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:O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O Okay, I’m done freaking out now. Several months ago, this writer and podcaster put out an open invitation to writers to be guestsContinue reading “I’m On a Podcast!”

Two months ago, I entered a writing contest/challenge by NYC Midnight. I wrote three stories, and selected one to submit. My other two stories can be read here. I finally got my judges’ feedback today. Here’s the story: The best way to ride a flying carpet was squatting– hands gripping the pile, ready to roll,Continue reading “NYC Midnight Microfiction Contest, Story and Feedback”

Yesterday, I had the amazing opportunity to be a guest on a writing podcast (I’ll share the link when it becomes available) by Stuart Wakefield, called Write Hearted. It began as an opportunity to talk about microfiction and Twitter fiction, but then also touched on a few other things, including the musical I’m writing, andContinue reading “On Critique”

About a year ago, I posted a book review for the debut novel by Alexa Donne, titled Brightly Burning. It was not a complimentary review, though I did say I would continue to follow her and check out future novels. And so I have. When Ms. Donne began talk about her third and upcoming thrillerContinue reading “Book Review: The Ivies, by Alexa Donne”

I am combining my May and June Twitter fiction this time, since I wasn’t doing my daily posts in May in order to participate in StoryADayMay. Hope you enjoy this compilation of my selected favorites. MR. PRESIDENT When the first dog became President, his inaugural act was to make it a crime to serve kibbleContinue reading “Twitter Fiction, May/June 2021”

I drafted a fantasy novel last year, which inspired more and more ideas for side stories set in the same world. One of those ideas I fleshed out into a (very long) short story which I submitted to a writing contest in June 2020. A year later, the trajectory of my original novel and sequelsContinue reading “When A Story Becomes Obsolete”

These microficiton stories were originally published to my Twitter account. Compiled here for your enjoyment 🙂 FIRST OF APRIL The stepsisters woke to honey and ants on their faces. They screamed up the stairs, flung open the attic door, and their mouths filled with goose feathers. By the time they’d washed, their eggs were cold.Continue reading “Twitter Fiction, April 2021”

Happy Summer! My kids (and I) have a week left of school before we’re out until the fall. We are so ready. I have a list of all sorts of things I’d like to do this summer, but that will all take time. If I gave in to the urge, I could spend all myContinue reading “A different kind of monthly writing goal”

Today’s Prompt from storyaday.org, by Julie Duffy, had me writing the same scene from three different view-points. I chose something pretty mundane and probably relatable to many: The family road trip. I also used this exercise as an opportunity to practice stream-of-consciousness writing. Apologies for including so much bathroom talk, but I think most peopleContinue reading “Driving With Children”

The Prompt for this story comes from storyaday.org, by Julie Duffy. The first paragraph is copied exactly from the prompt, as the challenge is to write what happens next. I had fun with this one, though it was a struggle in the middle. I realized I needed to not drag it out too long, andContinue reading “Objections”