70351190679978644602020-09-13T18:38:00.002-04:002020-09-13T20:01:39.504-04:00Hear Me Roar anthology pre-orders!<p> Hello readers!</p><p>I have a short story coming out in an anthology later this month! Edited by <a href="https://www.rhondaparrish.com/home/" target="_blank">Rhonda Parrish</a>, Hear Me Roar will be out on September 22. </p><p>(that's right, sports fans, Rhonda Parrish is also the anthologist for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Grimm-Grit-Gasoline-Dieselpunk-Decopunk/dp/1732254664/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=grimm%2C+grit%2C+and+gasoline&qid=1600036569&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Grimm, Grit, and Gasoline</a>)</p><p>It is called "Defend Us in Battle," and is about a girl whose dad is in a dragonslaying motorcycle club. Essentially.</p><p>Currently, you can preorder the digital version <a href="https://www.rhondaparrish.com/home/publications/anthologies/hear-me-roar/" target="_blank">here</a>; I'm told that the paperback preorders will happen soon, and I will do my best to remember to update here with a link to that!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.rhondaparrish.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Cover-Full-662x1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="517" height="400" src="https://www.rhondaparrish.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Cover-Full-662x1024.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-82750647768772428562020-07-29T11:27:00.004-04:002020-09-15T16:39:01.300-04:00Coming soon! "Nothing Left But Mud" with Sword & Kettle press<p>Hello! I have news for you!<br />
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A few months ago (March?) I got a story rejection and took to twitter, saying something along the lines of "due to current events, I'm not sure this scifi story is even scifi anymore" and called it a maybe-apocalypse at the Jersey Shore, about horseshoe crabs and stuff. Because I am g r e a t at summarizing things in zippy and compelling ways.<br />
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Well, Kayla Allen who owns Sword & Kettle press asked me to send it to her. And then Kayla said "hey, we'd like to publish this, what do you think?" and I said "Yes, please and thank you!" (further summarizing, of course.<br />
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So now, Friday July 31, 2020 is when my short story "Nothing Left But Mud"<a href="https://www.swordandkettlepress.com/nothing-left-but-mud"> will become digitally available through Sword & Kettle press</a>, with a physical little book version of it coming sometime after!<br />
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The title comes from the Rudyard Kipling story "The Crab Who Played With the Sea" (and that crab is not a horseshoe crab, but it was still...thematic, y'know?) and the story is about a pandemic, and being home with your parents at the Jersey Shore, and trying to survive, and trying to maintain hope. I wrote a hopeful store for once, gentle readers! I am very excited for it, and I do hope you read it and enjoy!</p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/842882405/nothing-left-but-mud-digital"> It is now for sale digitally on the Sword & Kettle Etsy store!</a>, and I'll update when the physical copy is available.</p>Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-67600919962171107242020-05-07T20:14:00.000-04:002020-05-07T20:14:13.058-04:00REPRINT Publication! "For Whatever We Lose," in Escape PodThis month, Escape Pod is doing a run of space-themed stories. First up? My short story "<a href="https://escapepod.org/2020/05/07/escape-pod-731-for-whatever-we-lose/">For Whatever We Lose</a>," first published last year in <a href="http://lunastationquarterly.com/story/for-whatever-we-lose/">Luna Station Quarterly</a>.<br />
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It's always interesting listening to one of my stories be podcast; I'm the only one who reads my stories the way I read my stories, if that makes sense. So hearing my words in not-my-voice is a fascinating experience! Phoebe Barton's comments at the end were also excellent.<br />
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So, if you missed it last year, or if you just want to revisit, <a href="https://escapepod.org/2020/05/07/escape-pod-731-for-whatever-we-lose/">do please go to Escape Pod and give the story a listen</a>! Plus, tell your friends!<br />
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Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-54348493513736039512020-04-23T12:53:00.001-04:002020-09-26T11:19:01.973-04:00April.....fools?So hi<br />
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I hope you are well<br />
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Because. Um. Yeah. Lots going wrong in the world, isn't there?<br />
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I'm happy to report, for my part, that while the library is closed, my coworkers and I all still have jobs. Many of us even have job duties that we can still perform from home. This is a privilege that I am VERY thankful for; I feel unbelievably lucky.<br />
