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April 14, 2015
Goodbye, Sweet P
My sweet, stalwart familiar Pasha died early this morning at home, resting beside me.
My husband and I found her in a dog rescue house in Costa Rica, a half-feral little animal quite desperate for but terrified of human love. It took her a while to get used to accepting our love, but by the end of her life she could lean her weight into us and relax in our arms.
Humans had treated this little sweetheart badly early in life. She had a bullet in her chest to deep to remove—someone shot her whe...
April 12, 2015
The Velocipede Races
My first novel, Velo Races,started its life as a self-published book that I produced through my writing partnership, Luminous Creatures Press. In the past year it has been quietly morphing into its second, bigger incarnation.
I am thrilled to announce that in 2016The Velocipede Races will be transformed into a new special edition produced by Elly Blue Publishing, an imprint of Microcosm, the coolest rebel press in the USA.
The Velocipede Races will be released one year from today on April 12,...
April 1, 2015
Goals
I can’t believe it’s already time to review my March goals and set my April ones. But here it is, 5:30 am on April 1st!
I had seven goals for March, since seven is the most magical number. Let’s see how I did:
1) Finish revision on The Gantean and send to Beth for reading. CHECK! I did this. I feel proud that I did, too, because I nearly slacked off and decided to wait. Christine Kam-Lynch gave me a special email prod (as she does so well) to get it done, not to mention a small pep talk about...
March 16, 2015
The Reflection
My story The Reflection received a 2nd runner-up nod this week at Flash Friday. Our task was to include the character trope of “the girl next door” and our photo prompt showed a view of The White House and fountain through a wrought iron gate. I chose to ignore the significance of the White House and to twist the notion of the girl the door.
The Reflection
She sits beside the fountain, the kind of girl everyone likes, fresh-faced, milk-fed, sun-kissed. She wears a checked gingham dress. Delic...
March 8, 2015
FlashDogs. FlashDogs. FlashDogs.
Here are a few thoughts from Mark, one of the founders of Flashdogs:
Originally posted on Making Fiction:
The last year of my life has been slightly dreamlike.
I am not being over the top when I say that Flash Fiction has changed my life.It has helped me to focus on positive, creative and community projects when I was suffering deeply from grief. There are so many people that helped me with this new-found hobby and I’ll always be entirely grateful to them all.
The FlashDogs movement dese...
February 28, 2015
February Review
In order to keep myself on track, I make monthly do-lists for my writing I’m going to be posting them here foraccountability.
February’s do list was:
1) Finish revision on Lethemia Book 4 (seven book fantasy series) and send to Christine (early beta reader). Check! I did this and Christine already gave me a slew of excellent and useful feedback.
2) Revise The Gantean based on feedback from latest readers: Check, mostly. I finished the in line comments yesterday, but I still have some big picture...
February 24, 2015
Spotlight: Flash Dogs
Learn more about the Flashdogs via Flash Friday’s interview with founders Mark A. King and David Shakes!
Originally posted on Flash! Friday:
When I (Rebekah) joined the flash circuit in the spring of 2012, it was already a thriving community, centered on contests as colorful and vibrant as the writers themselves.Among my favorites were Nicole Wolverton‘s “5 Minute Fiction” (you had 15 minutes from when the prompt posted, to submit your story. WHAT A RUSH!) and Jeffrey Hollar‘s “Monday...
February 22, 2015
Liebster Award Post
Tam Rogers tagged me to participate in something called the Liebster Award. I have no idea who Liebster is or what the award is, though I wishit involved money, food, or at least a ball gown. Apparentlyit only involves questions.
The premise:
Share 11 random facts about yourself
Answer 11 questions provided by the person who nominated you (in my case, the lovely and multi-talented Tam Rogers!)
Concoct 11 new questions for 3 new bloggers
Here are my 11 random facts:
1) I have a navel piercing.
2) Map...
February 6, 2015
Dustless
I have a fascination with the Dust Bowl, as an event and as a symbol. It comes to my mind often as a setting for stories. Usually it feels too big for flash fiction, but I went with it last week because I had no other ideas. I got a runner-up nod for this story, which surprised me, as I thought the conflict wasn’t dramatic enough, even though it may have been deep.
Dustless
The old jalopy sputtered to a halt. Tim was grinning like he’d swallowed cream. That boy had been nothing but trouble all...
January 19, 2015
Historical Flash
I’m happy to have earned a special mention over in the thick competition at Flash Friday! this past week. Our picture prompt was a lovely, sunlit image of the Colosseum, and we had the additional instruction to include a janitor as a character.
As usual, I went for a historical interpretation of the image. I’m aware that this might make my stories less accessible—it’s hard to do historical fiction in less than 200 words. Flash fiction does not lend itself to descriptions of setting or expositi...
