The Latest News: People Are Still Reading Fiction

Posted on July 14, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

The Internet has not discouraged reading.  It has encouraged reading.  Because of this the Internet has become content hungry.  Some of the content is fiction.  The Gazette has fiction for you. It’s fiction about love and lust and life.  Check out “Great American Flash Fiction Stories To Read” in the sidebar on the right. The [...]

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Invite Readers Into Your Flash Fiction

Posted on July 14, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

For a writer’s story to seem life like to a reader, the writer must leave room for the reader to use his or her imagination.  One way the writer may do this is to think of his or her story as a collection of dots.  Yes, dots.  The writer puts down the number of doubts that [...]

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Writing May Be Humankind’s Greatest Invention

Posted on July 14, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

Here are some thoughts on writing. It may be argued that farming is humankind’s greatest invention.  Once our ancestors figured out they did not have to hunt and gather to survive but could actually stay in one place and have a relatively stable source of food, the basis for modern life was established.  Cities became centers of [...]

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Submissions & What The Gazette Looks For

Posted on July 14, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

The Gazette does get submissions but it’s been a while since a submission was accepted for publication.  The Gazette does not pay but it does allow writers, especially aspiring new writers, to showcase their work and link back to their personal blog.  Anyone can self-publish but that doesn’t really count.  It’s when someone else publishes [...]

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Blogging & 15,000 Hits

Posted on July 14, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

The Gazette is a personal blog and it has evolved into something I hope is useful and entertaining to writers, readers and bloggers.  It has finally passed 15,000 pageviews. It’s sidebar on the right is full of short stories and articles about writing.  The short stories are full of life and the articles are full [...]

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Summer Reading Fun Is Here

Posted on July 14, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

The Gazette offers an ever growing collection of very short stories about love, sex, relationships, friendship, marriage, girls, women, college life, writing, war and karaoke. The stories take place in the city and in the suburbs.  The new flash fiction is cinema on the page where the people come to life. You will find “Great American [...]

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Three Great Tips For Rivising That First Draft

Posted on July 14, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

After writing the first draft of a piece of flash fiction or a short story, start at the end of the story and go forward to the point where the storyline makes sense.  Delete any writing after that point because it’s unnecessary information. Think of dialogue as small packets of information. Make sure your characters are talking [...]

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15,000 Hits For The Gazette

Posted on July 14, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

The Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette has passed 15,000 hits, certainly not a major summer time media event but one that may be of interest to the Gazette’s niche audience of readers, writers and bloggers. The Gazette is a resource of practical writing tips and flash fiction entertainment and the occassional miscellaneous commentary on events of possible [...]

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Summer Time Blogging In Pittsburgh

Posted on July 14, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

Such fine weather we’re having here in Pittsburgh.  It’s beautiful blogging weather.  The Old Soldier has been pretty productive these last few days writing lots of posts, articles on writing and a new flash fiction story, Orgasm, that I’m very proud of.  The story is a good example of literature and erotica… Governor Rendell and [...]

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Tips & Examples For Aspiring New Writers

Posted on July 14, 2009 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

If you’re a writer and you want to improve your short story skills, the Gazette offers dozens of articles on all aspects of writing and examples of short stories to prove the the tips work. Whether you want to post better stories on your personal blog or are thinking of submitting your stories to other [...]

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