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ZE Coonen

@zecoonen.bsky.social

Some days words come easy, other days I nap with my dogs.

118 Followers  |  132 Following  |  55 Posts  |  Joined: 21.10.2024  |  2.1301

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Just read this great story by a new friend, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social who's in my SmokeLong Quarterly workshop. It's fewer than 300 words but it really packs a punch.

12.07.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ask what they’re doing!

25.05.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm participating in @smokelong.bsky.social Summer 2025 Writing 2025 program. Got my water wings on and reading to jump in the pool!

25.05.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How cool is this?

15.05.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats!

15.05.2025 10:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Love this cover so much!

15.05.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love the cover!

15.05.2025 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s me in there! My story On the Midway takes place at a carnival where the midway prizes are food items. A final game of the night promises to offer one lucky winner the chance at a better life. So what’s the harm in playing?

15.05.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely poem. Congrats!

27.04.2025 04:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What defines a great writer? When they can pull at your heart by telling an entire story in exactly 100 words.

Read S.C. Mills' new story in 100-Foot Crow Magazine. @100footcrow.bsky.social

Tell me your thoughts. I'm lying on the forest floor myself right now.

02.04.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A mini-saga of saltwater passions, who knew lobsters loved so deeply? Melanie Mulrooney knows. Read her micro-fiction and feel the heat. @melmulrooney.bsky.social

13.03.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not just a lark. He can really write. Check out @slothandenvy.com's Galen Gower's mind-bending story "Bird Dreams of Woman."

13.03.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Past is the more natural way of storytelling for me. I might use the present tense for a first person POV in a story filled with tension and suspense.

13.03.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@clarkesworldmagazine.com is all class, all the time. Their writers are stellar. So many writers would love to see their stories--their own words--in Clarkesworld and their names on the cover.

Google is wrong, wrong, wrong.

12.03.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yay, Morgan! A darling cover for your new book. Wonder what happens between these two? Guess we'll have to wait until September.

12.03.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely!

12.03.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nora is my alpha reader, er, snuggler.

12.03.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yay Leo!

12.03.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m reading a story I wrote last year over one weekend for a contest. It’s terrible! But I’m going to revise it and eventually submit it.

12.03.2025 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Check it out!

12.03.2025 03:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great story!

11.03.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Eleanor Lennox's bittersweet tale of space travel (and the reason for it) is featured in Radon Journal. Congratulations, Eleanor, on this stunning story!

Check it out now!

11.03.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Charlie Rogers wrote "The Jims" and you can read it here now. Flash fiction has never been so thrilling. I have goosebumps with goosebumps.

11.03.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A great new 'zine to support. Great people doing great things.

16.02.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Such a great contest. Good luck!

16.02.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, friends, especially my 11:59ers. Check out this new magazine. Now accepting submissions and paying pro rates. Read the latest issue now!

16.02.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm going to share your magazine info with my writing group. Getting ready for more numbers. We love to support pro-rate magazines, and my friends are excellent writers!

16.02.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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22.11.2024 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great ideas!

06.02.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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