This time, rather than reverse engineer my story’s progress and comment after the fact, I decided to write down the entire process. As you may or may not know, FlashFriday is a flash fiction (short story/micro fiction) contest that is, oddly enough, run every Friday. I’ve been participating for a little less than a […]
Read More FlashFriday – Vol 2-6 – Anatomy of a story1/10/2014 – Stay up until Midnight to see the picture and see if anything strikes me as interesting. – I have a few ideas, but a long day ahead of me so I go to bed. I have a few ideas for a story, but since most of them are fact not fiction I decide […]
Read More Flash Friday Vol.2 -5 Adventures in Judging part 2While I was writing about the woes of taking a writer to the movies, I remembered my own childhood, and having to tell my dad: “just sit back and watch…” I was too young to know the phrase “suspension of disbelief” but I understood the concept. To my dad’s credit, he was trying to teach […]
Read More Never take a scientist to a Science Fiction MovieI wrote my first flash fiction yesterday, and it was oddly more challenging that I’d expected. There are the standard concerns: will I be able to come up with something for a prompt and have it ready to post within 24 hours; I’m posting in front of strangers, who are reading for the flash, not […]
Read More Writing my first flash fictionI hereby dedicate this post to those of us trying to stay awake on a Monday Morning. Cherry-Amaretto, Chocolate-Caramel Mocha. Heavenly, sublime and oh so tasty. Oh, thank heaven for 7-11. Of course, you can’t do it a just any 7-11. You have to find one that has the right flavoured creamers in their coffee […]
Read More My Best Iced Coffee to Date:Insomnia, when you’re single, is easy. You aren’t going to wake anyone up, and you can always sleep in. You’re not going to throw anyone’s schedule off and you don’t have to worry about anybody but you: a few phone calls and everything is covered. When you’re married… (or living with someone) especially if children […]
Read More InsomniaWhat is my average day? It depends. Honestly I don’t think I have an average anything. There are certain things I do every morning, and some seem to be ‘every morning’; there are things I do every night, but the rest of the time, between waking and going to bed? Some things happen regularly, like […]
Read More An average day