Hello dear reader! It’s happened. The first full issue of Sally Port Magazine is ready to read. That’s actually an amazing thing for me to say. Yes, I might have liked to see a few things happen sooner, but this is part of the process. Some challenges we solved in getting this to you hadn’t

Great opportunities await! Well, dear reader, we’re actually doing it. The door is open. Subscriptions for Sally Port Magazine are officially available! For those unfamiliar, Sally Port Magazine is a family friendly (but not kids only!) fantasy fiction magazine with a focus on both providing stories for the whole family and providing knowledge and opportunities for

Lesson, Resource, Story Last October I went to a writers’ conference with a new idea. I was going to launch a clean fantasy fiction magazine. It wasn’t an easy road, but I wanted to do it. I needed to do it. Last December, that magazine had a name. Sally Port, named for those little doors

Introduction This week we’re talking about a major project here at FMP. Amazing things are happening! I may have mentioned it here and there, but… Forever Mountain Publishing is launching a fiction magazine. It’s been (and still is) a long road. We’re building this thing from whole cloth, not just buying somebody else’s IP. But

There’s a lot going on. And there’s more yet to come. Last week at Word Mean Stuff, I announced I’m putting a hold on posting stories. (Not quitting, just putting them on hold) I’m doing that here too. And there are reasons for that. The FMP website and blog have changed hosts as part of

I talked about styles and headers years ago. They’re still relevant. They’re still valuable. And, a lot of people still seem to struggle with them. The truth is, if you want your writing to be readable (and to save yourself some headaches) you should be using both. So, let’s take a look at styles and

Once again, dear reader, we’re diving into the world of fiction. This week I’m sharing one of my stories. I’m also working on an opportunity for others to share their stories (which, if I haven’t told you about already, I’ll be telling you about in the near future). Enjoy the story. Write your stories. And,

Long, long ago (before Covid hit the world stage and half the world became ‘covidiots’ (you’re choice which half…)) a writing professor told me, “there’s nothing you can learn writing a novel that you can’t learn better writing a short story.” I actually disagree with him. There are things we can learn from short stories,