It’s 11:45 a.m. in Pittsburgh, a warm and sunny day. A great day for blogging, writing and drinking beer. Later today, I plan to enjoy a nice walk from my apartment in Oakland to Del’s Italian Restaurant in Bloomfield, Pittsburgh’s “Little Italy.”
My peeps, Rick and Dianne will probably be at Del’s and Johnny Del, one of the owners, will probably be there. I used all three of them in one of my short stories, “The Death of Karaoke.” Rick and Dianne loved the characters based on themselves. I used everyone’s real names. John hasn’t read the story yet.
Last week, Dianne said she was going to print out the story and let John read it today. I don’t think John will like the story. I mean, the story is my fictionalized version of why Del’s Friday night karaoke scene is a shadow of what it was four years ago.
That’s the danger when a writer uses his or her friends as characters in flash fiction. The friends may not remain friends. Click on the following link to read the story: www.authspot.com/Short-Stories/The-Death-of-Karaoke.627745
