Flash fiction writing does this using precise word choice, images, metaphor–in just a few pages. If you know how to do that, you can write scenes in your novels or memoirs, you can tighten [...]
Into the Flash is a 5-week, immersive, flash form writing class that will teach you how to imagine, think, and create work that conjures as much possibility as this picture. It only runs in April [...]
At AWP, I attended a panel exploring the “trend” in flash fiction (or flash form writing – including lyric essay, flash nonfiction, prose poetry, etc.). The authors that [...]
A while back, one of my writing mentors wrote to me that a woman walked up to him in a bar one night—a total stranger—and kissed him on the lips, then walked away. Sometimes, stories are given to [...]
Last month, I wrote a guest blog post for the fabulous new fiction publication and app, Great Jones Street, who decided to publish the post last week. In short? The editors and staff behind GJS [...]
{source} There’s still time to register for my online flash fiction class via 49 Writers. “Katey, I took to heart your insightful comments and made the following changes. Hopefully [...]
Last time I taught for 49 Writers I was in Anchorage If you follow me on social media, you know I’ve been guest blogging left, right, and center this winter, making great strides in getting [...]
(source) For today’s post, I’d like readers to head on over to David Abrams’ The Quivering Pen blog, where I’m happy to be the guest blogger on tap. David has a great book [...]
ICCA and I are hard at work, adding finishing touches to the instructional videos for our upcoming online class! Ack! That’s a little scary–too many little “me’s” [...]
I’ve been waiting for today since April, when I first learned that my work was being considered for the Queen’s Ferry Press Best Small Fictions anthology. Today, the 2015 collection [...]