Marie Bacigalupo
by mbacigalupo | Dec 1, 2016 | Fiction
As I may have mentioned, my fiction covers a number of genres, including so-called women’s fiction, fantasy, and horror. This month I’d like to give you an early holiday present by sharing “Serena’s Hound,” a horror story inspired by a sublime Francis Thompson poem,...
by mbacigalupo | Oct 1, 2016 | Advice, Fiction, novel, novella
I had no idea what I was doing when I decided to self-publish my novella, Ninth-Month Midnight, about a woman who loses a child and almost loses herself before a charismatic psychic offers her hope. I came to the do-it-myself decision after wasting too much time...
by mbacigalupo | Sep 1, 2016 | Fiction, novel
With the onset of autumn, I’m guessing many of you are sick of so-called beach-reads and ready for some substantial fiction, the kind that lingers in the heart and mind long after you turn the final page. To those of you beset by the literary blahs, I offer a potent...
by mbacigalupo | Aug 1, 2016 | Fiction
This month I thought I'd share a sample of my own work, in this case a flash fiction that first appeared in Vol. 1 Brooklyn. I hope you enjoy it. Legs Only the legs mattered. The photographer had shot the bare legs in midstride, the milkshake thickness...
by mbacigalupo | Jul 1, 2016 | Fiction
I’ve taken the liberty of reproducing Brady Udall’s “The Wig,” a micro-fiction that won First Prize in Story Magazine’s Short Short Competition. This gem is proof positive that you can tell a great story with all fictive elements intact in little more than a page....
by mbacigalupo | Jun 1, 2016 | Advice, Fiction
For those of you contemplating epublication, I offer my experience as a guide to what you can expect of the process. The initial idea for my novella, Ninth-Month Midnight, arose out of the questions, What if the souls of the dead linger among us for a while? Would we...
by mbacigalupo | May 1, 2016 | Fiction, novella
This month I decided to do a mock interview with the protagonist of my novella, Ninth-Month Midnight. Readers, meet Dolores Walsh: Interviewer: It’s a pleasure to have here today Dolores Walsh, a 39-year-old full-time mother and former schoolteacher living in Queens,...
by mbacigalupo | Apr 1, 2016 | Fiction, novella
I recently did an interview that touched on the elements of fiction from a craft perspective for The Dark Phantom Review. What follows are excerpts from that interview, a nitty-gritty give-and-take I hope you’ll find useful. HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT PLOTTING YOUR NOVELLA,...
by mbacigalupo | Mar 3, 2016 | Fiction
Quickly, name the elements of fiction. You can probably tick them off on your fingers: character, setting, plot, theme, point of view. Writers immediately recognize these terms but some, I suspect, rarely think about how they function in a given work. This month I...
by mbacigalupo | Feb 1, 2016 | Advice, Fiction
Have you ever struggled with that niggling “Are you kidding?” inner voice, as in, “Are you kidding, taking yourself seriously?” Self-doubt afflicts us all at one time or another. This blog post is intended to provide the antidote this particular poison. What follow,...
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