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Poets & Writers Say, “The Time Is Now”
Way back on December 31, 2010, (six days ago) I accepted the WordPress.com Post A Day challenge to post on my blog every day for a year. WordPress helps out by posting a daily prompt on their Post A...
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Time Machine Visits #FridayFlash Intro
Time machine to late September 2009 … It’s a quiet Friday afternoon, and I’m trying to learn my way around Twitter. A steady stream of tweets with the odd looking designation of “#FridayFlash” keeps...
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Happy Birthday, Edgar Allan Poe
“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” — Edgar Allan Poe Mention his name and goth girls swoon, black cats hiss, and the timid turn away. Edgar Allan...
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Better Him Than Me! A Silent Writers’ Prompt
Tonight at 9 EST and PST, the Silent Writers Collective holds its weekly online writing retreat. All writers are welcome to join in and be quiet. You can work on your own project or use the writing...
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Depth and Focus Straighten Tangled Plots
At The Book Deal, publishing veteran Alan Rinzler offers an insider’s look at the new world of publishing. With more than 40 years experience at some of the top houses, his insights and opinions are...
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New Hope Comes in a Literary Package
There’s something very exciting about the debut of a literary journal. All the tension and turmoil bubbling around the publishing world these days can leave those of us who are in love with words...
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Prompt-a-Palooza for Silent Writers
If you’re a writer finding it difficult to make time for writing, think about joining the Silent Writers Collective tonight for its weekly online silent retreat. All writers are welcome to join in at...
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Visiting Alice Walker’s Garden on her Birthday
Today is Alice Walker’s 67th birthday. Her Pulitzer Prize winning novel, “The Color Purple,” is one of my favorites; the movie is too. But beyond the brief biography I read in connection with her...
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True or False: Steinbeck and the Roads Not Taken
When journalist Bill Steigerwald set out to follow John Steinbeck’s route in “Travels with Charley in Search of America,” he did it as a kind of tribute to the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. Fifty...
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Silent Writers goes Oprah!
The February 2012 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine includes an A to Z feature titled “Express Yourself,” an alphabetical roundup of possibilities for showing the world who you are. Listed under Q for...
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Flash Fiction: Life of the Party
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Flash Fiction: I, Zombie
by Olivia Tejeda Living dead. That’s what I am. A zombie. A corpse. It took me a while to realize it, but now that I know, it makes sense. I try to pull myself out of this brain-dead stupor, but its...
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Flash Fiction: A Day’s Work
by Olivia Tejeda Last night my husband announced he wasn’t happy. No explanation, no discussion. He calmly packed a bag and ended our life. I spent the night in a bombardment of confusion and pain. My...
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Flash Fiction: Just Like Her Mother
by Olivia Tejeda Sunday mornings were special for Penny. It was the one day a week Julian didn’t rush off to work and they could spend time together. This Sunday was especially exciting. It was...
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Flash Fiction: Bottom of the Ninth
© Olivia Tejeda Bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, two outs. It’s the final game of the Cinderella Softball League Championship, my team is down 4-1, and I’m up. I haven’t hit the ball once this season...
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Flash Fiction: Waiting Room
I kiss him and hold onto his hand until the orderlies roll his bed out of reach. “It’s a routine procedure,” the doctor assured us last week. “We’ve done it thousands of times.” I secretly Googled it...
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Flash Fiction: Going Vocal
© Olivia Tejeda Pat Sajak’s voice filtered into the bathroom as Catherine stood nervously doing her hee hees. Hee hee hee. She breathed. Hoo hoo hoo. Her vocal warm-ups usually settled her nerves,...
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Friday Flash: OMG at Barnes & Noble
© Olivia Tejeda “Oh my God,” Fredrika’s husband gasped as she approached the table where he sat reading “The Portable Jung” at the Barnes & Noble cafe. “What’s wrong with this?” she asked holding...
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Now in Print: Best of Friday Flash – Volume One
There aren’t many shopping days until Christmas, so save yourself some trouble and give a gift that will please everyone on your list. “Best of Friday Flash – Volume One” What could be better? This...
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Flash Fiction: Christmas Past
© Olivia Tejeda “My great-nephew over in Prescott invited me.” “Say again?” “MY GREAT-NEPHEW!” “Criminy! Irene, what are ya hollerin’ at?” “Turn up your hearing aid.” “They’re up, they’re up … Are you...
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