#5MinuteFiction Week 85 FINALISTS!

Posted by on Jan 31, 2012 in 5MinuteFiction, Flash Fiction, Writers, Writing Competition | 0 comments

Did you like today’s prompt? You can thank our judge, Steve Umstead, @SteveUmstead, for that. It’s the first line of his latest, Gabriel’s Revenge, the final book of the Evan Gabriel series. You want to read these, he’s a talented author and they’re fascinating. But more on that later. First I want to tell you that he’s...

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#5MinuteFiction Week 85

Posted by on Jan 31, 2012 in 5MinuteFiction, Flash Fiction, Writing Competition | 23 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: A missile has no conscience. (Note: The prompt is above. The picture is for...

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Review: Crash Into You by Roni Loren

Posted by on Jan 26, 2012 in Book Review, Books | 1 comment

Crash Into You by Roni Loren My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was a great read. Hot and steamy without being so focused on the erotic elements that it neglected the plot. I was pleasantly surprised at the depth and intricacy of the conflict that is so often missing in erotic romance, where hook-ups are often the whole point of the anemic storyline. Nice bit of...

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#5MinuteFiction Week 84 WINNER!

Posted by on Jan 25, 2012 in 5MinuteFiction, Flash Fiction, Writers, Writing Competition | 1 comment

Congrats to Allison Mosier, @Slytherin_Pixie this week’s 5MinuteFiction WINNER! I love stories like this one, a new spin on a fairy tale. It’s even cooler that she was able to do so in such a short space. Love it. Congrats Allison! Here’s her winning entry for you to enjoy! She’d always loved lilies. But the fairy tale would remember it as an...

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#5MinuteFiction Week 84 FINALISTS!

Posted by on Jan 24, 2012 in 5MinuteFiction, Flash Fiction, Writers, Writing Competition | 2 comments

No sentence today, just a one word prompt like we used to do all the time. I like going back to that now and again. How did you like it? In any case, you did an amazing job with it again. Fantastic entries! Thanks again to our judge, Jessica Olin, @olinj, for tackling the difficult task of picking only five entries for our finalists. And here they are: Aden,...

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