2016 Writing Year in Review

It's time, once again, for my annual writing year in review.  2016 was a good year for my writing in a number of ways. Number one, I finished a first draft of a novel!  Now I begin the long process of revising, followed by the long process of submitting it. So, no, you can't get a copy just yet :-).  But it is an important milestone for me.

In addition, I had several short stories published in literary journals; in fact, it was a record year for me.  I published seven short stories, including stories about a talking cat, a husband reincarnated as an opossum, Sleeping Beauty's insomnia after the prince wakes her, and a goddess knitting Eden.  I also published more realistic stories, about lost love, infidelity, and the ongoing effect of an abusive parent.  You can read some of this year's stories here:

• "Friendly Beasts," Counterexample Poetics, January, 2016
• "Skeleton 33," Eunoia Review, March, 2016
• "After Waking," The Quotable, Issue 18 & 19, April 2016
• "Possum," Microfiction Monday Magazine,  April 2016
• "The Wide Missouri, The Blue Danube," The Laurel Review, Volume 49, Issue 1, June 2016
• "Casting Off," Word Riot, October 2016
• "The Fire," Atticus Review, November 2016
• "Cube Libre," Tolosa Press, November 2016

I also had some essays published, including an appreciation of the movie Holiday, a discussion of literary thrift, and an account of traveling overseas for the first time.

• "Holiday," Bayou Magazine, Issue 65, May 2016
• "In Praise of the Packrat," The Quotable Blog, October 2016
• "World Traveler," Silver Birch Press, November 2016

I was even interviewed, by NANO Fiction, "Five Questions with Ann Hillesland."  (The issue of NANO Fiction has not arrived yet, so the actual story will be in next year's round up). 

All in all, a good year for my writing!  Thank you to all the journals that published me, and to all of you who read my work. I appreciate your support!