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Cover of "The Women's Room"

Cover of The Women's Room

The Old Soldier has three flyers up in Sonny’s Tavern asking for short story submissions for the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette.  One flyer is in the men’s room next to the urinal.  One is in the women’s room (Debbie the bartender put that one in there so I don’t know where it’s at) and one in the barroom next to the dart machine.

I also carry business cards for the PFF Gazette in my wallet.  The Old Soldier takes this blogging business seriously.

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Hello, everyone!  It’s a chilly, overcast day in Pittsburgh.  I heard on the radio that the University of Pittsburgh football team defeated the #16 ranked college football team in the nation last night.

The Old Soldier is stretched out on the sofa, jotting in his notebook, enjoying a few cans of Old Milwaukee Beer.

I’ll probably end up at Sonny’s Tavern later this evening.  Sonny’s is only three blocks away and since one of the owners allowed (Paul actually suggested it) me to put up the flyers, maybe I should spend more time in the place, get to know the clientele, make myself known and promote the PFF Gazette in person.

Keep reading and keep writing that flash fiction.

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2,700 Hits For September

The Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette will pass the 2,700 hits mark for September today.  It’s a beautiful thing.

Hello, my brother and sister bloggers, readers, writers and my Flash Fiction Fanatics.  The number 2,700 means the PFF Gazette averaged 90 hits a day.  I have already stated in an earlier post that these numbers do not make me a big-time or even a small-time blogger.  I’m what’s known as a niche blogger, a niche blogger who loves his job.

And what is my job?  To spread the gospel of flash fiction as a great art form.

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If you would like to be a part of the flash fiction experience, send me something.  The Submissions tab for flash fiction is at the top of the page.  I publish erotica, romance, literary and mainstream flash fiction.

Fish, Beer And Flash Fiction

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The Old Soldier got drunk yesterday.  I’m not bragging.  It’s just a statement of fact.  I even had a hang over this morning.  Now that is really unusual, a beer hang over.

But I was so happy that Medicare did not take anything out of my Social Security (and I bought a case of beer instead of a six-pack–the case is cheaper in the long run than buying individual six-packs) that I just had to celebrate my good fortune.

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How’s everyone doing?  I have been eating meatless potato meals to get back to healthy eating; but I do have a bag of frozen fish in the freezer.  A fish sandwich with plenty of hot sauce goes so well with cold beer.  So, I’ll probably be eating a lot of fish in the next few days.

What does any of this have to do with writing or being a writer?

Well, writers have to eat and drink, don’t they?

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