It’s not even 8:00 AM in Pittsburgh and the Old Soldier is already on duty. Hello hello hello my brother and sister bloggers, readers, writers and Flash Fiction Fanatics.
This morning the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette had over 5,300 hits as it closes in on its target of 6,000 hits for February. The Old Soldier has Pepsi Wild Cherry and cans of an energy drink in the refrigerator and a package of fish fillets thawing out in the sink.
I have to go across the street to the CVS to get some extra virgin olive oil, but once I fix myself a hearty fish sandwich it’s off to the Senior Citizens Center in Lawrenceville to pick up the Pennsylvania Property Tax or Rent Rebate Program form for 2011.
That will be a nice long walk, but the high will be in the 50s with off and on sunshine. So I picked a good day for some outside maneuvers.
This is the Old Soldier reporting from Oakland near the main campus of the University of Pittsburgh.
Inspiration: Searching For A Good Short Story Idea
September 24, 2011 — pittsburghflashfictiongazetteImage via Wikipedia
The Old Soldier just came back from a walk in the neighborhood. I walked down to the campus of Carnegie Mellon University. It is a partly sunny, mild Autumn afternoon. There were students walking about. I stood in front of Warner Hall and looked around campus. Some students threw a frisbee back and forth and on the arch of a building was a banner declaring: Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.
There was a self-service newspaper stand with some issues of the student newspaper from the University of Pittsburgh. So I got a copy thinking that something inside might give me an idea for a flash fiction short story.
When I got back to my apartment I scanned the paper and nothing triggered an idea. So, I stretched out on the sofa with a couple of pillows behind my head and I watched Major League Baseball on television while munching on cold ham, hot peppers, green pepper, crackers and sipping on an energy herbal tonic drink in a can.
I’m still waiting for inspiration.
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