S.A. Barton: Seriously Eclectic
Writing. Thinking. Occasionally complaining.
This novelette is a story I've been tinkering with for quite a while, and I'll be ready to let it go out into the world pretty soon -- a week or so for... Continue Reading →
[This post appeared on my Patreon page on 3/29 -- become a patron, see my work before anyone else!] I've begun rewriting that early story of mine, “In Real Life”. (The new cover is better than the old, don't you think?) It was published in 2012, but it was written, to the best of my... Continue Reading →
This post has happened before, with different examples. It happens often enough that it has its own tag, "cover art". This familiar old story is about self-publishing on a shoestring. Self-publishing when the often reasonable prices of people who design covers for a living are out of practical reach. And trust me, paying someone else... Continue Reading →
But everyone can see the cover, at least! This story is Patreon-exclusive for 90 days as thanks for helping me reach my $60/month funding milestone! As I wrote for the folks on Patreon: This is one of my less common pieces -- mainstream fiction (magical realism at most) rather than science fiction or fantasy. I wrote... Continue Reading →
I wrote this one a while back, and posted a few choice paragraphs from it. It's a story from a future Australia scarred by a disaster, changed, different, perhaps stronger in some ways. But more than that, it is a tale of music, of communication, of growing up, and of finding wisdom by finding what... Continue Reading →
This is for a story I have recently finished editing. I probably won't be publishing it as an ebook any time this year; I'm waiting to hear back from a beta reader on it, and then I plan on submitting it... somewhere, I'll work that out... when it comes back (after I consider the reader's... Continue Reading →
Time flies. I remember working on these stories and it doesn't seem possible that it was so long ago. On the other hand, my mind is full of the stories I'm working on now, so I wasn't even really thinking of them before I realized the anniversary of my publishing Isolation and Other Stories was... Continue Reading →
Thanks to supportive friends and family, I've reached (over) $20/month in patronage on Patreon. Every dollar makes it a little easier to remain a full-time writer -- many thanks!I promised that when I reached $20/month I would post a short story that would remain exclusive to Patreon for 90 days. I posted that story today.... Continue Reading →
Here it is! It's free, and at 1249 words it's a quick read. Click 'read online' to read it directly, or download the ebook format you prefer. It will also be showing up on iTunes, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Amazon (links in the right sidebar to all of my titles -- look!) within the... Continue Reading →
