#5MinuteFiction Will Return After a Brief Message From…

Posted by on Dec 28, 2010 in 5MinuteFiction | 2 comments

…not our sponsors–we don’t have any, though that would be nice–but a message from me. A message is: THANK YOU! What a year it’s been for me, writing, meeting other writers, making friends and discovering invaluable crit partners. But one of the best things has been the weekly 5MinuteFiction challenge every week. You guys make my day...

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#5MinuteFiction Week Thirty-One WINNER!

Posted by on Dec 22, 2010 in 5MinuteFiction, Flash Fiction, Writers, Writing Competition | 0 comments

Right, well, ok, this time is wasn’t my fault that I didn’t post the winner on time. See, Harry had been caught by the Death Eaters and… well, you can’t expect me to put down the book THEN and go post on the blog. I mean, not when Harry’s in mortal peril! Yeah, sorry about that. In spite of my tardiness, the voters have spoken and...

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#5MinuteFiction Week Thirty-One Finalists!

Posted by on Dec 21, 2010 in 5MinuteFiction, Flash Fiction, Writers, Writing Competition | 2 comments

You can blame Richard Wood for the morose entry today, he gave me the full set of Harry Potter books when he discovered the scandalous truth that I had never read them. Well I just finished The Half-Blood Prince and I’ve been crying my eyes out of half an hour. So there you go. In fact, I’ve been home with a migraine today so my routine’s...

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#5MinuteFiction Week Thirty-One

Posted by on Dec 21, 2010 in 5MinuteFiction, Flash Fiction | 9 comments

This, in case you somehow missed the title of the post, is 5MinuteFiction. You have been assimilated. And welcome to 5MinuteFiction. That means we write fiction. In five minutes. Shocker, I know. The Rules * You get five minutes to write a piece of prose in any style or genre * You must directly reference today’s prompt: horse (Note: The prompt is the...

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#5MinuteFiction Week Thirty WINNER!

Posted by on Dec 14, 2010 in 5MinuteFiction, Flash Fiction, Writers, Writing Competition | 0 comments

There were two clear favorites for most of the night tonight. Eric, @briefconceits and  Richard Wood, @rbwood were neck and neck for about seven hours, but in the end there’s (usually) only one winner. And there was tonight. Richard Wood, @rbwood. He comes around faithfully and wins often. (Too often, I hear some of you grumble. Well, there’s always...

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