Doug has (had) a contest going: write a 75 word story….. here.
The comment thread for it is … here.
My first entry is a take on the Thousand and One Nights…. the second echoes Conan Doyle. I’ve taken the lazy writers’ path, using a back story that the literate reader will recognise straight away so that I don’t have to soak up unnecessary verbiage in scene-setting. It’s a wheeze that the writers of syndicated Star Trek paperbacks have made an art form.
UPDATE: I won, wow!
The Flasher – June Edition – contest is to write a flash story that reveals a secret. Well below the fold, my contribution. You think you know the secret? Well, don’t be so damn sure, you cocky so-and-so!
Below the fold, my entry for the May issue of The Flasher. This month, a flash story of under 1000 words incorporating some song lyrics. It’s a bit dark – you’ve been warned.
Flash Fiction! Flash Fiction. It’s fun and it’s free.
Here for your enjoyment are a couple of flash fiction blogs.
Postcards from Uranus (previously “Postcards from Hell”). There’s some good stuff here.
This new blog’s been set up to give writing students a chance – and some incentive – to ply their prospective trade. But that’s just a guideline – so if you want to contribute, go for it!
Two entries now! enjoy!
Karma by Dean Cochrane. Don’t you just wish that some folks would forgive and forget?
Memory by Doug Hoffman. On Golden Pond meets Memento.
Note: you should read the premise first!
Yes, I’m still here, but Christmas and stuff has eaten into blogging time. Or it could be that I’m short on material.
Not so with Dean, who’s written a cracking entry for the Reboot Day competition. Read it here.
Only a week or so to go – so have at it!
Shameless Plug: Don’t forget the Reboot Day writing contest. Don’t let the fact there are no entries as yet stop you from putting fingertips to keyboard and bashing one out!
Here’s the 1st prize: a book of paintings by Dacre Smyth of Australia From the Air.
Here’s my “proper” entry for Kate’s contest. Please be gentle with me. I had fun with it. That’s all that matters isn’t it? …. Isn’t it?….. Continue reading ‘Kate’s Contest’
Kate is running a writing contest over at her place. The task? Use 400 words or less to reveal a secret, but not explicitly. My daughter, (the Writer In Training), has entered. Can you pick it?
Here’s advance notice, people. In December, I’m running a contest of my own. I assure you, it Will Be Fun. (Or Else.) I’ll publish details soon.
Other news from the World of the Chicken: I’ve just had an interview for a part time temporary job. I haven’t had one of those for years, so it’s a strange experience, particularly since the interviewers are so much younger. While I aced the numerical and literacy testing (with a speed they found noteworthy), I’m not sure I told them what they wanted to hear in the behavioural section of the discussion. I guess I’m terminally crusty.
I should hear today whether I make the second round. Cross virtual fingers for me.
Update Thursday 3pm: Made the second round – interview tomorrow at midday.
Update: Friday 4pm: Had the interview. Seriously, I have No Idea how it went. The interviewers were one mature woman of my own age and a Young Thing from Human Resources. The MW, I think, was happy enough. The Young Thing, though, didn’t have enough lines on her mask of a face for me to read it very well.
Update: Tuesday 5pm. Didn’t get the job. Reason: “not enough experience in the specific role.” Hmmm, shouldn’t have told them I was up to try something new, hey?
I’ve often wondered: if I were a writer, what would I write? The answer, I guess, is a book I’d have loved to read if someone else had written it.
For example, I’ve never read the definitive time travel novel. Every one I’ve ever read has left me just that little bit unsatisfied. So I guess that’s where I’d start.
Maybe I don’t have to.
Gentle reader, if reader there be, recommend a good time travel novel for me…
