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Contest Wrap Up

November 11, 2011 in Community News, Contests by JM Strother

Time to put the final wraps on the Name That Horror Movie Contest. Out of the ten stories officially entered only four had their titles guessed correctly. Congratulations to Don, Chris, Tim, and Deanna for correctly working out the puzzle of the prose. We are waving the frist three correct part of the rules and awarding prizes to all four of our intrepid readers. Please contact me via Twitter or Facebook direct message, or via email to indicate which of the prizes you prefer. I will be contacting the winning authors to arrange delivery of their prizes.

Below is the complete list of movies along with their hidden titles. I have to admit, I was only able to guess one. Thank you all for playing along. I hope you had as much fun with this as I did. ~jon

A Time to Talk, by Chris Gladis
movie: Manos, the Hands of Fate
No correct guesses

Breaking Olivia, by Lisa McCourt Hollar
movie: Lady In A Cage
No correct guesses

Destroying the Citadel: Part 2, by Harry Tennison
movie: The Hills Have Eyes
Ding! Congrats to Donald Conrad

Forbidden, by Kari Fay
movie: The Ring
Ding! Congrats to Chris Gladis

La Cage, by Timothy Collard
movie: Angel Heart
No correct guesses

Streetlights, Donald Conrad
movie: Last House on the Left
Ding! Congrats to Tim Collard

The Children of Cinema Lane, by John Wiswell
movie: The Monster Squad
No correct guesses

The Storm, by Ann Marie Gamble
movie: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Ding! Congrats to Deanna Schayer

The Rose Slasher, by Deanna Schrayer
movie = Dawn of the Dead
No correct guesses

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News Flash – Vol.3 #23

November 8, 2011 in Community News, Contests, News Flash by Estrella Azul

Jodi MacArthur’s flash, “Free Mercury”, was featured over at Beat to a Pulp. She’s been a busy girl and also has a piece up, “Black, White and Red All Over”, at In Between Altered States. Congrats on both accounts, Jodi!

Helen Howell had a drabble for Halloween, “The trick and the treat”, published in the e-zine The Were-Traveler. Congratulations, Helen!

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I (Estrella Azul) will be performing on someone else’s Stage, guest posting on Vie Hebdomadaires this week. My first guest post is up now, and you will be able to find the rest of my posts as well if you click right here.

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Halloween Writing and Reading Contest  Winners Announcement

1st Place goes to The Children of Cinema Lane, by John Wiswell
2nd Place goes to Streetlights, by Donald Conrad, and
3rd Place goes to Forbidden, by Kari Fay

Congratulations to all the winners!

Thank you all for participating. This was a fun contest, both to organize and to participate in as a reader. We at FFDO hope all the writes enjoyed the challenge as much as we did and hope to see all of you, and more, in our next contest. ~ Jon

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This week, the Friday Flash Report will be up on Wednesday, so check back for that tomorrow – it will include more details on the Halloween contest as well.

 

~ Estrella Azul

 

Keep the good news coming! You can send in your news items concerning the Friday Flash community to Estrella at estrella.azul@fridayflash.org or by contacting her on Facebook or Twitter.

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The #FridayFlash Report – Vol 3 Number 22

October 31, 2011 in Contests, FridayFlash Report by JM Strother

We had 51 stories this week including 4 debuts and 9 entries in our Name That Horror Movie Contest. On the debut front, please welcome Drew Payne, Veronica Kegel-Giglio, Ann Marie Gamble, and Graham Peter to the #FridayFlash community. Then be sure to read the contest entries and vote for your favorites over at this link. The contest entries are followed by NTHM in the listing to make them easier to find. And remember, readers can win too by guessing the right movie titles. Good luck! ~jon

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News Flash – Vol.3 #21

October 25, 2011 in Community News, Contests, News Flash by Estrella Azul

The Bristol Festival of Literature has posted one of Deb Rickard’s #FridayFlash stories, “A glimmer of hope”, on their site.

As a part of Deborah B’s Blog Briefs: On Burnout, Alan Baxter answers the question: What strategies do you recommend to writers & artists for creative exhaustion?

