Astounding Steemit Stories Volume 8
Astounding Steemit Stories
October 15th 2017
Last week we saw two issues Volume 6 & 7, where I had slightly more in depth reviews of the Authors mentioned in Volume's 1-5. In this issue we have more new Authors to be met and shared.
Welcome @jedau
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Here is the Author @jedau idea - Silver Lining would serve as my commentary for the week's chapter of A Day in the Clouds, so that it would have no unnecessary commentary from me. It would be pure, unadulterated literature. You can still leave comments and well-wishes in every chapter, and we could discuss specific points in the story there as well. Think of Silver Lining as a side note of the ongoing story. I'm excited to see what types of topics I would write here, as there's really no concrete roadmap yet. Inspiring stories, interviews, jokes — the possibilities are endless!
It is going to be interest to me to see what kinds of remarks he gets on each.@jcedwards, Here is a link to her The Littlest Fairy story.
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Thanks so much for the link, @bashadow! (I'm a "her", lol.) @michelle.gent is a dear friend of mine, and introduced me to Steemit last year. Her writing is absolutely fabulous! If anyone is into science-fiction, another author you may want to check out is @alienbutt; you'll probably enjoy his stories as well.
And with that we have our next new Author to visit.
I do like it when Authors or readers leave suggested reading comments, it really helps find that something special to read. I really enjoyed her story, and @alienbutt's story. Thank you @jcedwards for the suggestion.
@alienbutt
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I have not gotten around to starting Alienbutt Saga Book 2 - The rise of Mr. Fluffy That link will take you to the first 50 chapters.
I believe it was @giantbear who intoduced me to @bdmomuae, via a resteem of her story:
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The bearded chap (that would be Mr @everittdmickey) who rights the kinda soldier driven, masculine, or highly descriptive fantasy stuff. I know who you're on about as I think he's in your magazine. Will go back and take a look in bit. I've been thinking about approaching guys like him for help or pointers as their writing style has a toughness to it that indicates they wouldn't be squeamish with my work. I admire his ability to be beautifully descriptive yet to the point. I'd approach folks like that but don't want to be suspected of begging for votes when really I want advice. The vote beggars on steemit have made that part hard for those of us who value input over the vote. (bold) (I added so you would know who he is talking about).
So if you have any helpful advice please let him know. I know how he feels about trying to ask for advice without sounding like a vote begger.
Take a look at some of his writing it is pretty good, even though he is asking for pointers, he just wants to put the best possible writing out that he can.
"photo credits on authors pages"
Storytellers and Authors from previous entries. They keep writing, and I keep reading.
@ezzy --------------- @macksby
@wgmartin ------- @everittdmickey
@richq11 ---------- @cecicastor
@wolfeblog ------- @lyxng
@greenrun ........ @aksounder
@pibara ............ @josephlwiess
@stevescoins ...... @cizzo
@giantbear ............. @johnjgeddes
@papa-pepper
@alexbeyman
@suesa
@michelle.gent
@dreemit
@therealpaul
Improvements and or suggestions, feel free to make them in the comments section; and a great big thank you to all the authors out there, for providing me with reading enjoyment.
I also use the comment section to leave post of Authors I find, and the occasional writing contest, or when someone ask for help. And feel free to just leave a general I need to contact you kind of post if you want.
Also story Link's are not spam so feel free to drop a link you find, or your own when you have a new story out. Remember as an Author/Storyteller, you need to let people know you are out there.
Astounding Steemit Stories ..... Volume 2 ........ September 10th 2017
Astounding Steemit Stories ..... Volume 3 ........ September 17th 2017
Astounding Steemit Stories ..... Volume 4 ........ September 22nd 2017
Astounding Steemit Stories ..... Volume 5 .........September 29th 2017
Astounding Steemit Stories ..... Volume 6 ...............October 6th 2017
Astounding Steemit Stories ..... Volume 7 ...............October 7th 2017
Two more Authors:
@meesterboom , try out his "Thursdays With Uncle Boom" (hilarious!), that was from @jcedwards I did, and it was.
@lindahas, now she was found via @cizzo, who had a resteem of OCD 100th post, where she was featured. I read her Two Swords Two Vultures and an Elephant story, and it was very good. These two Authors/Storytellers will be featured in the next issue.
I write fantasy stories, but mostly I enjoy reding SF&F written by others. To me, it is not just the technology or magic or other weirdness that traps me so that I become an avid reader. It helps, but what I really require is that the author brings the characters to life. I want to care about them and feel anxious when they are hurting or in danger.
I am glad to have found this site and have resteemed it - mostly so that I can find it whenever I'm short of a good story to read.
I think you will find these Storytellers do a great job at bringing their characters to life. When I would have to buy books I mostly stayed in the SF&F section myself, on steemit here, I have found that some of the more dramatic stories and horror stories are very pleasant reads.
About @jcedwards, I wanted to include this in the write up about her but forgot. So please take a look at her story, and help a little guy out:
Thank you, soft heart for any small critter.
Okay now, not fair, you made me cry. Yes, I'm a bit of a mushpot - and I can't thank you enough for including me in your selection of storytellers; I'm really honoured to be a part of that.
Just to update you on Thomas Cat - he is healing very well, so that second round of antibiotics really helped. The anti-inflamatories the Vet prescribed have also helped with the arthritis in his back end, which I'm very grateful for. Right now we're really rationing the supply I have left, as the medications are very expensive. And no, the dog's owner has not done the right thing - to pay for the Vet bill, which is really frustrating. I filed in Small Claims Court for the costs ... and to date, she has ignored the Registered Mail I sent with the documents. I still have 3 more days to wait until I can go back to the Claims Tribunal and request further direction from them. Sigh. This is so difficult and stressful, especially on the Disability income I have to live on - but we're both hanging in there.
Again, thank you so much for your interest in, and support of, my writing! xox
You need to do an update on Thomas, just a short one like you gave me. The other Thomas post is 14 days old so no more payouts on it, plus some of the cat lovers may be readers also and upvote your stories, put cats as your first tag item, there are more cat people than dog people, then I would suggest pets, animals, community, dogs. those are the five tags i would use on Thomas's story. I hope you get more views and votes, I wish I had a bigger audience to call on, but still very much a newbie on steemit, growing, but still very new. I hope everything works out for you and Thomas, and you are a very talented writer.
What a awesome list of stories @bashadow
I really like how handy and nicely listed they
all are, thank you for doing this it makes it easier
to find good things to read :-)
Thank you, I was just going down my list and saw you resteemed me, voted me up, and commented. Thank you for your nice comment.
Thanks for the mention @bashadow. ;)
Part 51 to the end of Alienbutt Saga book 2
Okay, not a story link but these seed pods you have just got to go and see. Courtesy of @alienbutt
https://steemit.com/@authorofthings
https://steemit.com/@deadgrlsuppastar
https://steemit.com/@timmo3663
https://steemit.com/@thinknzombie
https://steemit.com/@arthur.grafo
https://steemit.com/@winstonalden
https://steemit.com/@tarazkp