What Vietnam Can Teach Us About Afghanistan

I fought in Vietnam with the 1st Cavalry Division.  I was nineteen years old.  I was a 105mm howitzer artillery man.  The Communist forces never won a major battle on the battle field.  But like the American Revolutionary Continental Army they didn’t have to win many battles on the battle field.  They simple had to hold on and not be defeated.

Our allies, the South Vietnamese Government, were so corrupt that the South Vietnamese people, the people the American Government was (according to official doctrine) trying to “save” despised their own government.

If we lose in Afghanistan, one of the reasons will be because of the rampant corruption of the Afghan Government.  Time is not on our side.

The Reason The Pittsburgh Pirates Are A Losing Team

Now the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette doesn’t have access to the Pirates organization.  The Gazette does have access to the talk on the street.  And you know what the talk is on the street?

The owners are making plenty of money and don’t care if the Pirates win or lose.  Losing is easy.  Winning is difficult.

The ownership is incompetent.

Nah.  What do the fans on the street know about running a professional baseball team?

The Penguins Must Do Or Die

That’s right hockey fans.  Tuesday night the Pittsburgh Penguins must do or die.  The Pittsburgh media at the beginning of the series assured the fans that even if the Penguins were down in the series not to worry because the Penguins were the better team.

That’s always self-serving thinking.  The better team doesn’t always win.  So, it all comes down to Tuesday night.  The Penguins certainly have the talent to win.  They certainly have the experience to win.  And they’ll be in Pittsburgh with the fans rooting them on to win.

Now they have to play the game.

Life As A Flash Fiction Writer

Life as a flash fiction writer means putting life into small 800 word short stories and sending them out into the world.  A computer screen is perfect for life in 800 word bites.  Random searches find the story and people read to remember or read to forget.  They also read for entertainment.

Flash fiction is the movie of American life in easy to digest 800 word stories.  Writing these stories is the life of the flash fiction writer.

The Rewards Of Blogging Every Day

Blogging is fun.  You get to connect with people.  It can also be time consuming.  And like any writer, the blogger must come up with subjects and ideas to blog about.  

However, if a blogger can blog every day the rewards can be worth all of the time put in.

The blogger gets more page views because he or she is an every day blogger and a growing audience will begin to look for postings every day.

The search engines like every day bloggers.

Over time the every day blogger will get better at blogging as opposed to the once in a while blogger.

This may just be worth all the time it takes to be an every day blogger.

7 Sexy Flash Fiction Stories For Your Reading Pleasure

For the reader who wants sexuality at the center of his or her reading experience, the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette has taken 7 of the sexiest stories on the Gazette and placed them under one category. 

Sexuality is at the center of human character and the reader will find men and women struggling with love and relationships that are simmering with desire and lust.

At the top of the page you will find the tab ”Sexy Flash Fiction”.  Click and enjoy the adventure.

Here Are 17 Short Stories For Your Reading Pleasure

Grab a beer or a glass of wine and read some of the best flash fiction and very short stories on the Internet.  Whether you’re a writer, blogger or a reader looking for entertainment that won’t cost you a single dollar you’ve come to the right place.

There are stories about male-female relationships, writing, drinking, karaoke, sexuality, love, blogging, pole dancing and war.  Just go to the sidebar on the right under “Great Flash Fiction Stories To Read” and begin the adventure.

31 Articles On Writing Fiction

If you are a writer let the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette be your one stop site for everything you wanted to know about writing flash fiction, sudden fiction, mini-fiction, postcard fiction and the regular-length short story.

You will find practical advice and tips written in simple, clear language about everything from characterization and how to “show don’t tell” to intentional description and the elements of good dialogue.  And it’s all free.

Just go to the sidebar on the right under “More Flash Articles” and start writing better today.

Television Goes Digital On June 12/The Converter Box

Television goes digital on June 12.  If you have cable don’t sweat it.  If you’re still using rabbit ears you only have a few days left to get a TV converter box.  I got my converter box about two months ago and it works like a charm.  I got it from a Radio Shack outlet.

I had to take my time and read the instructions carefully.  Once the box was properly connected my reception was crystal clear and I got stations I didn’t know existed.

Right now I’m watching a cooking show about outdoor barbecuing on public television.  Now I have great entertainment for free. 

And speaking of free entertainment, you will find more free entertainment in the sidebar on the right under “Great Flash Fiction Stories To Read”.

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