Fish Launch

Posted by on Sep 29, 2011 in Books, Writers | 0 comments

Sorry, that was the subject of the email Pete Morin, @petermorin sent me about the launch of his book Diary of a Small Fish, and the visual tickled me, so I had to use it here. Now I haven’t had a chance to read Small Fish in its entirety, yet, but I had the privilege of trading critiques with Pete back when Diary of a Small Fish and Fighting Gravity were...

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#5MinuteFiction Week 70 WINNER!

Posted by on Sep 28, 2011 in 5MinuteFiction, Flash Fiction, Writers, Writing Competition | 3 comments

What is it about psychopaths we like so much? Well, this week’s winner sure is one. I mean, his character, not redshirt6, @redshirt6 himself. Congrats redshirt! Enjoy his winning entry again, below. Thanks again to guest judge, who’s donated a copy of both Gabriel’s Redemption and Gabriel’s Return for our winner! And congratulations to Alana...

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#5MinuteFiction Week 70 FINALISTS!

Posted by on Sep 27, 2011 in 5MinuteFiction, Flash Fiction, Writers, Writing Competition | 2 comments

Did you have fun with the starting sentence this week? It’s from our judge, Steve Umstead, @SteveUmstead out of his new book Gabriel’s Return . I confess I haven’t finished it yet, but as usual, his writing is excellent. I’ll have a full review up soon. So who did he choose as this week’s finalists. These fine people: Jen DeSantis,...

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#5MinuteFiction Week 70

Posted by on Sep 27, 2011 in #amwriting, 5MinuteFiction, Books, Writers | 17 comments

What is 5MinuteFiction, you say? It’s an adrenaline-fueled, instant-gratification sort of writing contest. Sound fun? Great! Get in there and get dirty! The Rules * You get five minutes to write a piece of prose or poetry in any style or genre * You must BEGIN your entry with: Pale light, broken apart into individual beams by the thick diamondglass of the...

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Rule of Three Blog Fest!

Posted by on Sep 26, 2011 in #amwriting, Flash Fiction, Random, Writing | 1 comment

Have you heard of The Rule of Three and their blogfest coming in October? From their site: The Rule of Three Fiction Writing Blog Challenge Once upon a time, four  Writers Who Blog (WWB) got together to create a shared world, the Town of Renaissance, where they invite writers to come and take up residence and explore it’s environ and citizens. During the...

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