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Week In Review

This has been a real week of ups and downs with my writing. The wordcount on Wildings is going steadily up, and its taking shape, but my characters are giving me hell and even though the plot is outlined, I am not entirely certain how I’m going to get them there from here. I have added a page to the blog for My Fiction, where you can see what my current projects are and where I am. Will update as I...

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Flash In The Dark

This week I noticed that the flash pieces I wrote on my ND140 Twitter account were much darker than is usual for me. Odd, considering that I’ve been pretty happy this week. (Still basking in the afterglow of the new laptop.) I can’t really explain it… I suppose I’ve always thought a writer should be able to go to the dark, scary places just as easily and comfortably as the happy...

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Flash Laptop

I had planned to blog yesterday and then today about more flash fiction on Twitter. After the list I made last week on my blog, I’ve found 20 more Twitter micro-fiction authors. But… yesterday around noon I got a shiny new Dell Studio in the post. You see, I’ve finally acknowledged that my wishful thinking (about my disability disappearing overnight like one of Nanny McPhee’s warts)...

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ND140

Well, I’ve decided to go ahead with it. Yes, I’m going to start posting flash fiction (aka Twiction, aka micro-fiction) on Twitter. My new account for this is ND140 I thought I’d be obsessing over every word, as I would if I were writing a poem, but there’s something so nice and easy about the Twitter format. Less pressure, perhaps. More casual? Not that I don’t care about...

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Twiction

Last year I became aware of what some call “Twiction” or “Flash Fiction” on Twitter (stories of 140 characters or less). I’ve enjoyed it whenever I find a brave writer soul who can be so creative while so constrained. I’ve thought about opening up my own Twitter Twiction account, but I’m not sure I could do it so well as some of these. Here’s a list of...

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Rebuilding Links

I have tried to rebuild links with the sites I’ve linked to on other blogs, but I’m sure I’ve missed some of you! If you link to my blog and would like me to return the favour, please let me know. My only conditions are: #1 I have to like your blog (but all of my readers are intelligent, funny people, so I’m sure I will) and #2 Your blog has to accept comments easily (#2 comes about...

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What Do You Tweet About?

I am a sucker for stats. I suppose it’s because I have so many websites. I won’t tell you how many; it would make both of us blush, and we don’t want that. For example I find it interesting that people have found NixyValentine.com by searching for the phrases “word meters”, “the artistic temperment”, and “where do ideas come from”. I find it interesting...

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Twitter: What Is It Good For?

Now, you might think this is going to be an article on how to promote yourself and your writing on Twitter, or even how to tweet without being a spam-whore. It would be, but about 28930284902 other bloggers have beat me to it. (That’s a rough estimate.) Yes, I sincerely hope that regardless of the fact that Twitter can bring lots of blog traffic and readers your way, you use it for the sheer joy of...

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The Fiction of Writer’s Block

Seriously.  Just don’t believe in writer’s block.  Like Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny.  (I do believe in the Tooth Fairy, but that’s a long story for another article.) Yesterday I didn’t blog because my blogging time disappeared into the world of Twitter via Tweetdeck.  Tweetdeck has an interesting feature where you can follow certain phrases, so that any time someone Tweets...