Interview with Rose Kleidon: Summer 2016 Flash Fiction Contest Runner Up

Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Rose’s Bio: Rose Kleidon considers herself fortunate to be a citizen of both today and yesterday. She invites others to travel through history with her, seeing amazing connections with earlier generations and with the great diversity of humanity. Professor Emeritus of the University of Akron, Kleidon taught English, Speech, Technical Writing and Advertising Copywriting. She is a member of the Historical...
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Rebecca Fitton Launches Her Book Blog Tour for Wave Rider: Poetic Journey from Abuse to Wholeness

Monday, January 30, 2017
...and giveaway! Wave Rider: A Poetic Journey From Abuse to Wholeness is a poetic reflection of author Rebecca Fitton’s long journey to heal from sexual abuse, abandonment, and neglect, building a new world based on wholeness of body, mind, and spirit. Her journey has taken a lifetime. To use the metaphor of waves, sometimes the undertow nearly drowned her—but she survived. Now her beautiful...
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Clearing the Clutter From Your Writing Space

Sunday, January 29, 2017
I guess I’m a little old school, but I remember the days of having to put together a portfolio of my work to take to job interviews and meetings with potential clients. This zippered binder would contain samples of my work, such as press releases, newspaper and magazine articles, and more. As I was still holding on that notion until very recently, my home office became more and more cluttered....
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#MSWL: The Hashtag that Can Help You Sell Your Work

Saturday, January 28, 2017
#MSWL stands for “Manuscript Wish List” and it is a hashtag that agents and editors use when they are looking for manuscripts. It is the Twitter version of the website Manuscript Wish List. Editors and agents post their profiles and their manuscripts wants on this site so that writers can research the best recipients for their work. Visit the site and you can look up the profile of the agent...
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Friday Speak Out!: Finding the Perfect Writer’s Journal

Friday, January 27, 2017
by Brenda Moguez Regardless if you’re an aspiring or seasoned writer you’ve heard of or read about the benefits of using a journal(s). For the author, it’s a haven, a catch-all, the place to jot unexplainable thoughts in, capture scenes that play themselves out in dreams, your observations of people found on trains and coffee shops, love letters to lost lovers, and your ideas for stories and future...
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Why do we create art?

Thursday, January 26, 2017
I don't know where the inclination to create art comes from, but writers, painters, musicians, and sculptors share a desire to put their view of the world into their work. I believe we all have similar goals--to promote self expression, and reflect on culture and society. Art can begin a difficult discussion, bring people together, cultivate passion and conflict, or offer a healing respite for a...
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You Might Be a Novelist If. . .

Wednesday, January 25, 2017
I'm sure on Facebook you've seen those posts with a title like, "You Might Be A Child of the 80s if....", followed by photos of all the things children of the 80s identified with from neon clothes to Cabbage Patch Kids. I've seen children's books similar to this, too--there's an entire series with titles, such as If You Lived In Colonial Times or If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon, where...
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Meet Flash Fiction Runner Up, Emily Keener!

Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Having spent nearly every summer of her young life stuffed in a tent with her mom and brothers, Emily Keener feels most alive when she’s outdoors and slightly out of her comfort zone. She’s worked as an educator at parks and nature centers across the country and now makes a living as an instructional designer. Emily has always enjoyed writing—from journaling in the woods as a kid to sketching silly...
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Making Lists that Work

Monday, January 23, 2017
I have always been a big believer in lists. Grocery lists. Chore lists. Guest lists. Gift lists. And yes, writing lists. Because writing encompasses so many things the lists can get long: ideas of things to write about, assignments to finish, things to read, research to do, proposals to send out, edits to complete. The list never (and I mean never) seems to get any shorter not matter how many things...
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You've Got to Stand for Something

Sunday, January 22, 2017
Growing up I loved this song and it's empowering words by Aaron Tippin "You've Got to Stand for Something or You'll Fall for Anything". Let me give you a little backstory before I begin: I love social media and I avoid getting into debates. I actually have a strong opinion on everything from infant carseats to politics, but I don't feel social media is a good place for me to get into conversations...
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Size DOES Matter--There Are Times When Shrinkage is a GOOD Thing

Saturday, January 21, 2017
Okay, so I'm working on a manuscript. A historical novel for middle grades. I began it on November 1st as a NaNoWriMo project that I did, surrounded by my middle-schoolers. They wrote every day. I wrote every most days. Let me introduce myself. Hi, I'm Sioux and I'm a slacker. It's been 32 days since my last revision. I checked on my revision history on my NaNo piece, and I haven't done a...
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Friday Speak Out!: To All Those Who Have Lost Their Creative Thinking Caps

Friday, January 20, 2017
by Jenna Brandon We've all been there. You sit down to write. You expect the words to flow, knocking down everything on their way, but the writing just...well, it just doesn't happen. It is not a shame to admit that time has come to fill your creative thinking tank with some fuel. In fact, I have never heard of writers who churn out novel after novel and never face a writer's block. Some writers...
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Brainstorming: Consistently Generating New Ideas Pays Off

Thursday, January 19, 2017
Throughout the month of January, I’m taking part in an idea generation challenge called Storystorm. Participating writers agree to come up with 30 new ideas in 30 days. The ideas can be for picture books, adult novels, magazine articles or whatever you write. While I’m never entirely without ideas, I have to admit that the first few days were a challenge. Yes, I came up with an idea a day but...
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Accomplish Your 2017 Writing Goals With this Perfect Solution!

Wednesday, January 18, 2017
So I was about to toss a bag when I realized it had something inside, a small chalkboard with “Prayer Requests” written across the top. I get a lot of prayer requests but I am forever forgetting them. I looked at that board and thought how serendipitously perfect! I just needed to find a spot for the chalkboard. And as I walked from room to room, I had another revelation: I had to put the chalkboard...
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Meet Flash Fiction Runner Up, Shelley Wood!

Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Shelley Wood is a medical journalist and aspiring fiction writer. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Antigonish Review, Room, the Nashwaak Review, the New Quarterly, carte blanche, F(r)iction, the Cobalt Review, and Bath Flash Fiction. In 2016, she won the Tethered by Letters F(r)iction contest and the Frank McCourt prize for Creative Nonfiction. She divides her time between a job in...
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