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The Advantage of Higher Education
A little flash fiction piece extolling the virtues of educating our youth… “tffffffFFFT,” followed by a suppressed cough escaping the nose. Passing the joint to Hank 4.0 everything since he was a child, even ag-science at OSU, “I woulda never thought brown pot [Read More]
Death Comes Knocking
This my submission for the Extreme Writing Now Group, Memoir Writing, prompt of … When I commented on Rachel’s memoir submission, , I said I thought I was eight when that particular incident occurred. I was wrong. The memory of my first real fear has come [Read More]
Celebrating Memoirs ~ Contest
Guess what kids? It’s contest time again here at Extreme Writing Now. Well, actually it is contest time over at one of the satellites of EWN, the Facebook Fan Page, but it starts here. Guess I better get moving with the details before I start confusing myself. We will [Read More]
Extreme Writing Now Network ~ Episode 1, Memoirs
Sunday, July 25th 2010, Extreme Writing Now went live with the inaugural episode of the Extreme Writing Now Network radio show on Blog Talk Radio. The show opened up a weekly broadcast that can be heard every Sunday at 6:30 EST (-5 GMT) at Extreme Writing Now Network. The [Read More]
This Weeks Round-Up at Extreme Writing Now
Last Week at Extreme Writing Now: Announcements Extreme Writing Now Goes Live! Authors Corner The Long Road Home (Part 11) Ports of Call The Long Road Home (Part 10) The Long Road Home (Part 9) A Trip Down Coffee Lane Of Artichokes and Desert Rain Ghostwriter’s Hell ~ [Read More]
If Dirty Harry Wrote 55 Word Flash
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This 55 word flash fiction piece asks the question; if Harry Calahan had written flash fiction instead of being a cop, is this how he’d handle his editor? Shop for a personalized gift at Zazzle. Tags: 55 word flash, alex crabtree, dirty harry, Flash Fiction Related [Read More]
Extreme Writing Now Goes Live!
Starting Sunday, July 25 at 6:30 p.m. EST, Extreme Writing Now is taking the act to Blog Talk Radio with a weekly broadcast from the EWNN. We hope to wind down the week with some good old fashioned chat about the happenings at EWN as well as feature a guest every week. [Read More]
Mountain Mornings, Coffee, and Life
I have so many coffee stories that would be good fits for this memoirs prompt, but not one of them would be worth a squat without this one… My grandmother lived alone in a tar shingle sided house atop one of the “mini-mountains” of the Foothills to the [Read More]
Crack The Freelance Window and Be Seen
Almost every listing on every Freelance Writing job board asks for the resumé and portfolio of all those inquiring about the position. In fact, almost to the tee, we are asked for as link to those items. If you have your own web site that is dedicated to your freelancing [Read More]
Ghostwriter’s Hell ~ 55 Word Fiction
A 55 word flash fiction piece about two very different partners playing the puppets in a grand scheme… The priest read the document, hit his cigarette, and looked up, “Why on earth are you chained to me?” “I was too good for retirement; so you are [Read More]
Weekly Round Up at Extreme Writing Now ~ July 11 2010 thru July 17 2010
This Past Week at Extreme Writing Now Flash Fiction The Long Road Home (Part 5) The Eye Of The Dragon ~ 55 Spoken Words The Long Road Home (Part 4) Looking Back At Norman The Long Road Home (Part 3) The Long Road Home (Continued) Bird on a Wire Veil of Destruction The Long [Read More]
A Girl’s Gotta Make A Living ~ Flash Fiction
A little flash fiction about the current economy? Or is this about a successful ‘career woman’? As a shaker started to rattle nearby, Tony what’s his name leaned in a little closer. Just over the martini being tossed around with the ice, “I think most men [Read More]
The Eye Of The Dragon ~ 55 Spoken Words
The Eye of the Dragon is a piece about planning, and having no contingencies for when a plan goes awry. The Eye of the Dragon Written and Spoken by Alex Crabtree For this story and more 55 word flash fiction, visit 55 Words Tags: 55 word [Read More]
The Red Treasure ~ Food Memoir
This is submitted for the Memoir Writing Groups prompt, . The best meal I ever had actually was in June of 2006, and began sometime well before it was served, even before getting that emergency phone call while stretching my legs in Venore Tennessee. But, I’ll start this [Read More]
The Bleached Crimson Nightgown ~ Remembering Red
This is my second submission for this week’s Memoirs Group prompt, . Although I announced that my entry would be a tough one for me to write and post, I decided to keep it personal and submit a second entry that may not be much prettier as depressing images go. I will [Read More]
Plumbers and Freelancers Have More in Common Than Crack
As a , are you saving words on the back end of a job by spending a few on the front end, or do you not care that every re-write you do as a freelancer cuts your pay in half? That’s right, every extra word digs into your pocket by taking time away from potential [Read More]
The Victoria Twead Interview ~ Live From Spain
Victoria Twead, author of the book Chickens, Mules, and Two Old Fools, stopped in at EWN today for chat. What great fun we had, as we talked about the book (just a bit), the World Cup, El Hoyo, and Joe. The chat really was more like a chat than a proper interview. Carrie [Read More]
Extreme Writing Now | July 4 to July 10 2010
This past week at EWN: Authors Corner Less Flowery Moments The Beanery Queen Writing Memoir Now Some-bot-y New Maybe Douglas Adams Was Right Cock Tales Books Writing Memoir Now Chickens, Mules, and Two Old Fools ~ Book Review Flash Fiction Some-bot-y New News Building A [Read More]
Sudden Cure For An Irritation
“….or maybe it’s the alternator.” The ‘butinski’ continued to ramble, spewing his expertise all over Rocko and Vinnie as they tried to fix their sedan. After an hour of listening to the grating know-it-all, Rocko went to the trunk and returned with an aluminum [Read More]
Building A Short Story ~ The End
Series Building A Short Story» All good things must come to an end, and so it is for our series, Eight weeks ago, we started with a piece fully intending to create a much larger work of fiction from the micro-fiction cornerstone. Our goal was to reach the [Read More]