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And we're seeing now just how much libraries can still do from home. There are <a href="https://www.simplemost.com/free-digital-escape-rooms/">digital escape rooms</a>, there are livestreamed storytimes (with many publishers and children's book authors generously saying "yes, it's okay to read my books for these." Many ebook lending restrictions have been lifted, and I know at my library, <a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/">Hoopla</a>, our newer streaming service, has been wildly popular. Run With the Hunted, et al will eventually be added to Hoopla...Draft2Digital started that process back in like, November, and I think both services were unprepared for how many people were gonna say yes all at once.<br />
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One of those work-from-home things is my writing group. We've just had a big email ol' email chain, that I kick off each Saturday with a collection of writing prompts, and people who feel up to it send back what they came up with. I've been working on a short story in this way, bit by bit, prompt by prompt. I'm not really sure how it will end up, but that's taking shape. It's interesting to write in that way, letting people read it as you go, instead of after you've ironed out the wrinkles and tacked down the edges and done things like give people names (....whoops...)<br />
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I've been putting the prompts on my Patreon, for free. And I'm going to link the ones I've got so far right here:<br />
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<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/34954942">Digital Writing Group! Prompts, volume 1</a><br />
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/35133861">Digital Writing Group! Prompts, volume 2</a><br />
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/35372027">Digital Writing Group! Prompts, volume 3</a><br />
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/35675758">Digital Writing Group! Prompts, volume 4</a><br />
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/35998587">Digital Writing Group! Prompts, volume 5</a><br />
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/36245011">Digital Writing Group! Prompts, volume 6</a><br />
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In addition to that, I've been working on Run With the Hunted 3: subtitle to be determined, and making satisfactory progress on that. I've even got a coveer in the works! So I'll let you know here, and everywhere, when there are pre-orders for that.<br />
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I also plan to do an omnibus that collects the first three novellas under one roof, as it were. I'm thinking hardcover AND paperback for that, which means I'll be wrangling with the Ingram book formatting program. So that'll be a new experience! And then I'll need a cover for THAT too. So...any suggestions would be welcome!<br />
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And last but not least, I've had two short stories published so far this year! The first is <a href="http://www.truancymag.com/2020/01/25/for-thine-is-the-kingdom-by-jennifer-r-donohue/">"For Thine is the Kingdom"</a>, which appeared in Truancy in January. The second is "<a href="https://apokrupha.com/product/lamplight-volume-8-issue-2/">Black Market Cheerios</a>", which appeared in Lamplight Volume 8, Issue 2, in March.<br />
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For news along these lines, <a href="https://tinyletter.com/JenniferRDonohue">you can subscribe to my TinyLetter,</a> which I send out with slightly more frequency than I blog anymore (I used to blog a lot...I guess now you can tell that I'm writing more!)<br />
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Stay safe out there. Stay home if you can. It's a great time for reading, and for writing, if you can. Or baking bread, as so many people are doing. Or cross stitch or doing the plank challenge or binging everything you never got around to on various streaming services.<br />
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Until next time!<br />
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<br />Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-73263104058554287372020-01-01T16:30:00.000-05:002020-01-01T16:30:04.121-05:00Welcome to 2020!Happy New Year! I hope you had a safe and happy holiday, and that you have a good and prosperous year ahead of you!<br />
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2019 was a pretty darn good publishing year for me. I tweeted about it, but I'm happy to recount here!<br />
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I submitted stories 162 times and received 11 acceptances! 11!!!<br />
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109 of my rejections were forms, 39 were personals, and I still have 18 stories pending.<br />
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I had 4 original short stories printed: "For Whatever We Lose", "The Pearls That Were His Eyes", "Fundamentals of Search and Rescue", and "One Hundred Years".<br />
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In addition, 2019 was certainly the Year of the Reprint!<br />
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"Sugar and Spice" and "Daddy's Girl" were both reprinted in audio format. "The Wave", from my Patreon, was reprinted in actual print.<br />
