Tim VanSant | Activity | Friday Flash

Estrella Azul commented on the post, Creativity Vitamin: Clean the Clutter 2 days, 5 hours ago

With its being positioned as it is, I hardly ever use my desk for writing.
I usually take my laptop to the kitchen table during the day, or to bed at night and write from there. The upside of this? My desk might […]

Angie Capozello wrote a new post, NewsFlash – Vol. 4 #50 6 days, 5 hours ago

Adam Byatt has collected his 28 days of Post-it Note Poetry, along with a few bonus pieces into an ebook.

Emma Newman has launched a new podcast on GeekpPlanet titled “Tea and Jeopardy“. Topics include writing, […]

JM Strother commented on the post, 5 Common Errors that Spell-Check Won’t Correct 1 week, 2 days ago

Hate to admit it, but I’ve made most of those mistakes. I think the their/there mistake irks me the most. One thing you did not mention that annoys the heck out of me is the misuse of myself. I don’t know how […]

Estrella Azul commented on the post, 5 Common Errors that Spell-Check Won’t Correct 1 week, 2 days ago

Spot on! The most common errors that get under my skin as a reader/writer/editor are all of the above, actually. For me, there is nothing worse than being pulled out of an otherwise really good story because of a […]

JM Strother wrote a new post, Interview with Maria Kelly 1 week, 4 days ago

Today we have an interview with long time community member, Maria Kelly, of “The Were-traveler” fame. If you are unfamiliar with the Were-traveler, it is an online speculative fiction ezine, which Maria has been […]

Angie Capozello wrote a new post, NewsFlash – Vol. 4 #49 1 week, 4 days ago

Marc Nash’s story, “The Last Poet” has been selected for performance at JukeBox Story at the Poetry Café this Friday, May 10th. He also has an hour long video talking about flash fiction and reading 11 of his […]

Deanna Schrayer commented on the post, Take Part In A Senseless Challenge 2 weeks, 1 day ago

What fun! I’ve been posting (and yes, shamefully, writing), sporadically so maybe this will motivate me to get with the program.
I look forward to reading everyone’s stories!

JM Strother commented on the post, Take Part In A Senseless Challenge 2 weeks, 3 days ago

This sounds like a lot of fun, Anna. Not sure I’ll have the wherewithal to take part, but I hope to try.
~jon

Angie Capozello wrote a new post, NewsFlash – Vol. 4 #48 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Kath Kerr will complete her 365 stories on Tuesday; she has posted one flash fiction every day for an entire year. Congrats on completing such an amazing goal!

Drew Payne has two short stories published […]

Estrella Azul commented on the post, May Holidays for the Literary Minded 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Thank you for the article, Cathy. There are so many cool literary celebrations and ideas to gem from them here!

Angie Capozello wrote a new post, NewsFlash – Vol. 4 #47 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Jodi Cleghorn’s novel, “River of Bones“, has been released.

Justin Davies’ story, ‘Kid Gloves’, was published at everydayfiction.com. Feel free to leave comments and vote.

J. Dane Tyler’s short story […]

JM Strother commented on the post, NewsFlash – Vol. 4 #46 1 month ago

Wow, lots of terrific news this week. Thanks, Angie, for putting it all together for us.
~jon

Angie Capozello wrote a new post, NewsFlash – Vol. 4 #46 1 month ago

Tom Gillespie interviews #fridayflash regular, Larry Kollar, about turning his YA Fantasy novella into a bestselling blockbuster.

Paul D. Brazill has had the third in his series of noir novellettes, “The Kelly […]

Catherine Russell wrote a new post, May Holidays for the Literary Minded 1 month ago

Let’s face it. Some days just cry out for creativity. Aside from the more popular holidays, like Mother’s Day and Cinco de Mayo, the merry month of May is brimming with reasons to celebrate.

What April […]

JM Strother commented on the post, NewsFlash – Vol. 4 #45 1 month, 1 week ago

Thanks, Angie.
~jon

Angie Capozello wrote a new post, NewsFlash – Vol. 4 #45 1 month, 1 week ago

L. E. White had a story accepted and published by Hazardous Press in “A Quick Bite of Flesh,” an anthology of zombie flash fiction. Read “Like Father Like Son” here.

Maria Kelly’s e-zine, the Were Traveler is […]

Angie Capozello wrote a new post, NewsFlash – Vol. 4. #44 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Laura Besley had a flash fiction piece called “Fractious Heat” published in imprint 12, the annual anthology of Women in Publishing Society. She was also asked to read it at the launch on Friday 15th March […]

Estrella Azul commented on the post, April Days Every Writer should Celebrate 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Such great inspiration here, just some of the titles of holidays spark my imagination already!
Thank you for putting this together, Cathy

JM Strother commented on the post, April Days Every Writer should Celebrate 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Thanks for all the wonderful prompts, Catherine. April Fools Day is a wonderful day for writers, the story possibilities are endless. Tax day… maybe not so much, at least for me.
~jon

E. D. Johnson wrote a new post, Easily Mused 1 month, 3 weeks ago

The latest resource we at FFDO would like to introduce our writers to is none other than the forums at Easily Mused. As a writer resource, these gals are doing some impressive works, from reviewing books to […]