#FridayFlash: Twenty-Six Funerals

Posted by on Jul 23, 2010 in Flash Fiction | 10 comments

Twenty-Six Funerals Sshhh. Hush, don’t look now. It’s almost over. No, don’t worry. It’s OK, it’s OK. Almost. Almost. Almost…. David put the gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. ****** It was probably a long time coming. Or so they would all say, when it had come, and he had gone. Her eyes were shining with tears but behind that they were...

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Live Writing Short Story: Fuzzy

Posted by on Jul 22, 2010 in Flash Fiction | 7 comments

I just asked Twitter for a sentence to start a short story with and Steve Jensen gave me one. (Robert James Russell provided the title.) So now I’m going to write live on this one. Here comes: I’m sending all my money to Steve Jensen because I’m out of my mind, I suppose. It wasn’t a conscious decision, as I remember it. I just found myself at...

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My Husband, the Hero

Posted by on Jul 22, 2010 in Random | 0 comments

I’ve set aside a day on my blog to say a word about my husband. See that cool poll thingy on the right, and the poll archive page? Yeah, he did that. See how this site doesn’t occasionally implode due to half-witted management? Him too.Anything cool here? He probably fixed me screwing it up somehow. All in all, he’s really an incredible guy....

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#5MinuteFiction Week Nine WINNER!

Posted by on Jul 20, 2010 in 5MinuteFiction, Writers, Writing Competition | 1 comment

I do love the fast and furious nature of Five Minute Fiction. But it’s also really interesting to see what happens with this if I don’t close down the poll at 9:30… . Ah, well. I must live by the rules. This one was so exciting, so close. Fabulous writers create situations like that. What’s a girl to do? Congratulations Richard Wood...

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#5MinuteFiction Week Nine – Time to Vote!

Posted by on Jul 20, 2010 in 5MinuteFiction, Flash Fiction, Writers, Writing Competition | 0 comments

Thanks again to Emma Newman, @EmApocalyptic for being our guest judge! She pushed through, even though she’s sick today. That’s commitment. Thanks! The nominees are as follows: (in no particular order) Chris Blanchard, @blanchardauthor Richard Wood @rbwood Jeff Pfaller @pfallerj Tauisha Smith @shells2003 Suzannah Burke @pursoot Great stuff,...

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