Category: "storiesilove"

Stories I Love: October 2018

by Robert J. McCarter on in reading, shortstories, storiesilove
I bring it up because I really wanted to hit the story-a-day goal this month and knew I wouldn't have time while in Texas. So, on the plane ride there, I read three stories quickly and completely focused. Normally it's something I fit into the cracks of the day, reading a bit her...

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Stories I Love: September 2018

by Robert J. McCarter on in reading, shortstories, storiesilove
Streaks have power (like when I never missed a day) and losing the streak has made it hard to get things going again. If not for this public accountability, I probably would let the whole thing go. But that's one of the reasons why I decided to make this public. As a short story...

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Stories I Love: August 2018

by Robert J. McCarter on in reading, shortstories, storiesilove
And this is a good thing. My wife and I desperately needed to get out of town, so we did just that, rambling through beautiful locations in Utah, Arizona, and Colorado. For some of this time, I didn't read any fiction, didn't watch any TV, or really consume stories beyond chattin...

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Stories I Love: July 2018

by Robert J. McCarter on in reading, shortstories, storiesilove
Time has a way of changing the game on you. My initial goal for this challenge was not to read a story every day, but to read 365 short stories this year (subtle difference). But, through July, I managed to not miss any days and to read at least one story a day (I can be...

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Stories I Love: June 2018

by Robert J. McCarter on in reading, shortstories, storiesilove
So, the 2018 is halfway over, how did that happen? Somehow spring always seems to be that way, gone in a flash of lengthening days, a warming sun, and fresh air. I'm well over half way to my goal of reading 365 stories this year and haven't missed a day yet (thanks to the abundan...

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Stories I Love: May 2018

by Robert J. McCarter on in reading, shortstories, storiesilove
Artists should get paid. Woops, I probably just lost a bunch of people there, but bear with me. A lot of the short stories I list in this series are "free," but I encourage you to find a way to support the publications you love.

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Stories I Love: March 2018

by Robert J. McCarter on in reading, shortstories, storiesilove
Short stories are important. For readers and writers. The “short” part allows for risk taking and experimentation. It allows both the writer and the reader to try something new with a much smaller investment in time. On the writer's end, it has the additional benefit of being a g...

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Stories I Love: February 2018

by Robert J. McCarter on in reading, shortstories, storiesilove
Here’s a few things that kept some of the good ones from making it on this list (cataloged here as a reminder to myself and any other writer who happens to be reading this): Just as a reminder, all the stories I read in February are loved, an editor bought them and put t...

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