This is to document what I learned about Flash Fiction in the past few days. Depending on who you read, it is defined anywhere from Ernest Hemingway’s six word story: “For Sale, baby shores, never worn.” to stories containing 1000 to 1500 words. According to Wikipedia, there are 280-character stories (also known as “twitterature“); the “dribble” (also known […]
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This month’s writing assignment is based on an idea that came to Jane Murphy from the book: “Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life” by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. I read about half the book. It did stimulate thought, but I felt disconnected reading just random writings placed under different letters in the alphabet. Jane’s idea was for us […]
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Writing group
I joined a writings group in Punxsutawney. They are called the Stained Glass Writers. I have gone to two meetings and feel somewhat funny Me, reading what I wrote in front of others. Why not? I ask. Click here to read my first piece. I offered to build a website for them. Don’t tell Rita. […]
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Used books and Pottery Sale
B’s Books, in Punxsutawney and Windblown Studio in Rochester Mills are joining together to host a Used book and Pottery sale. The goal is to reduce the inventory.
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Ethical Will – a few thougths
I have been thinking of writing an Ethical Will for a few years. It started as an afterthought in thinking of writing the story of my life. If you don’t know what an ethical will is, there are some good websites that I won’t try to summarize, but rather point you to this one from […]
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