Archives
- April 2019
- March 2019
- October 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- May 2014
- April 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
May 2022 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 -
Recent Posts
Meta
Category Archives: Flash Fiction
The Author Transformation Alliance – New Flash Contest
Announcement (Copied from the Blog entry on the matter) New year, new flash. Starting this Saturday, the ATA Flash Contest is going weekly. Each Saturday at noon, we will post a new prompt – It could be a picture, a … Continue reading
Flash Fiction – Thursday’s Threads
Every Thursday author Siobhan Muir runs “Thursday’s Threads” it’s a Flash Fiction Contest where you are given a line from last week’s winning story as a prompt. You have to include the line in your story (you can break it … Continue reading
Posted in Flash Fiction, general, writing
Tagged Current Writing Project, Fiction, Flash fiction, Flash Fiction contest, I am writing, IAmWriting, NaNoWriMo, writing
Leave a comment
Anatomy of an edit: Less might not be more, but sometimes it’s better
This week’s Flash Friday prompt inspiration was “Pilgrim’s Progress” and the Elements that were given almost wrote the story in my head… only with 100 words +/- 1.. I had my work cut out for me. The first draft started out nicely: Good … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Editing, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Story, writing
Leave a comment
Story: Count Down
This story first appeared yesterday for Siobhan Muir’s Thursday’s Threads. A slightly longer, better edited version follows: Staring anxiously at the timer, Beth let her breath out slowly. “The clock is running out,” she said in a husky whisper, as if … Continue reading
Posted in Flash Fiction, Story
Leave a comment
Story: In the Dark, They Sing
Ink After Dark held their first Monster Mash contest where they supplied the titles and the writers supplied the stories to go with them. The title I chose was one of the most popular: “In the Dark, They Sing” Now … Continue reading
One thing leads to another
As you may or may not know… I write… a lot. Some if it is long and well thought out, some is so well thought out it never sees the light of day, but to keep me going and producing … Continue reading
55 Word Fiction
Believe it or not, I’m beginning to think that its easier to write a 55 word story than a 150 word story since there is no room for embellishments that will lead to overwriting… With the return of the 55 word challenge I’m … Continue reading
Flash Friday – Destroyer of Words
This week, I’ll share my FlashFriday entry – and just tell you that the word count bounced from 175 to 195… hovered at 159 for a while before going back up to 165 and finally ending at 151. The prompt: … Continue reading
Posted in Flash Fiction, writing
Leave a comment
Confessions of a Flash Fiction Addict
Flash fiction contests can do a lot for writers, but it should come with an addiction warning. We’re coming up on the anniversary of my first submission to FlashFriday, and my first honorable mention. I went from writing sagas … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Flash Fiction
Leave a comment
MonsterMash Blog Hop
What happens when a bunch of writers decide there isn’t enough FlashFiction in their lives? Why, they issue a challenge – Write a story inspired by Annie Lennox ‘s “No More I Love Yous – 500-700 words – post it … Continue reading →