FlashFiction.Net

In response to a post on my personal blog, a reader suggested I publish a series of interviews in which editors ‘list, in excruciating details, all that each editor desires in his/her stories.’ Wow. What a great idea. Not only does this provide authors with specific information about what editors are looking for in the submissions they receive, it offers editors a venue for advertising their publications and getting the word out about what, in their opinion, constitutes “good writing.” If you: 1. have a question or comment, 2. would like to suggest a publication, agent, or publisher for me to contact, or 3. are an editor, publisher, or agent and would like to participate in this project, please contact me. (continue reading)

Shoplifting. Delivering pizza. G-mail chats. Love. If you want to know where all of these intersect with writing, the answer lies in Tao Lin. (continue reading)

I spent part of an hour or so searching “how to write flash fiction” and reading over the top hits. I discovered some interesting “facts” about flash fiction. Highlights below. (continue reading)

This upcoming issue of SmokeLong Quarterly marks my last as an editor, and one thing I’ve always enjoyed about SLQ are the author interviews. Here are some of my favorite questions and answers, asked by a whole host of SLQ editors. (continue reading)

I thought I’d interview my family about this piece. (continue reading)

This entry is a follow-up to Thursday’s kind of abstract discussion about using Hegel’s ideas of tragedy in the writing of (short) short fiction. I thought maybe an example in which I talk about how I used these ideas in a particular story might be helpful. (continue reading)

I came across, a number of years ago, Joanne Avallon’s “All This” in Micro Fiction: An Anthology of Really Short Stories, and recently found her on Facebook, introducing myself, I think, with “Are you the Joanne Avallon who wrote that amazing story in that micro fiction anthology?” She was the Joanne Avallon. Today, Joanne talks about the story’s meaning to her as a writer and I talk about about the story from my perspective as its reader. But first, the ever-amazing “All This.” (continue reading)

So, by interviewing the internet, I’ve learned that the rule “show, don’t tell” doesn’t quite work as an all-encompassing rule. There must be some times when we should “tell, don’t show.” Yes? (continue reading)