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,...
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...
