Last spring I took an online Flash Nonfiction class from Christi Craig, and one of the prompts led to a piece about a ball of string my grandmother kept in her kitchen. Christi and the other participants offered valuable suggestions during revision, and I am happy to say that this month “String Theory” is published in Hippocampus, an online magazine of creative nonfiction.
If you are a writer fascinated by science or a science geek who loves to write, be sure to check out Quantum Shorts 2015, a flash fiction competition for “stories no longer than 1000 words – inspired by the quantum world.”
The last of a three-part series for blog post ideas, with examples from bloggers I read and enjoy.
Yesterday I spent a glorious early fall day in the company of writers, writing teachers, editors and agents at Mount Mary University’s Publishing Institute, a day devoted to getting our writing published (and all the steps along the way). Here are 10 takeaways I brought home with me.
The story of the dust bowl and heat wave of 1936, told through one farm woman’s diary.