All the Cool Kids Are Doing It

I’ve got a new addiction. One Line Wednesday on Twitter. All the cool kids are doing it. One Line Wednesday, or #1LineWed as it’s hashtagged, trends every single week for hours and hours on end. Writers and readers alike have fallen in love with this very simple...

Flash Fiction: Haiku Throwdown

Dear God, what have I gotten myself into now?? I am honored … okay, too strong … I am advised by Dan Alatorre that I have advanced to the final round in his Flash Fiction Challenge: Haiku Edition. Are there prizes? Highly unlikely, but if there are, I suspect they may...

Flash Fiction

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve spent at least as much time helping my daughter polish her query letter as working on my novel. One thing of my own that I have managed to complete is a piece of flash fiction. For those unfamiliar, flash fiction is a...

Cage-Free Eggs and Fireball Whiskey

Sometimes the best writing prompts are visual. Like the one I saw yesterday in the grocery store checkout line. I live in a resort town. We also happen to be a college town. Sort of. Bar Harbor, Maine is home to College of the Atlantic. And a floopier place (the...