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I wrote 4 short stories, and started far more (at least a few of which are pushing the boundary of what 'short story' means and are edging more into novella and novelette territory, which is great, because there are so many places to send those pieces [Narrator: there are not.]) I wrote 1 novella, Run With the Hunted 2: Ctrl Alt Delete. I wrote 1 novel, which I will be querying, after people read it, I polish it, more people read it, and I polish it more. Oh and after I write a query letter and a synopsis.<br />
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I feel like when I was querying The Last Song, far fewer agents wanted a synopsis up front. I don't know if this is because many agents are using Querymanager now, or if in general it's just a better strategy for them. and I knew I'd have to write a synopsis, I just didn't think it'd be immediately.Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-23724439767382418172019-11-13T20:50:00.000-05:002019-12-19T15:39:37.937-05:002019 Awards Eligibility!2019 has been my best publishing year yet! I can only hope 2020 keeps the ball rolling.<br />
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I am eligible for the Campbell Award, and I am <a href="http://www.writertopia.com/awards/campbell">listed on the site as an eligible author.</a> It was also just renamed<a href="https://locusmag.com/2019/08/campbell-award-renamed/"> the Astounding Award</a>, though the site doesn't reflect that yet.<br />
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My scifi short story, "<a href="http://lunastationquarterly.com/story/for-whatever-we-lose/">For Whatever We Lose</a>", was published in Luna Station Quarterly<br />
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My fantasy short story "<a href="https://andromedaspaceways.com/product/asm-75/">The Pearls That Were His Eyes</a>" was published in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine issue #75<br />
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My steampunk short story, "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Grimm-Grit-Gasoline-Dieselpunk-Decopunk-ebook/dp/B07SSD94JL/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=grimm+grit+and+gasoline&qid=1573695729&sr=8-1">One Hundred Years</a>", was published in the Grimm, Grit, and Gasoline anthology<br />
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My scifi short story "Fundamentals of Search and Rescue" was published in <a href="https://dreamforgemagazine.com/">Dreamforge, issue #3</a>.<br />
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The other short stories I had out were reprints (3! reprints!) or <a href="https://www.patreon.com/JenniferRDonohue">on my Patreon</a>. The Patreon ones are eligible, and if you are reading to nominate, I can make them available to you directly!<br />
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In total, I had 9 acceptances! One was in a dream market, Apex, that has sadly shuttered, or perhaps gone on hiatus. That story is traveling through slush piles again. I also had an anthology acceptance that will no longer be published, as <i>that </i>publisher has also shuttered. So hopefully 2020 is kinder to remaining and future markets!<br />
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<br />Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-44155370259351432012019-11-04T13:53:00.000-05:002019-11-04T13:53:17.317-05:00Now Available! Run With the Hunted 2: Ctrl Alt DeleteHappy Monday! The long-awaited sequel of Run With the Hunted is now available in <a href="https://books2read.com/u/bM9q15">ebook</a> or <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Run-Hunted-Ctrl-Alt-Delete/dp/1945548118/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=">paperback</a> form!<br />
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Jennifer R. Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091935175643154469.post-38758727479249298452019-09-30T08:52:00.000-04:002019-09-30T08:52:49.818-04:00Publication! "Fundamentals of Search and Rescue" available in DreamForge issue 03!I've finally had a Doberman story published! It is in issue 3 of <a href="https://dreamforgemagazine.com/subscribe-to-dreamforge-magazine/">DreamForge</a>!<br />
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"Fundamentals of Search and Rescue" is a story about a space elevator disaster, and canine search and rescue, and also Doberman ownership, which is the only kind of dog ownership I actually truly know. I've known other dogs, sure, but they haven't been <i>my</i> dogs.<br />
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and LOOK, Dreamforge does art for every story!<br />
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I named the Doberman Riddle, in homage to Susannah Charleson's dog Puzzle. Susannah Charleson's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Scent-Missing-Partnership-Search-Rescue/dp/0547422571/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=scent+of+the+missing&qid=1569847607&s=gateway&sr=8-1">Scent of the Missing</a> is why I got interested in reading about Search and Rescue to begin with; her book is amazing, and when I was done, I looked further on the topic. A few years later, in my writing group, we sat down and I set the timer to write, and the first sentence came out:</div>
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