Queer writer of weird things
So, this entry in ’Nathan Burgoine's June Flash Fiction Draw is a bit of a cheat in two ways. First off, it's Tuesday, and these are supposed to go up on Monday. Hey, I'm slow. Sue me. Second, the prompt for this month's flash fiction is: Well, I've got the hot chocolate and the scrapyard, …
So last Friday my friend ’Nathan posted a flash fic piece in response to the photo below. I thought it was adorable, both his story and the photo. See for yourself: And I figured I'd see if I could come up with something by today to post, and what do you know, I did. It's …
There’s something uniquely wonderful about spending a week surrounded by people who “get” a) being queer and b) being a writer without my having to explain myself.
...yes, I know it’s already Wednesday. I’ll blame jet lag as I’ve just gotten back from a writing retreat and book festival in Nottingham, England for Bold Strokes Books. In a word, wonderful. In another word, exhausted. More on that later. Be that as it may, the last day I was there, my friend ‘Nathan …
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So, I deleted my Facebook account this week. Not my Facebook page, where I talk about all things writing related, but rather my personal account. The news about the social network's data (mis)management didn't make me want to trust them with any more of my personal information than I have to. But, that also means …
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Four years is not such a long time when you think about it. On the other hand, in such a short time a lot can happen. Leaders change, geniuses die, Kate Bush stubbornly does not come out with a new album. Did you know that in the last four years you've traveled 3.76 billion kilometers …
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For this week's installment of Friday Flash Fics, we're back to the story that I revisited most recently in the post titled An Unlikely Suspect. Anyway, the photo prompt is certainly... interesting. Granted, I don't mean "interesting" in the same way as (ahem) some other photo prompts (if you scroll through the previous posts you'll …
This week's Friday Flash Fics photo prompt reminded me of Philip and Joel from Detours: Nice, yeah? It made me wonder what happened after Joel moved to England so he and Philip could be together. Let's find out, shall we? The Seacoast Philip wakes up alone, again. The third time in a week. The first …
I had lunch recently with a friend of mine, Karen. In addition to mutual appreciation of many things (wine is high up on the list), we also have a deep and abiding love of pasta, grilled cheese sandwiches of infinite variety, and pizza. So, as we caught up over a plate of spaghetti and a …
Again, this week's Friday Flash Fiction entry is a continuation of last week's story. And it's getting to the stage where I'll probably have to pause and figure out where it's going before I continue. This is a common occurrence in my writing process: I write for a while with no particular idea of where …
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