Posted on February 28, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
Yesterday, after a morning of blogging, I walked to Pittsburgh’s “Little Italy” and stopped in Nico’s at the corner of Friendship and Pearl for a few beers and some friendly conversation. Several people were there, two who had just lost their jobs. Martha has worked in an office position at the University of Pittsburgh for many [...]
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Posted on February 27, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
Looking for some reading material for the weekend? You’ll find it here in the Gazette. The Gazette publishes some of the best flash fiction, very short fiction, short shorts and sudden fiction on the Internet. And for those of you who like longer fiction just click on the A Very Short Novel tab at the [...]
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Posted on February 27, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
As writers we all know how important characterization is. No discerning reader wants to read a story with a bunch of flat characters in it. Who cares about flat, unbelievable characters? I know I don’t. Flat characters are a waste of time. But life-like round characters are a wonder. They make us weep. They make [...]
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Posted on February 27, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
The flash fiction writer must put the right word in the right place. Each word in a very short story must not only carry its own weight but must also move the reader’s eyes to the next word much as I’m doing now. Each word should be a link in a chain that links to [...]
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Posted on February 27, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
The incompetence, greed and criminal irresponsibility of the senior leadership of America’s top 20 banks is well established. Many people, including myself, think that nationalization would be just punishment for these robber barons; but here are reasons not to nationalize these banks. The United States government doesn’t have the personnel to run the banks. All the private investors [...]
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Posted on February 27, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
It’s an overcast, rainy morning (9:00 a.m.) in Pittsburgh but I’m not complaining because it feels like spring and I’ve just come back with the Friday Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Now to get on with the day’s blogging. Just a reminder, there are over 50 short stories by eight different writers on this blog for your reading [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
Let me encourage you to send your stories out. Of course, you can publish your stories on your own blog but anyone can do that. Self-publication is easy. It’s only when someone else puts in the time to read your story and to publish it on his or her site can you begin to think that the [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
The following excerpt from an article by Jonathan D. Silver was published in the 02/26/09 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Two East Coast investment managers sued for fraud by the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University misappropriated more than $500 million of investors’ money to hide losses and fund a lavish lifestyle that included purchases of $80,000 [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
The following excerpt is from an article by Scott Mervis published in the 02/26/09 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. In 1975, British blues-rock band Fleetwood Mac, already troubled with legal battles and internal breakups, went into the free-agent market and hired on the attractive young L.A. singer-song writer duo of Buckingham Nicks. The result: one of the greatest [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
It’s 10:00 a.m. in Pittsburgh on an overcast, 46 degree day which is pretty pleasant. Here are the stories I’m working on. The Argument Against Nationalization FBI Arrest Pitt, CMU Money Managers The Education Of A Blogger Fleetwood Mac Begins New Tour Sunday In Pittsburgh And other stories.
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