Tony Noland’s #FridayFlash story this week, “Pumpkin Brains, Forever”, appeared over at the #Amwriting.Org website last Friday.

Congrats to all!

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Join in the launch party of Eighty Nine on Facebook and find out all about this new Literary Mix Tapes collection. You can buy Eighty Nine on Amazon.com by clicking here; or from Amazon.co.uk by clicking here.

Jon Strother’s  third and final Name That Horror Movie Contest example story is 36 and Holding. Go see if you can spot the horror movie title embedded in his story somewhere.

We hope to see you all participate in the Name That Horror Movie Contest this coming Friday. All you need to do is drop by the official contest announcement and read the guidelines, some suggestions, then submit your story on October 28th via the  Halloween Contest Entry page where you can access the contest entry from. Fill in the details regarding your story. Then click Enter the Contest to join in the fun.

~ Estrella Azul

 

Keep the good news coming! You can send in your news items concerning the Friday Flash community to Estrella at estrella.azul@fridayflash.org or by contacting her on Facebook or Twitter.

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The #FridayFlash Report – Vol 3 Number 21

October 24, 2011 in Contests, FridayFlash Report by JM Strother

This week we had 50 stories in the Collector including 2 debuts. Please welcome Joanne Clancy and Neshamah to the #FridayFlash community. If your story is not in the listing below please visit the fore mentioned Collector and add the details. We’ll include it in next week’s Report.

I hope you all have been researching horror movie titles and are polishing off some great stories for the Name That Horror Movie Contest. Be sure to enter your story in the official entry form if you want to be considered for the prizes. I won’t have one in the official contest, since I have access to the entry from tables, but I will be working up something to play along with the theme. I hope you all have great fun with it. Remember, don’t eat too much candy. I know from experience, it’s not a good idea. :o
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Name That Horror Movie Contest Suggestions

October 20, 2011 in #AmWriting, Contests, Dot Org, Tips and Suggestions by JM Strother

A blow up Frankenstein monster in a back yard.Thanks to everyone who dropped by #AmWriting this week to read my Name That Horror Movie Contest preview story, “Lady In White.” I had a lot of fun with it and I think my readers did too. That’s really the point, having fun around Halloween.

One unexpected twist for me was the sheer number of horror movie titles that were in my story. It really added to my enjoyment to discover one after another, many I had never even heard of before. Seems I have some movie watching to catch up on.

One issue that did come up is that with the open-ended nature of this contest it may be darn near impossible for readers to guess your movie title. To avoid reader frustration I have a few suggestions.

  • Unless it is painfully obvious try to keep the words of your title together in your story. I did that in “Lady In White” – the movie title was “Rear Window.” The important line came near the end, when I figured the reader would be more engrossed in the story than in hunting for a title. “The woman in white screamed again and Randy bolted down the corridor, straight through the rear window, taking panes, frames, and draperies with him.”
  • Try to avoid single word titles, as there are so many of those out there nearly any word in the story is a likely guess. If you do use a single word title it might be sporting to let your readers know that up front in order to narrow down the likely candidates a bit. Not using my own advice, my earlier preview story “Room With a View” is woven around a single word title. So far no one has guessed it.
  • You may want to offer hints. You can do this right up front to give everyone an even chance, or offer some hints later if it seems your readers are completely awash. For “Lady In White” I ended up giving two hints before someone successfully guessed the answer. As to “Room With a View,” the same hints I gave for “Lady In White” apply. It may be more often considered a suspense movie, and the phrase, “Good Evening” might come to mind.

These are all just suggestions to give your readers a better chance of connecting with the ball (hey, it’s World Series time – I had to work a baseball metaphor in somehow – Go Cards!). If your story is already written don’t feel like you need to change a thing. But if it seems like you’ve completely stumped your readers have mercy on them and offer up a hint or two. Remember, even though there is a nice prize pack associated with the contest the point isn’t so much winning as it is to have fun, for both readers and writers alike.
~jon

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News Flash – Vol.3 #20

October 18, 2011 in Community News, Contests, News Flash by Estrella Azul

At Write Anything, Tony Noland talks about his work as a writer of horror. It is scarier than you might think.

