Flash Frontier has just released their July curation of fine flash fiction. This month’s theme: The Road. I’m stoked to say that I’m a part of it and humbled that they had the crazy idea to ask me for my thoughts on the genre. Those crazies. The best part about the little vignettes pulled together on the site is the quick transport. Check it out and deal with bite-size bouts of heartbreak, old cars, accidents, backseat shenanigans and early settlers. You’ll still have time for a long walk in the sun. Thanks to the editors of Flash Frontier for...
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Flash! fiction.
June 18, 2012
Sometimes, believe it or not, I write short stuff. I don’t know if I’m very good at it but I like the exercise of rounding out a story in 300 words or so. While I’m doing it, I enjoy the constraints. I sort of think of it like writing inside a snow globe. The sky is low and artificially blue but the world under it will be precise and as ornate as I like. When the world is too big for me, I happily settle into a substitute microcosm. I have a sense that someone could tell me all...
Exercise #6. This is old.
May 25, 2012
Not wanting to disappoint anyone here so I’ll complete the collection of IIML exercises today. Five is a much better number but the fact remains: we did six. Deal with it. You don’t care, I’m sure, but the delay is justifiable. Completely. Yesterday, about an hour before class, I finished the first draft of my folio project for the year, tried (and failed) to make 11 copies of my 140 page beast, and ultimately relied on the very generous school administrator to relieve me. (Katie rocks, by the way; she is the superhero of wannabe writers.) It’s for the...
Please share my joy.
April 6, 2012
Just thought I’d share a recent day in the life. I can only hope that future stat reports exceed this absolute awesomeness. I’ve glimpsed nirvana and it’s full of misspellings.
Shameless self-deprecation
February 24, 2012
Hello there. Fine day, right? Little bit of sun in the clouds. Wind not throwing a tantrum. Ocean looking like mercury under a silver sky. Decent. I’m gonna pretend it’s my birthday. Please don’t hesitate to send presents. Here are two things that came up today, not necessarily in honor of my unbirthday but totally in the spirit of it. I have a 250-word piece of meh on a flash fiction site. As I read through the very short pieces for the first time, I realize that my nature– character, preference, interest, whatever– doesn’t suit this kind of attention...
Kapow.
I'm scared of faces in the window.
Well, that was a nice thing to say.
"...let's just say you are my favorite writer right now." - John Graham, Senior Editor, Illustrator at The El Fornio Historical Society, elfornio.com.
"Consider me a fan." - Bones Lashbrook, Muse and Renaissance Woman.
"So. What are you doing with this?" - My mom.
I can’t believe I do this.
- 35 minutes in NZ customs line. The question: you carrying any sandwiches? Keepin it pure, NZ. 2 weeks ago
- Also, I will never again spoil good destinations with family. 1 month ago
You said what now?