I have posted the flash fiction pieces that were not selected in the recent competition on my other site.
They can now be viewed at Dormouse Confidential.
I’m increasingly wondering if the winners of flash fiction will be announced. Ever. Of course, I’m just being impatient.
Still…
It’s frustrating not to know if I am selected or not.
It would be a great bit of news tonight, if it was announced. Not holding my breath…
republished from Michael’s other site focused on writing:
I still haven’t heard back regarding the flash fiction competition and I’ve been focusing on revisions rather than posting first draft stories.
One of the revisions I’ve still be working on is “A Parley with the Troll” for submission to a local “competition”, deadline tomorrow. Based on some helpful [...]
Okay.
I’m about to make another jump in my writing. I’m applying for the mentorship program at the literary center where I’ve been taking classes. If I am one of the twelve selected finalists, I get to work directly with published authors in my genre (fiction). I lose nothing by applying, other than perhaps my self [...]
I’m very much into writing and authors that I can pull inspiration from at this time. Any suggestions? I like Kafka, Sartre, Salinger, Lovecraft, Hemingway — all are circa 1940-1960 authors. I started reading “The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath and have enjoyed the first 25 pages…. But I am hungry for others.
I tend to [...]