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Friday, February 14, 2014

Dabbling in Flash Fiction

So, I've heard of flash mobs, especially those coordinated via social media. You know, someone sets up cameras and invites strangers and friends alike to converge on a location and 'spontaneously' break out in some mass activity, like dancing to a song, or participating in some act of kindness, or dare I point out the one reenacting a famous scene from When Harry Met Sally.

I came across a call for entries in a flash fiction contest sponsored by Wisconsin Public Radio, the Center for the Humanities, and Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. The story has to fall between 500-600 words. I entered the contest with a story I called Revival of Spirit, clocking in at 597 words. Three winners will be chosen by famed science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson, and their entries will be dramatized into three-minute radio plays to be directed by actress Gates McFadden, best known for her role as Dr. Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation. How cool would that be!? Winners to be announced April 9th.

I still have not heard back from the magazine regarding my first novel, Noah's Custodian. I've begun formatting it for self-publication on Amazon for distribution on its Kindle platform. I'm actually getting excited about finally getting it out there, even if I do it myself.

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