A flash fic­tion prompt that derives from Cy Twombly’s Philadel­phia Art Muse­um instal­la­tion, FIFTY DAYS AT ILLIAM.

A link post to Tarah Masih’s “How To String Togeth­er a Sto­ry Col­lec­tion, from VIPS on vsf.

Find­ing inspi­ra­tion ekphrsasis­ly: get­ting inspired by Dorthea Tanning’s “Birth­day.”

Six songs for your Sat­ur­day lis­ten­ing plea­sure

A prompt for writ­ing flash fic­tion that comes from a recent episode of Project Run­way.

Should one draft and sub­mit quick­ly or not? That is today’s ther­a­py ses­sion ques­tion.

A review and read­ing of Wendy Barker’s NOTHING BETWEEN US, “a bit­ter­sweet, erot­i­cal­ly com­pelling love affair between a white mar­ried high school teacher and one of her African-Amer­i­can col­leagues” (San­dra M. Gilbert)

Car­ol Guess, the author of six books of poet­ry and prose, pro­vides prac­ti­cal and “know­ing” tips for select­ing and arrang­ing the pieces for a flash fic­tion or prose poet­ry col­lec­tion.

A writ­ing prompt for flash fic­tion using five ran­dom words.

In spite of suc­cess in get­ting sto­ries writ­ten and pub­lished, there’s still a lot of rejec­tions. How can one ever feel suc­cess­ful with that grow­ing num­ber of no’s.