Good morning my brother and sister bloggers and writers. The Old Soldier woke up on this lovely day in March in Pittsburgh to find that after 14 months The Gazette had gone over 30,000 hits. Now that the Old Soldier is retired he puts a lot of time into this little blog. So here’s to [...]
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A blog can be a lot of work. The Old Soldier is retired so he can spend hours every day on The Gazette. Why do we blog? Blogging is certainly one way to stay connected to the rest of the world. Blogging allows the Old Soldier to share what he knows about flash fiction, writing [...]
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All right my brother and sister bloggers and writers. The Old Soldier is going to give it to you straight. The best flash fiction is about what is not on the page. The best flash fiction is about what the writer leaves out. If the Old Soldier doesn’t give you some tough love, who will? [...]
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Good morning my brother and sister bloggers and writers. This is the Old Soldier reporting from Pittsburgh. It’s going to be a lovely day in Pittsburgh today. Sunny with the temperature in the 50s. You can’t ask for much more from March in Pittsburgh. Can anyone write flash fiction? That’s a question the Old Soldier has been [...]
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Writing flash fiction and blogging can make a writer mighty hungry. The Old Soldier does his own cooking. Nothin’ fancy. Just good food to keep body and soul together. Yesterday, the Old Soldier made chilli. First he peeled several pieces of garlic. Then he cut up a red pepper. And then he cut up two [...]
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A few nights ago the Old Soldier watched a tape of The Misfits starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift. It’s a movie worth watching. It was good to see how well Marilyn could handle a serious role. Everyone did some fine acting. The Old Soldier watches old movies in order to learn how [...]
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YouPorn Sex (A Flash Fiction Story)
It is such a beautiful day in Pittsburgh today. The temperature will be in the high 60s. The sun is shinning. After blogging this post the Old Soldier is going to get outside… Flash fiction can deal with any subject matter. The stories here at The Gazette deal with sex, love, lust, relationships, men, women, [...]
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