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Friday’s Flash Fiction
Instead of a prompt, this week I figured I’d give you a piece of flash that was published in the fifth edition of Fictitious Force. A fine publication; on hiatus now, but hopefully it will retur...
Flash Fiction Friday VI
Image via Wikipedia I can’t believe it’s been so long since I posted a flash fiction prompt. Why didn’t somebody poke me? It’s a good way to stoke the fire; take a break fro...
Bringing In The New Year (Flash Fiction)
This story was the result of a prompt from the best workshop in which I ever participated, For The Love of Writing. Administered by Stacy Taylor and Laurie O’Hare, two of the most brilliant wome...
A Round-Up of Worthy Links
Image by luc legay via Flickr I am a Link Hound, a Research Ho, and I’m going to share with you some of the best links I’ve found on the ‘net the last couple of weeks. Hopefully...
The Naked Writer
Image by elkit via Flickr To be a freelance writer, you have to possess the skills of a juggler, the flexibility of a contortionist, and have the thick skin of a rhinoceros. Oh, it’s a circus, ma...
Tagged, Memed and Awarded
If you didn’t know by now, I suck at posting awards and stuff. However, when a goddess like Lala at Coastal Commentaries takes the time out to honor me, I can do nothing less than bow before the...
Working It
Although my first love is, and always will be, flash fiction, the truth of the matter is it’s very difficult to make a living from writing flash fiction. However, it’s been a great trainin...
Ruminations Regarding Flash Fiction Part 2
I am enamored by the flash fiction form. (I think you might know this about me.) It is also known as micro-fiction, postcard fiction, short-shorts, sudden fiction…the list goes on and on. It’s...
Flash Fiction Friday V
Ah, another Friday already. It’s amazing to me, and rather scary, how fast time can slip by. Last thing I knew, I was 19 and I still feel that way in my head. I just wish the rest of my body fel...
Ruminations Regarding Flash Fiction
I came into writing late in life. I think I was forty-one or two (the years become hazy when you get past twenty-five) when I wrote my first short story, although I had written some pieces in high sch...
Market Monday Week One
Haunting the markets used to be a habit of mine. Time and circumstance has limited me somewhat recently, but I’m happy to report the majority of my bookmarks are still working. Small markets c...
FFF IV Results
Political Fashion I’ve spent a lot of time this week writing. Alas, non-fiction has take precedence, and I am so out of the fiction circle right now it’s actually painful. It’s prett...
Flash Fiction Friday IV
Another Friday already? It’s already inching toward the end of September — has it gone quickly for anyone else out there? Soon it will be full fall, then on to the winter. With that in min...
Listing and Planning
As an anal and borderline compulsive nut-case, I love lists. I make lists of everything – To Do lists, To Don’t lists (although I rarely pay attention to that particular list) and lists regarding...
FFF III Results — Deer Grandotter
Deer grandotter, Yew doan know me yet, but Ah’m yer granmutha. Ah jess wanna tell ya a couple thangs before yew git here, in case Ah cain’t tell ya later. Fambly squabbles, ya know, it happens in ...
Leftovers (FFF II Results)
Image via Wikipedia *Author’s note: Still not there, but I can feel the flash muscles warming up. The last time Aoide ate the moon, she had terrible indigestion but at least she wasn’t cranky...
Flash Fiction Friday II
Submission Suggestions
Image by *L*u*z*a* via Flickr As promised (and just under the wire, heh) here are my suggestions for the flash from our Friday exercise: Clapboard House specializes in Southern-flavored flash fiction...
Flash Fiction Friday Results : “Chicken Thief”
Image via Wikipedia *Goddess’s note: My daughter is on the verge of presenting me with my first grandchild, so I might seem a little scattered. I am a little scattered, heh! No labor yet, but a...
Flash Fiction Friday
Yep, it’s Friday, and it’s a Flash Fiction Friday. The Rules: 1. 500 words or less. 2. Inspiration in the form of a quote, phrase, word, or photo can be found here every week. You can in...
Are You A Naked Blogger? Flash Me.
Image via Wikipedia Not literally — that would fall under “Too Much Information,” and I just met you… I mean, what is your purpose in blogging? I started off some five years a...
So You Think You Can Write
Image via Wikipedia I’m a huge fan of dancing shows. Whether it’s celebrities, street kids, fledgling amateurs or professionals, I love dancing shows. I marvel at the artistry, the physical prowe...
Carving And Crafting
Well, all I can say is the last two weeks have really kicked my ass. Even still, in the midst of all this, moving forward is the only option. Oh, I know I could probably lie down and not get up, but ...
Flash Fiction
Since “Aesop’s Fables,” flash fiction has been embraced by writers of all genres. The definition is fluid, although there are forms of flash that are written within strict parameters of word cou...
