by Jim Stitzel | Jul 13, 2006 | Writing
Well, I just wrote and posted the first story, checking in at 600 words, at “Flashes of Speculation”:http://open-dialogue.com/fs/ called “Dragonfly”:http://open-dialogue.com/fs/2006/07/13/dragonfly/. Please, go give it a read and let me know...
by Jim Stitzel | Jul 13, 2006 | Writing
Now I’ve gone and done it. “Flashes of Speculation”:http://open-dialogue.com/fs/ is now up and running. The goal is to provide a place (a home?) for flash fiction in the area of speculative fiction. Sci-fi, fantasy, dark sci-fi, dark fantasy, even...
by Jim Stitzel | Jul 12, 2006 | Writing
Ok, now I don’t feel quite so bad. 1,000 words written today. That’s 1,000 words closer to my goal. I should be able to finish the first draft tomorrow. Time to go do that recharge thing again.
by Jim Stitzel | Jul 12, 2006 | Writing
Yup, that was the ticket. Sleep and food were exactly what I needed, and I’m already making great headway with the writing this morning. With any luck, I’ll get another 1000 to 1500 words punched out today. Back at it, then…
by Jim Stitzel | Jul 11, 2006 | Writing
Ouch. My brain is crunched. Fried. Crispy-crittered. Scrambled and pureed. I think that’s what happens when the day is spent doing some intensive research, followed by a major writing stint. I actually hit the wall around 2:00, hit it hard, in fact. Went from 60...
by Jim Stitzel | Jul 7, 2006 | Writing
I am sort of curious – how much interest is there in a site that does what “Flashing in the Gutters”:http://tribe.textdriven.com/flash/ does, except with a focus on publishing flash fiction that is exclusively speculative? I’ve looked for a...
