Guest post contributed by Faye Kirwin of Writerology. Words mean everything to a writer. They’re the tools of our trade and should be placed with purpose and care for maximum effect. Nowhere is this more apparent (and necessary) than in Continue Reading
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Three Infallible Tips for Writing Flash Fiction
A Guest Post by Bart Van Goethem Let’s not waste time on an introduction, shall we? 1. Develop a fear of death. Life is short. Too short, some would say. But whether you like it or not, one day you Continue Reading
Happy Endings: A Guest Post by Nancy Sakaduski
Happy Endings: A Guest Post by Nancy Sakaduski A problem I often see with short stories submitted to the Rehoboth Beach Reads Short Story Contest is a poor ending. Sometimes I get the feeling that the writer, having struggled to Continue Reading
5 Tips for Writing a Great Short Story
Guest post contributed by Eliot Gilbert. I think my first short story was something entitled The Monster Drinks Some Coffee. It chronicled the life of a dog named Lucy — my dog at the time — and her zany adventures Continue Reading
Open Call for Guest Posts!
Dear flash fiction and short story authors: Last month, we offered the opportunity for you to write guest posts for the site. And boy, did you answer the call! We got 7 posts on the topic we requested (Why I Love Continue Reading
Google+ for Authors: Predictions, Tips and Tactics
Google+ for Authors: Predictions, Tips and Tactics For a couple of years, journalists, writers, bloggers and marketers built up their Google+ profile and presence on the Web due to Google’s Authorship feature, which allowed popular posts to appear in search Continue Reading
Why I Write Short Fiction: A Guest Post by Camille Coward
I started writing short fiction as a way to strengthen my writing. I found that it was challenging to pack a punch in as few words as possible, and this caused repetition when writing longer pieces–it was redundancy that neither reinforced nor Continue Reading
Why I Write Short Fiction: A Guest Post by Alex Morritt
Why I Like Writing Short Stories and Flash Fiction HOW IT BEGAN I have to confess that I never consciously set out to write short stories or flash fiction, but following a life-changing move from the UK to Central America Continue Reading
Why I Write Short Stories: A Guest Post by Bart Van Goethem
Why I like to write micro and flash fiction There are a number of reasons why I like to write micro and flash fiction: 1. I don’t have a lot of time. I have a full time job, two young Continue Reading
Why I Write Short Fiction: A Guest Post by Nicholas C. Rossis
Dear short fiction, how do I love you? Let me count the ways… You were this reader’s first love. My eyes widened and my heart raced when reading Philip K. Dick’s short stories, my introduction to science fiction. You carried Continue Reading