Summertime is the season for adventure and travel. Summer trips are made for cutting loose and living a little. While the destination is key, the journey is important, too. For Spark Flash Fiction’s summer issue, we’ve chosen the theme of travel in Destination: Love. Award-winning…
Category: creativity
I’m Co-Teaching a Class on Flash Fiction Tonight
The 540 Writing Community is a big part of my writing life; I’ve mentioned it before. It’s a wonderful group of fellow writers, editors, agents, and other industry professionals. The group hosts daily write-ins, and each Thursday evening the 540 offers an educational presentation. Tonight,…
Spark’s “Love is a Fairy Tale” Issue Drops Tomorrow
Did you grow up reading fairy tales? As a kid, I consumed a steady diet of classics such as “Rumpelstiltskin,” “Hansel and Gretel,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,” “The Three Little Pigs,” “The Ugly Duckling,” and “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” But my most lasting impressions…
Community Writing Challenges: Flash Fiction February and 540WriMo
Whew, we made it through January. Happy February! Writer friends—or friends interested in writing—if you need a little kickstart to motivate you, February is your month! Two writing groups I belong to are hosting month-long opportunities to encourage writing-related progress. Jump in, set some goals,…
Roundup: My Current Top Ten Favorite Writing Books
This past spring, I shared my top ten writer resources. I hope some of my writer friends found new-to-them tools to check out. Books on the craft of writing are ubiquitous tools for any writer and didn’t delve any deeper than that because, for that…