This summer I’ve been busy teaching flash fiction workshops for Cleaver Magazine and Truro Center for the Arts, but also managing to get some writing done. What’s next: I’m teaching Afterburn: the Art of Flash Revision for Cleaver starting the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Writing and revision
The Mix Tape Write a flash prose piece (fiction or nonfiction) that begins with a line from a pop song. Aim for not more than 400 words, and in the body of the story, use at least four other words … Continue reading
Color My World Pick a color that appeals to you from the color wheel, or a box of crayons, or the Pantone color web site. Set a timer or stopwatch for one minute and brainstorm all the words and images … Continue reading
Opposites Attract This week’s prompt: write a flash fiction (or nonfiction) story, or a poem, using pairs of opposite concepts, such as light/dark, sun/moon, sleep/wake, summer/winter, etc. You can brainstorm some specific opposites first, then use either the actual words … Continue reading
New Stories in a Strange Time We’re at it again, pretending nothing’s changed. “Attachment Theory” published in trampset _____I liked that we could craft whole conversations around lines from 1940s crime films. Or country songs. I liked that we could … Continue reading
Rainy Days and Mondays How are all of you doing out there? Are you writing? I know I’ve been having a hard time focusing, tuning out the rest of the world to get into that state of creative flow. Living … Continue reading
In cooking, it would be the equivalent of making a reduction sauce, paring down each tale to its essence, giving it time to simmer, until you have an explosion of taste in just a tiny amount that lingers on the … Continue reading
I am over the moon excited to have not one, not two, but three stories selected for the 2020 Best Microfiction anthology! The stories chosen are: “Warsaw Circus” (Milk Candy Review) “Historic Preservation” (Cabinet of Heed) “Why I Got Written … Continue reading
I’ve heard poet friends say that they never have a moment free in April, because National Poetry Month means ALL the readings and conferences and workshops happen in that one month. June is sort of like that for Flash Fiction … Continue reading
Recent Publications My two most recently published stories have a very different path to publication. “Historic Preservation,” a micro published in the Irish magazine The Cabinet of Heed, grew out of a writing prompt that took an unexpected turn. I … Continue reading
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