Laura Eno’s story, “Choices”, will appear in Literary Mix Tapes’ “Eighty Nine” which is now available for pre-order, with a release date of October 25.

Guest blogging for the first time ever thanks to Sue at The Long and the Short of it, Rebecca Emin talks about the importance of having a platform, speaking from her own experiences.

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The new edition of Pulp Metal Magazine is out and carries the stories of quite a few #fridayflashers within its pages.

Congratulations to all!

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Jon Strother’s #fridayflash,  “Lady In White”, and can be found over on #AmWriting. It is a prelude of what can be expected in the Name That Horror Movie Contest we’re have the Friday before Halloween. Drop by #AmWriting and see if you can find the movie title. You may even win a prize. Then check out Mad Utopia for more chances to win.

There were some technical difficulties, but I was finally able to set up a Facebook Event for the Name That Horror Movie Contest. So if you have a Facebook account, feel free to drop by and RSVP.

~ Estrella Azul

 

Keep the good news coming! You can send in your news items concerning the Friday Flash community to Estrella at estrella.azul@fridayflash.org or by contacting her on Facebook or Twitter.

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The #FridayFlash Report – Vol 3 Number 20

October 18, 2011 in Contests, FridayFlash Report by JM Strother

We had 48 stories this week with 1 debut. Please welcome Wesley Jacques to the #FridayFlash community. The report is a bit on the late side this week, still I hope you find it useful for spotitng a story or two you may have otherwise overlooked.

Not to plug my own story, but I do have a sample for the Name That Horror Movie Contest over at #AmWriting this week. If you are curious about the contest go have a gander, you may even win something. Last week’s story, Room With a View is another example. So far no one has guessed either horror movie title. I may have to start giving out hints. I’ll have another example up next week on my own blog, and then I hope to see all of your stories the following week. Don’t forget to use the entry form if you want to be officially entered into the contest.

If your story is not in this week’s listing, please enter the details in the Collector and we’ll add it next week.

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News Flash – Vol.3 #19

October 11, 2011 in Community News, Contests, News Flash by Estrella Azul

Angie Capozello has a guest blog post, “3 Steps to Increasing Tension to your Webserial”, at Claudia Hall Christian’s (the host of #bookmarket chat) site, On a Limb.

Jodi MacArthur’s story, “Mantra”, is being featured in All Due Respect’s issue #16 this month.

P.J. Kaiser’s story, “Zoning Patrol”, is in the October issue of Doug Lance’s eFiction magazine!  You can read the issue online or download it for your e-reader here.

Karen Schindler was guesting over at the #amwriting hub with a new fiction piece on Friday, “I double demon dare you…”. Stop by and give it a read, she’s  got caramel corn!

Congrats to all!

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Maria Kelly started an ezine and needs submissions for Halloween drabbles. Check out TheWereTraveler here.

It is already the second week of October and the deadline for our “Name That Horror Movie” Halloween writing and reading contest is fast approaching. Follow this link for all the details about participating and accessing the entry form. Break a leg!

~ Estrella Azul

 

Keep the good news coming! You can send in your news items concerning the Friday Flash community to Estrella at estrella.azul@fridayflash.org or by contacting her on Facebook or Twitter.

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The #FridayFlash Report – Vol 3 Number 19

October 10, 2011 in Contests, FridayFlash Report by JM Strother

Happy October everyone. We had 43 stories this week with 2 debuts. Welcome to our two debut authors Elisa Michelle, and Katherine Hajer. We are pleased to have you on board. If your story is not in the listing please visit the Collector and add the details. We’ll be sure to add it to next week’s listing.

Autumn is my favorite time of year, and my most productive when it comes to writing. Just this week I wrote three stories. Of course I had the added impetus of gearing up for our Name That Horror Movie Contest coming up the Friday before Halloween. I’ll have an example up at #AmWriting this coming Friday to give you all an idea of what we are doing. I hope to see you all at the big party on the 28th with stories of your own. You can read the rules here. Of course I’ll bring a bag of fun size Snickers bars. ~jon Read the rest of this entry →

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