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Take the Off Ramp and Enjoy the Dandelions

#bookblogger shares what happened to her today "Take the Off Ramp and Enjoy the Dandelions"

A.J. Update This post has nothing to do with writing, but sometimes I like to show you my personal side. I just had to share what happened to me this morning! So starting this week the road I take to work is closed off for construction, which means it takes me an extra hour to get to my desk! (Ensue angry words.) This morning I left early and was all cranky and sleepy. While I was at one of the…

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Godless - Spiritual Fiction

Free #FlashFiction Alert - Godless, a spiritual flash via @AJFlowers86 | New Flash Every 2 Wks

Wrinkling my nose, I crossed my arms and watched my nephew lick the dirt from his firetruck. “Just take him to the park, okay? Is that so difficult?” Leslie asked. “He seems to be getting enough of nature in your garden.” I matched her soldiering gaze. “Do you really need to go to that meeting?” Leslie sunk into her plastic chair, seeming oblivious to the cascade of creaks that made it sound as…

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Functioning With Side Effects - Literary Flash

Free #flashfiction Story-Functioning With Side Effects - Bringing Awareness to Health Anxiety

It’s just a side effect, I told myself the mantra for the third time as I laced my sweaty fingers, feeling like a criminal tossed into interrogation. The glaring light from the meeting room’s projector didn’t help matters. For a moment, I stared into the dancing dust, unable to move. I gulped down a chuckle, feeling like I could finally understand those poor deer in the headlights. I coughed and…

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Asgard Middle School - A Fantasy Flash

Asgard Middle School - #Flashfiction New Stories Posted Every 2 Weeks! #amreading #freefiction

The screech across the chalkboard nearly put me over the edge. “Ms. Phenny?” I asked through clenched teeth. She flipped around, her wild orange hair singeing the board as she turned, and I wrinkled my nose at the pungent whiff of melted slate. Why’d they have to give us a phoenix as a substitute teacher? “Yes, Loki? What is it?” I leaned over, putting the back of my hand against my cheek so the…

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Most Common Writing Mistake - Character Development 

Most Common Writing Mistake – Character Development 

Whether you’re a pantser or a plotter, there is one mistake nearly every writer does, including experienced ones. It’s a concept of your writing goal, be it one paragraph, one chapter, or whole sections of the manuscript. When plotting (outlining) your book, you have a series of events carefully planned out. Therefore, it’s logical when you’re writing that your main goal of the chapter is to meet…

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#PitchMAS 2015 Results!

#PitchMAS 2015 Results! A compiled list of winning tweets with #author commentary #writingtips

I’m happy to provide you this tidy list of winning tweets for #PitchMAS! If you’re not sure what #PitchMAS is, I’ll explain. There are a few Twitter Pitch contests each year, with #PitMad and #SFFPit being among the largest. Authors will write a short pitch of their novel, small enough to squeeze into a tiny tweet with hashtags, and hope for the best. If a publisher or agent favorites the tweet,…

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Journey in Prose: Get Some Distance

Journey in Prose: Get Some Distance

Welcome back to the Journey in Prose! Today’s focus may seem simple, but is paramount to improving your prose if you find yourself really getting stuck.  This is a technique when you’ve edited until you can edit no more, and no matter what you do, you can’t seem to polish your manuscript that last 10%. There’s something wrong, something not smooth. And for the life of you, you can’t figure it…

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