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Iowa Summer Writing Festival: There to Write

By Tania Runyan 2 Comments

If you’re looking for a place to network, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival may not be the best for you. You’re there to write.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Finding Inspiration, Writer's Conferences, writer's group resources, writing prompts

Flash Fiction Friday: The Breaking

By Darrelyn Saloom 32 Comments

fiction friday the breaking

With nothing more to go on than our February “purple” theme, Darrelyn Saloom writes a heart-stopping piece of flash fiction.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Purple, Short Story, writing prompts

Flash Fiction Friday: Digitalis

By Tania Runyan 6 Comments

flash fiction foxglove

Tania Runyan plays in the world of flash fiction with a new piece, exploring the dangers of following one’s imagination.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, writer's group resources

Flash Fiction Friday: Space Mountain

By Tania Runyan 1 Comment

fiction space mountain

It’s Flash Fiction Friday! Tania Runyan tells the tale of a young couple, the gift of a gold herringbone bracelet, and a fateful ride on Space Mountain.

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Flash Fiction Friday: The Music Box

By Tania Runyan 4 Comments

Tania Runyan’s latest offering for Flash Fiction Friday, in honor of every awkward teenager and music box that did her in.

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Flash Fiction Friday: The Revival

By Tania Runyan 5 Comments

flash fiction marlin

A marlin, a pizza parlor, and a young girl. That’s all Tania Runyan needed for her latest flash fiction piece.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, poetry, Short Story

Flash Fiction Friday: The Coffee Shop

By Tania Runyan 8 Comments

flash fiction coffee bean

Poet and Every Day Poems editor Tania Runyan continues her Friday forays into the world of flash fiction with this provocative scene from a coffee shop.

Filed Under: Blog, Everyday Tweets, Fiction

Fiction Friday: The Bra

By Tania Runyan 4 Comments

As I continue my journey through The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction, I continue to be amazed by how a simple writing prompt can suddenly open a new world of characters, events and emotions. After just a few minutes of writing, I get to meet people I never knew existed and […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Short Story

THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 POETIC PICKS

By Seth Haines 5 Comments

The best in poetry (and poetic things), this week with Seth Haines. 1 Art In case you haven’t heard, which is to say in case you live under a rock, the iPhone 5 launched yesterday. Apple’s newest version of their popular telephone/personal computing device is reportedly thinner, lighter, and at twenty times as awesome as […]

Filed Under: Art, Blog, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Fiction Friday: He Said, She Said

By Tania Runyan 14 Comments

Last week I received my shiny, colorfully bird-laden copy of The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction. Books like this don’t usually show up at my house: I’m a poet, through and through. But I’ve also had this little fling with fiction on the side since attending the Midwest Writers’ Conference, where I practically skipped out […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, poetry teaching resources, writing prompts

Caught Flashing

By Tania Runyan 7 Comments

Everyone knows writing conferences can get a little crazy. In fact, this normally prim poet was just caught flashing at the Midwest Writers Workshop. Fiction flashing, that is. I should have seen it coming. I hadn’t written fiction in nearly two decades, was let loose in Muncie, Indiana, without my husband and kids, and was […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Short Story, writing prompts

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