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Keep On Keeping On–Jeff Baker, March 22, 2020

    The world has gone mad to-day, and good’s bad to-day, and black’s white to-day, and day’s night to-day, and that gent to-day you gave a cent to-day, once had several chateaus.—Cole Porter, from “Anything Goes.” Things are going … Continue reading

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Wise Words From “The Writer,” (the magazine, not me. Jeff Baker, February 4, 2019.)

                             Short Words From The Writer                                                 By Jeff Baker                            I got a small stack of back-issues of “The … Continue reading

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Summation, 2018; New Year’s 2019…

                       …and a Happy New Year, 2019                                     By Jeff Baker             About 1:10 a.m. in the morning, January 1st, 2019. Good a time as any to do another of … Continue reading

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My Latest Publication! Lambda Literary!

My latest publication is a review of the final “Wilde Stories” in Lambda Literary. This yearly anthology series only got better. Here’s the link to the article:https://www.lambdaliterary.org/author/jeff-baker/

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Submissions Stuff (July 24, 2018) by Jeff Baker

Here’s an Update:  Finished work on “Something In The Dark” a couple of days ago. Proofread it (glad I did, the oven in the story is working on page two but they hadn’t hooked the gas up on page seven!) … Continue reading

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More Progress (Okay, some progress!)

Work on the two main projects is plodding along—at least I am doing a little each day. The Jamesian ghost story is up to nearly 2000 words, they want 2000 to 5000, and I have to have enough for it … Continue reading

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I Really Gotta Be Out of My Mind Dept. by Jeff Baker (July 15, 2018)

As I’m currently between jobs, looking for a job and have time I’m writing something for a submissions call that I just found out about. The deadline is right before the end of the month. Juuuuuuust about two weeks for … Continue reading

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Sometimes We Do It For Fun—-July 11, 2018

Sometimes writers do it for money. They go where the market is. professionals and working writers and we wannabes. But sometimes we do it for fun. Case in point: I’ve been wrapping up my evening’s writing by writing a line … Continue reading

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“Handmade Holidays,” ‘Nathan Burgoine’s new Christmas story. Review by Jeff Baker.

                     ‘Nathan Burgoine’s new Christmas story “Handmade Holidays” may well be an instant classic. Drawing on some of Burgoine’s own personal experiences as well as a tradition involving Christmas ornaments, it … Continue reading

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“The Stark Divide” J. Scott Coatsworth’s new book! (And it’s book one!) Available October 10th!

My friend J. Scott Coatsworth, a fine author as well as editor, has a new book out; “The Stark Divide.” But here, I’ll let him tell it Publisher: DSP Publications Author: J. Scott Coatsworth Cover Artist: Aaron Anderson Length: 284 … Continue reading

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