A Blog About Writing, Fiction & Sex

Posted on July 12, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

The Gazette has evolved into a blog about writing, fiction and sex.  It seems to be a good thing.  There are certainly a lot of articles about writing.  There’s a lot of fiction on the Gazette.  And there are articles and stories about sex. Most of the stories about sex are under the tab “Sexy [...]

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Fiction Submissions Wanted

Posted on July 12, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

The Gazette has a Category called Guest Writers.  This is an opportunity for aspiring new writers to have their work showcased in one of the web’s best flash fiction publications.  Only serious writers should submit.  Please read and follow the submission guidelines… Life in Pittsburgh and life in these United States is captured in the [...]

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It’s Rigatoni For Supper Today

Posted on July 12, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

After a full day of blogging and nothing to eat it’s time (4:30 p.m.) for supper.  I love crock pot cooking but not on this lovely, summer’s day in Pittsburgh. I did some shopping today and picked up a box of rigatoni.  I cooked my sauce yesterday.  It’s been sitting overnight in the refrigerator.  It should be ready.  [...]

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This Baby Boomer Finally Has His Dream Job

Posted on July 12, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

Yes, I served in Vietnam, grew up in the counter culture listening to The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, The Who,  The Animals, The Kinks, The Zombies, Steppenwolf, Hendrix and Janis Joplin.  I drank too much beer, participated happily in the sexual revolution and was a professional student.  I worked a lot of jobs.  Finally, I got my MFA [...]

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The Impact Of Photography On Fiction

Posted on July 12, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

Image is emotion.  Image is action.  Image is thought.  What if a writer could use words to paint a picture that told a story?  Of all the sense perceptions that people have it is the sense of sight that we are probably most dependent upon.  If a writer could use words that appealed to our [...]

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A Free Education For Student Writers

Posted on July 12, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

If you are a student writer, you may be spending a lot of money learning to write.  A formal education and a degree in writing can be a good thing, no doubt about it.  I have an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Pittsburgh.  One of the things one of my professors allowed [...]

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Short Stories Are Also American Culture & Entertainment

Posted on July 12, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

Do most Americans think of micro fiction, mini fiction, nano fiction, sudden fiction, postcard fiction and very short stories as culture and entertainment.  I don’t know.  Creative writing is a part of the culture of the United States and most people would consider some creative writing as entertainment. There is no doubt that movies are [...]

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22 Great American Short Stories

Posted on July 12, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

Enjoy the hot summer days with a beer or a Pepsi or a Coca-Cola and a pizza with your favorite toppings and some great American short stories.  Sun bathe in the park as you download stories about love and lust, boyfriends and girlfriends, husbands and wives and stories about all the pain and happiness of life. [...]

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Here Are Some Useful Tips On Writing Dialogue

Posted on July 12, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

There is nothing like believable dialogue to bring your blog post or your short story alive.  Dialogue not only gives characters life but it gives creative writing itself life, whether the writing is flash fiction or blogging, non-fiction or books of novel length.  Plays are written as stage directions and dialogue.  Get the dialogue right and you’re [...]

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This Is How To Make Your Short Story Sing

Posted on July 12, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

Ever read a short story that echoes in your mind, a short story that stays with you after the story is over?  Every writer would like to write a story like that.  Every reader would like to read one like that, too.  Writing a story like that ain’t easy.  Adding Depth to Your Short Story will [...]

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