Posted in News, Published Fiction, tagged Amazon Kindle, Android, Barnes & Noble Nook Color, diabilities, doctor, IPad, iPhone, Mark Budman, parents, robin, Short story, therapist on August 18| Leave a Comment »
authors of the eChook Digital Publishing Short Stories, Vol. 1 announced:
Nick Boreham, Mark Budman, Claude Clayton Smith, Mindy Hardwick, Natalie McNabb, Christine Pakkala, Dave Schofield, Megan Smith-Harris and Townsend Walker
sign up at eChook Digital Publishing to receive pre-publication excerpts about this and other upcoming short story collections and ebooks for iPhone, iPad, Kindle, Android and Nook Color
Posted in News, Published Fiction, tagged art, Chevrolet, columbia art league, Fiction, flash fiction, Hint Fiction, Missouri, Online Writing on July 13| Leave a Comment »
Columbia Art League of Missouri will hold an art show inspired by the stories of Hint Fiction (in which “View from a ’77 Chevy Scottsdale” appears)Posted in News, Published Fiction, Published Poetry, tagged Ban (title), Compact fluorescent lamp, Environmentalism, Fluorescent lamp, Incandescent light bulb, Light, Thomas Edison, Writer on July 7| 2 Comments »
I will buy a truckload of old-fashioned light bulbs if they ban incandescents. My issue with halogen and flourescent bulbs? The color, poor quality, and flicker tires and offends my eyes. I would rather write by candlelight.
Use whatever bulb you prefer, but don’t tell me which bulb I must buy. Going green is fine, and I’m on board for the most part, but forcing your ideas on others proves nothing but how unenlightened you really are.
Three cheers for Edison’s incandescents and a ‘BOOO!’ for lawmakers and others who have nothing better to do. ~ N
“Seeing the Light”
by Moira Allen, Editor, http://www.writing-world.com
I don’t often use this space for “advocacy,” but this month I’m going to make an exception. This month, I’m going to take a stand for something that is of rather great importance for writers: Light. Many of you are probably aware that a ban on incandescent light bulbs is scheduled to go into effect in the U.S. in January 2012…What is offered in place of such bulbs is a choice between halogen and “compact fluorescent” bulbs… <<read more>>
Posted in News, Published Fiction, tagged attorney, divorce, flash fiction, lawyer, Literature, writing on June 14| Leave a Comment »
The Judgment of Venus and David
…Amidst what would otherwise be tragedy, the couple exudes the ess, the artist’s curved line and point where motion changes direction, redefines itself, traps the eye… <<read more>>
reader comments
A lovely display of purple prose…
Very original, very poetic…its original rhythm reminded me of jazz, think the right word here is syncopated. Although the subject is almost banal, the way it is presented is anything but…
You boiled their story down to a few poetic sentences. True art at its best.
~ nikintix
Posted in News, Published Fiction, tagged Adoption, contest, flash fiction, Jessica Powers, Letters, Literature, Short story on May 29| Leave a Comment »
Dear Natalie:While your story “Revisions” didn’t win one of the monetary prizes, it was one of the eight top contenders. Out of 622 entries, that’s quite an accomplishment and I hope it means something to you. With your permission, I would like to post your story on the Glass Woman Prize web page……In any event, congratulations on a compelling and interestingly told story. All the best to you,
Beate
Posted in News, Published Fiction, tagged flash fiction, Fly Fishing, humor, Humour, Itch, jobs, Literature, Short Stories, working on April 26| 1 Comment »
…“We’re set for tomorrow?” he asks. It’s not a question.
“You fly out at 6:36 p.m…I confirmed late arrival with The Bellagio and lunch with your niece.” Niece, my ass. She didn’t sound eighteen. More like my age, thirty… <<read more>>
watch for this piece to appear in People of Few Words, Vol. IV, to be published in 2012
Posted in News, Published Fiction, tagged Adoption, Bruce Holland Rogers, flash fiction, Jessica Powers, Letters, Literature, Short story on February 18| 1 Comment »
WordLoft by Natalie McNabb 