Month: April 2012

Week 17 Flash Fiction Challenge Poll

The time has arrived for IU readers to begin voting in this week’s Flash Fiction Competition. On behalf of the IU staff, I want to thank all the entrants for doing such a great job with the writing prompt and the merciless constraints of the exercise.

This week, there are 9 entries from which to choose. You may review the entries here. Please spread the word and encourage your friends to vote by using the share buttons at the bottom of the post!

The poll will be open until 5:00 PM (Pacific Daylight Time) Thursday

Select your favorite entry for the week 17 Flash Fiction Challenge: A Chance Meeting

  • Terveen Gill (40%, 38 Votes)
  • J.L. Murray (18%, 17 Votes)
  • Ed Drury (17%, 16 Votes)
  • Linda Rae Blair (15%, 14 Votes)
  • Dick Waters (6%, 6 Votes)
  • Cheri Thacker (2%, 2 Votes)
  • Kay Weeks (1%, 1 Votes)
  • A. L. Kaplan (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Susan Mahoney (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 95

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Earlyworks Press Short Story Competition

Earlyworks Press Short Story Competition Earlyworks Press is now accepting submissions up to 8000 words for its 2012 Short Story Competition. The best entries will be published, and their authors will receive one complimentary copy of the anthology. 10-20 will be included, depending on length and quality. The entry fee is £5 per story up to 4000 words, and £10 for over 4000 words. The closing date is October 31st 2012.

For more information, please visit their website.

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Sneak Peek: Melissa Pearl’s Black Blood

Today we have a sneak peek from the second book in Melissa Pearl’s Time Spirit Trilogy, Black Blood:

Black BloodGemma’s parents have put enough rules around her relationship with Harrison that she feels like she’s living on parole. But she wins one battle—a summer job working for Harrison’s step-father. It is the perfect chance to spend the steamy, hot Florida days with her boyfriend. It’s also a great distraction from the cellphone hiding in her underwear drawer—her only contact with Gabe, the mystery man who’s stalking her.

When she confronts Gabe, he tells her that her parents are not who she thinks they are, and Harrison has the gall to believe him. Surrounded by conflict, Gemma doesn’t know what to believe, and it takes a trip back in time for her to glimpse the sickening truth.

Thanks to her parents, she returns to the present to find the love of her life no longer exists. His family line was broken and now, so is she.

This betrayal forces her to seek out Gabe. Setting aside her fear of the truth, she must trust this man and learn what he can teach her… otherwise, she’ll never get her boyfriend back.

Black Blood is available through Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.

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Character Description – Visual

Police sketch artist…he knows.

When I was teaching writing workshops for High School kids, there was one thing that always got that epiphany ‘aHA!’ moment that I liked so much. Description. Character description to be specific. We took it slow. I got my share of stories about guys with cornrows, blue jeans, baggy white T-shirts, and Air Force Ones. Gradually, I would start to share the writers’ secrets. And one of the first ones was this: for the most part, describing your character is a waste of time. People will argue about this, so let me explain what I mean.

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