Tom's Musings https://tomchambless.com/ My Collected Writings Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:59:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://tomchambless.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-cropped-Tom-today-rotated-1-32x32.jpg Tom's Musings https://tomchambless.com/ 32 32 New Post https://tomchambless.com/new-post/ https://tomchambless.com/new-post/#respond Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:12:49 +0000 https://tomchambless.com/?p=5256 I am in the process of adding the first 10 chapters of my new novel: Rabbits of Deamlon. You’ll find the link above. Enjoy!

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]]> https://tomchambless.com/new-post/feed/ 0 Published! “Hot Red Wolves” on Short Fiction Break https://tomchambless.com/published-hot-red-wolves-on-short-fiction-break/ https://tomchambless.com/published-hot-red-wolves-on-short-fiction-break/#respond Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:34:42 +0000 https://tomchambless.com/?p=5236 “My short story, Hot Red Wolves, just got posted on Short Fiction Break literary magazine! EXCITED!

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]]> https://tomchambless.com/publishing-gives-me-recognition/feed/ 0 Angel in the Dew deserves another look. https://tomchambless.com/angel-in-the-dew-deserves-another-look/ https://tomchambless.com/angel-in-the-dew-deserves-another-look/#respond Thu, 02 Apr 2020 14:24:16 +0000 https://tomchambless.com/?p=5199 Three friends on a park bench

Angel in the Dew deserves another look. I had posted Angel in the Dew a couple of years ago, and I have always intended to edit and repost it. Importantly, this story, Angel in the Dew, is flash fiction. Word count defines flash fiction with a limit of 1000 words. But flash fiction keeps the elements of a complete story, …

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I’m pulling my side hair out trying to get my blog going. I had to remove one SEO plugin and install another. I installed the Yoast SEO plugin. Yoast asked me to go into the hosting DNS controls and add code so the Google Search Console tool could see and analyze my website. I had …

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]]> https://tomchambless.com/progress-report/feed/ 0 A Work in Progress https://tomchambless.com/a-work-in-progress/ https://tomchambless.com/a-work-in-progress/#respond Sun, 29 Mar 2020 23:11:37 +0000 https://tomchambless.com/?p=5122 I started to call this site, “IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN COME UP WITH?” I’ve tried out at least 10 different themes.

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]]> https://tomchambless.com/news/feed/ 0 New Page! (click here) My Writer’s Wall https://tomchambless.com/my-writerwall/ https://tomchambless.com/my-writerwall/#respond Thu, 14 Jun 2018 20:29:33 +0000 https://tomchambless.com/?p=4874 My Writer’s Wall contains my “love me” stuff. Things I’ve gotten published or nearly published. Check it out. Remember, you don’t have to log in to read my stuff, but you must register and log in to leave comments.

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]]> https://tomchambless.com/my-writerwall/feed/ 0 https://tomchambless.com/4734/ https://tomchambless.com/4734/#respond Fri, 02 Feb 2018 21:08:42 +0000 https://tomchambless.com/?p=4734 All writers should strive to deliver something fresh—something editors or readers won’t know they want until they see it. WILLIAM ZINSSER

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]]> https://tomchambless.com/4734/feed/ 0 New Story, The Rule https://tomchambless.com/new-story-the-rule/ https://tomchambless.com/new-story-the-rule/#respond Sat, 30 Dec 2017 21:51:06 +0000 https://tomchambless.com/?p=4701 Anonymous wrote this about The Rule. There are some spoilers: Hi Tom, Your title grabbed me. It told too little to guess anything about the story, and it was too intriguing to ignore. It’s a good title. You could say the rule is what gets Kelly killed. (…) skipping spoilers Your writing is to-the-point, and …

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