Flash Fiction

netta on September 30th, 2008

I came into writing late in life. I think I was forty-one or two (the years become hazy when you get past twenty-five) when I wrote my first short story, although I had written some pieces in high school and edited a newsletter for an insurance company I used to work for. Life before this [...]

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netta on September 29th, 2008

Haunting the markets used to be a habit of mine.  Time and circumstance has limited me somewhat recently, but I’m happy to report the majority of my bookmarks are still working. Small markets come and go at a fast pace and some excellent online publications, sadly, faded out of the marketplace. It’s a loss for [...]

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netta on September 28th, 2008

Political Fashion I’ve spent a lot of time this week writing. Alas, non-fiction has take precedence, and I am so out of the fiction circle right now it’s actually painful. It’s pretty sad when you have a hard time with your OWN prompt. Heh.  I guess that should teach me something. At any rate, here’s [...]

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netta on September 26th, 2008

Another Friday already? It’s already inching toward the end of September — has it gone quickly for anyone else out there? Soon it will be full fall, then on to the winter. With that in mind, try this for a prompt this week: “All he needs now is a pair of ski goggles and a [...]

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netta on September 25th, 2008

As an anal and borderline compulsive nut-case, I love lists. I make lists of everything – To Do lists, To Don’t lists (although I rarely pay attention to that particular list) and lists regarding shopping, inventory (mental and physical) and whatever else jumps to mind.

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netta on September 21st, 2008

Deer grandotter, Yew doan know me yet, but Ah’m yer granmutha. Ah jess wanna tell ya a couple thangs before yew git here, in case Ah cain’t tell ya later. Fambly squabbles, ya know, it happens in all famblies, doan let no one kid ya. Yer momma might not let me see ya, mostly cuz [...]

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netta on September 6th, 2008

Image via Wikipedia *Author’s note: Still not there, but I can feel the flash muscles warming up. The last time Aoide ate the moon, she had terrible indigestion but at least she wasn’t cranky. Being a handmaiden to a goddess had it perks, but when the goddess becomes cranky, there’s hell to pay. Sweeping up [...]

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netta on September 5th, 2008

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netta on September 1st, 2008

Image by *L*u*z*a* via Flickr As promised (and just under the wire, heh) here are my suggestions for the flash from our Friday exercise: Clapboard House specializes in Southern-flavored flash fiction. (Say that three times fast, heh!) The Foliate Oak is another online literary journal that might fit our drawl, or give you inspiration to [...]

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netta on August 31st, 2008

Image via Wikipedia *Goddess’s note: My daughter is on the verge of presenting me with my first grandchild, so I might seem a little scattered. I am a little scattered, heh! No labor yet, but all the signs are there. Yay! At any rate, I’ll post the links to the participating stories for your reading [...]

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