Tag: fiction

InMon veteran Chris White is taking flash fiction submissions for a short story collection he is self-publishing in protest of the Premier of Queensland cutting funding for literary awards.  I don’t know much about Australian politics, but this sounds like a great project. Check it out now – the deadline is May 10.

In other news this week, AbeBooks did it to me again. I simply ordered the cheapest good condition hardcover I could find – and it came like this:

 Autographed!!! Not only that, there is also a little slip of paper that appears to be the author’s address and phone number. Seriously. I am not making this up. I don’t know who Bill Lewis is (or was?) but dude? Thanks!

This is the second time this has happened to me (I also have an autographed copy of Quentin Dodd’s Beatnik Routabegas from Beyond the Stars). Maybe I should play the lottery or something.

Now check out this week’s work and tell the writers to submit something to Chris!

Parul

Kim (last week) and Kim (this week)

UndueCreativity and another

Chris and another

Craig

Spider42

UnhealthyObsessionWithWords

 If I missed you, please give me a shout in the comments. Pingbacks have been acting up lately.

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The Rules

There are none. Read the prompts, get inspired, write something. No word count minimum or maximum. You don’t have to include the exact prompt in your piece, and you can interpret the prompt(s) any way you like.

OR

No really; I need rules!

Okay; write 200-500 words on the prompt of your choice. You may either use the prompt as the title of your piece or work it into the body of your piece. You must complete it before 6 pm CST on the Monday following this post.

The Prompts:

Not my memory

Electronic babysitter

Lost and found

Royalty free

Wrong order

Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and link back to today’s post (here’s a video on how to do it); I’ll include a link to your piece in the next Inspiration Monday post. No blog? Email your piece to me at bekindrewrite (at) yahoo (dot) com.

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!

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Delicious news. One of my favorite YouTube vloggers, Hank Green, has begun an exciting, unprecedented project: translating the Austen classic, Pride & Prejudice, into – what else? – YouTube vlogging. It’s rather experimental; they’re not really sure if they can pull off the whole thing, but I like it so far. The more viewers they get, the more likely they’ll be to keep going, so be sure to check it out after you read the brilliant work linked below. Start with Hank’s introduction or with the first episode.

Now onto it!

Chris and another

LovetheBadGuy

Barb

Spider42

Craig

UndueCreativity

EDIT: For some reason I missed Marian. I have no idea why.

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The Rules

There are none. Read the prompts, get inspired, write something. No word count minimum or maximum. You don’t have to include the exact prompt in your piece, and you can interpret the prompt(s) any way you like.

OR

No really; I need rules!

Okay; write 200-500 words on the prompt of your choice. You may either use the prompt as the title of your piece or work it into the body of your piece. You must complete it before 6 pm CST on the Monday following this post.

The Prompts:

All I’ve ever known

Countdown

To be protected

Save the song

Escape from pretend

Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and link back to today’s post (here’s a video on how to do it); I’ll include a link to your piece in the next Inspiration Monday post. No blog? Email your piece to me at bekindrewrite (at) yahoo (dot) com.

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!

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Ah. Baseball season at last. Letting it suck me in again. Yet another bad habit I picked up from my dad, along with picking at my fingers, working through lunch, and asking the waiter to replace Triple Sec with Gran Marnier in my margaritas.

Develop better habits. Read short fiction:

Eric (missed last week) and another (non InMon, but related) and Eric again

PenNTonic

Chris

UndueCreativity

Barb

Marian

Spider42

Craig

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The Rules

There are none. Read the prompts, get inspired, write something. No word count minimum or maximum. You don’t have to include the exact prompt in your piece, and you can interpret the prompt(s) any way you like.

OR

No really; I need rules!

Okay; write 200-500 words on the prompt of your choice. You may either use the prompt as the title of your piece or work it into the body of your piece. You must complete it before 6 pm CST on the Monday following this post.

The Prompts:

Fear vaccine

Rapidly unraveling

Messed up on purpose

Death by piano

Count the windows

Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and link back to today’s post (here’s a video on how to do it); I’ll include a link to your piece in the next Inspiration Monday post. No blog? Email your piece to me at bekindrewrite (at) yahoo (dot) com.

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!

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Working my way through ukulele tabs for Stairway to Heaven. It’s actually not impossible. I’ve got the first eight measures down. : P

Read up:

PenNTonic

LovetheBadGuy and another

Kay

Anansi

LadyWhispers

Marian

UndueCreativity

Woops, missed Eric

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The Rules

There are none. Read the prompts, get inspired, write something. No word count minimum or maximum. You don’t have to include the exact prompt in your piece, and you can interpret the prompt(s) any way you like.

OR

No really; I need rules!

Okay; write 200-500 words on the prompt of your choice. You may either use the prompt as the title of your piece or work it into the body of your piece. You must complete it before 6 pm CST on the Monday following this post.

The Prompts:

Synesthesia*

Tangled hearts**

Remember my dreams

Don’t fight it

The mask is real

Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and link back to today’s post (here’s a video on how to do it); I’ll include a link to your piece in the next Inspiration Monday post. No blog? Email your piece to me at bekindrewrite (at) yahoo (dot) com.

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!

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*Synesthesia is a neurological condition that involves a sort of mixing of the senses. For instance, you might experience music visually as well as audibly, or you might associate certain days of the week with certain colors, or certain letters with different personalities. It’s fascinating.

** Another heart prompt; I know. But I stumbled across this organization called the Tangled Hearts Project (they advocate for foster kids) and loved the name.

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I’ve made a start on learning the 12-bar blues on the ukulele. Slowly working my way toward Stairway to Heaven. Oh yeah.

Speaking of heaven, read some of this:

LovetheBadGuy

Chris

LadyNimue

PenNTonic

UndueCreativity

Eric

Craig

Barb

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The Rules

There are none. Read the prompts, get inspired, write something. No word count minimum or maximum. You don’t have to include the exact prompt in your piece, and you can interpret the prompt(s) any way you like.

OR

No really; I need rules!

Okay; write 200-500 words on the prompt of your choice. You may either use the prompt as the title of your piece or work it into the body of your piece. You must complete it before 6 pm CST on the Monday following this post.

The Prompts:

Hold onto your heart

Afraid of the wind

Yestermorrow*

Save the martians**

Infinity in pieces

Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and link back to today’s post (here’s a video on how to do it); I’ll include a link to your piece in the next Inspiration Monday post. No blog? Email your piece to me at bekindrewrite (at) yahoo (dot) com.

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!

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* I was going to write a book with this title. Then I found out Ray Bradbury already did. Quit stealing my stuff and then transporting it into the past, Ray!

** What I say when I offer people hand-sanitizer. Bonus points if you can explain why.

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