What is flash writing and why do authors like to write flash pieces? It’s quicker to write than a novel or memoir. It’s a challenge to see how much you can say with a short word limit, up 500 to … Continue reading →
[This excerpt appear in slightly different form in the anthology Women Writing On Family: Tips on Writing, Teaching and Publishing, edited by Carol Smallwood and Suzann Holland.] Even when life seems too busy to “really” write, you can work on gathering … Continue reading →
There is a place for essays of every length in the world of creative nonfiction. Susan Bono, publisher and editor of Tiny Lights: A Journal of Personal Narrative, offers us some thoughts on writing short personal essays as well as … Continue reading →