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Tag Archives: flash fiction
Here’s Where I Am At Norwescon Today – Sunday
My schedule for Norwescon 35’s last day, and details on upcoming classes.
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Posted in conventions
Tagged first pages, flash fiction, norwescon, norwescon 35, online presence, podcasting basics, sword & sorcery
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A Couple of Flash Fiction Recommendations for 3/19/2013
I really like this flash piece. It’s lovely and sweet. “Beholder” by Sarah Grey on Flash Fiction Online. Another flash piece, this time from the inimitable Folly Blaine, Scattered.
Posted in free fiction
Tagged flash ficiton, flash fiction, folly blaine, sarah grey
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Upcoming Classes Through June
I’m in the process of adding a section on the website that permanently lists what’s coming up – it will be here and currently holds a duplicate of the info in this post. Please pass the URL to this link … Continue reading
Ten Impulses Towards Flash, Part I
I talked yesterday about flash fiction, what it is and why writers might want to write some. I mentioned that it’s a great place to try out new techniques. So here’s five possible things to focus on in a flash piece, with five more coming on Monday. Pick one and sit down and write the story. How long should it be? That’s entirely your call. Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged flash fiction, james thurber, michael swanwick, writing exercises
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Why Flash?
I’m doing my Flash Fiction workshop tonight (not Saturday, apologies for any confusion) and so I’m prompted to talk about some of my motivation in giving the class and why I think it’s a useful one for writers. What is flash fiction? As the name would imply, it’s short. Short, short, short. It’s sometimes called short-short stories for that reason. Continue reading
Happily Busy
The Writing F&SF class has come and gone, which frees up some time, but is kinda sad because it’s a fun way to spend an evening a week. I’ll be teaching at BCC at the end of July – the Blogging 101 class plus a one day workshop on writing flash fiction that should be a lot of fun on July 28th. Come August, I’m doing a teen workshop for the King County Library System at the Issaquah Library. Continue reading
Posted in daily life
Tagged benefictions, blogging 101, clarion west, editing, f&sf class, flash fiction, inner chapters, locus awards, writing queries
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What I’m Teaching At Bellevue College, Summer 2011
I’ll be teaching two classes at Bellevue College this summer. The first is a one day workshop called Sudden Fiction, in which we’ll be talking about and writing several examples of flash fiction. The second is the Blogging and Social Networking 101 class, which runs two sessions. Continue reading
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Tagged bellevue college, blogging, flash fiction, marymoor park, social networking, sudden fiction
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