I can’t say how it happened. One day I was willing to stay and the next I wasn’t. No big bells and whistles. Not even the infamous toothpaste cap out-of-place. Just done. All the juice drained from the relationship like a lemon accidentally left in the car for too long in a hot summer. Desiccated…
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It seems almost impossible to think that 20 minutes a day is tough to find for anything, most especially writing. After all, most of us who love writing want nothing more than to write daily, to have a routine and to feel the satisfaction that comes with discipline. And yet, I must admit, that my…
Day 3 – Prompt: Outside My Front Door
For all of you who haven’t visited me, which is everybody since nobody takes me up on my invitation to visit the lovely, pleasant-weather location where I’ve chosen to reside, our house is on the line between Beverly Hills (Barely Hills, we call our location) and West Hollywood, the gay area of LA, with Dicks…
A Good Description on How to Craft a Flash Story
FlashFiction.Net For Writers, Readers, Editors, Publishers, & Fans Thursday Thursday Flash Craft: Desire & Narrative Structure in Writing the Short Short By Randall Brown | July 21, 2011 9:32 AM | 0 Comments [Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at FlashFiction.Net on 7/30/2009] Narrative-based flash pieces tell a story. The basic structure of such a…
Day Two – Prompt: A Blanket
Mary pulled the blanket tight around her shoulders, its softness brushing her cheek as she leaned down to check on the baby sleeping peacefully in her cradle. How could she ever divorce George now that this child had been born? She would have to give him partial custody and that would mean being separated from…
20 Minutes of Flash a Day
I’ve decided that I’m going to devote this blog to flash fiction and memoir, two of my favorite types of writing. The goal will be for me to write 20 minutes a day in either fiction or memoir and post it on here. As a writing teacher I have seen how consistent timed writing can…
Welcome to My Blog
Writing. What can I say? This topic takes up most of my time as a writer, writing teacher, and editor. I love everything related to writing – the physical act of handwriting or typing, the pleasant calm of reading, the pure fun of sharing writing with others. Hence this blog. A way for me to…
20 Minutes a Day 