So, five weeks of writing flash stories, and I now have at least 3 good starts to stories I might be able to sell. I don’t think any of them work the way I want in the form they are in now, b...

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Okay. Three weeks. Three stories under 1000 words.While I don’t think that it’s getting any easier to write these things, I think, at least the last one, is a bit better than the others...

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I just tried writing my first flash fiction. Flash is a story that is typically under 1000 words, but I have read that some people consider anything under 2500 words flash fiction. A while ago I tr...

Are you supposed to make resolutions for the new year? I don’t really do that. I haven’t done that since I was a kid. I don’t really see the point. To be clear, it’s no...

It’s Boxing Day where I’m at. I hope anyone reading this had, or is having, a great holiday. See you next week.

This past week, I sold one story and received a request for edits on another. While that is pretty cool, I thought this might be a good opportunity to talk vaguely about editing.There is no gu...

Let's talk about stealing. Stealing ideas. It’s what I do. If you write or code or make art or create anything, you probably steal too.I have written here several times about stealing game id...

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