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Flash – Volume 21 Number 1
Congratulations to these Honorable Mention Winners in Flash Fiction and Memoir. Which is which? Write to Lgood67334@comcast.net with a reason why it matters and I’ll probably tell you. Meantime, revel in these worlds. ever Too Late: A 62-Year-Old Goes From Wannabe to Wife (tentative title), which has been picked up by Koehler Press. Such
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Congratulations to our three Flash Fiction Winners: First Place: Kathy Joyce Second Place: K. Alan Leitch Third Place: Laura Fischer Honorable Mentions: K. Eldr Rochelle Weidner Suggestion: Please enjoy these wonderful stories. If you have a message for an author, send it to me and I will forward it. Note: The next contest, Scintillating
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Flash – Volume 19 Number 3
EDITOR’S NOTE: Reading the Scintillating Starts you submitted was an eye-opening experience. I had trouble knowing whether many of them were memoir or fiction. That didn’t figure into my decision about the winners, but it made me realize that I could honor more people if we had separate contests for fiction and memoir. In 2016
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Announcements From Our Readers Do you have a writing related announcement that you’d like to share with the readers of Writer Advice? Please send it in a blurb of 40 words or less to Lgood67334 at comcast dot net. Thanks! September 23, 2017 only: So You Want to Write a Book Saturday, September
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Brianne Wetovick, a recent graduate of the University of Nebraska-Kearney, updated this page at the end of 2012. She received a degree in English with a writing emphasis from U of N and currently writes for http://www.lovetwenty.com while considering which graduate schools to apply to. About Writing Be a Better Writer http://www.be-a-better-writer.com/ Daily Writings http://www.dailywriting.net
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“I try to capture the sounds of their (the characters’) voices in the articles I write.”B. Lynn Goodwin An Interview with Jamey Bradbury By B. Lynn Goodwin When I Started Asking Questions What makes a debut writer shine? Originality, for one thing. Unique characters driven by exceptional motives and objectives are important. The writing
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An Interview with Tammy Flanders Hetrick by B. Lynn Goodwin Because You’re a Writer Last summer, I met Tammy Hetrick in Texas at the Story Circle Network Conference. She was a finalist for the Sarton Award in Contemporary Fiction that SCN presents annually for outstanding writing. We sat together at dinner on Saturday
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An Interview with Sophie Hannah by B. Lynn Goodwin Seeing Things From a Different Angle The what-ifs just keep coming in Sophie Hannah’s A Game for All the Family. This story tells a psychological thriller like none other. I expected the book to be about whatever pulled the narrator away from her career as
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An Interview with Kate Horsley by B. Lynn Goodwin Delving Under the Surface Twists, turns, drama, angst, and fresh perspective combine to make Kate Horsley’s The American Girl a mystery to savor. The Blavette family has gone missing, and every character, including the American girl, a 17-year-old exchange student staying with the family for the
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