New Flash Fiction by Heather Kinnane And Henry Lu

Posted on November 2, 2012 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

Woman As Art

Yesterday this blog got 1004 hits from all over the world! 

Hi, I’m the Old Soldier, the editor/publisher of the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette.  I’m a professional blogger.  I can afford to be a professional full-time blogger because I’m retired.  I get social security and two pensions.  I make money from this blog.  Not much.  Last month this blog made a little over $8.00.  If it continues to make at least one dollar more than the month before, I will be a happy man.

It’s a niche blog.  It’s a blog about flash fiction.  The blog has ads on it.

Sure, you will find different departments on this blog; but when all is said and done it is still about being a writer and writing flash fiction.

The Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette is four years old and has showcased the work of dozens of writers.  Just recently I’ve published work by Henry Lu and Heather Kinnane.  Heather has had four of her flash fiction stories accepted for publication.  Three of her sexy stories are on the front page right now along with the fine story that Henry sent in.

These stories won’t be on the front page forever.  Check them out before they rotate to the archives.

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The Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette is an online magazine of serious writing and brazen sexuality.

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Four Links For Serious Bloggers

Posted on August 17, 2010 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

The Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette is a publication for writers.  It is also a publication for bloggers.

Hello hello hello, my brother and sister bloggers, writers and Flash Fiction Fanatics.  You know, I often refer to this publication as a magazine, which it is, but of course it’s also a blog which makes the Old Soldier a blogger.

Blogging: Little Victories

Blogging: Promoting Like Lady Gaga

Blogging: More News

Blogging Milestone: 40,000 Hits

This blog has been up for two years.  I consider myself a professional blogger.  I have a lot more to learn about blogging, but I’ve learned a lot in two years, too.  So, I thought I would pass on a few of the things I’ve learned.

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  • Become a better flash fiction writer
  • Download Compressionism: The Pittsburgh Stories
  • The Ebook tab is at the top of the page

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Flash Fiction And The Hellish Consequences

Posted on January 5, 2010 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette

You bet there are consequences to writing and studying flash fiction for years.  It’s had a terrible effect on me.

I no longer have the patience to read novels.  I no longer have the patience to read regular length short stories.  Any article that looks to be over 1,000 words causes my eyes to glaze over and I suddenly feel very sleepy…

Well, it’s sinking into the citizens of the Steelers Nation that the team won’t be in the playoffs.  How far have fallen the mighty…

It’s 3:00 pm and I just came back from a beer run.  It’s in the mid 20s outside and there’s snow on the ground.  It was a nice brisk walk…

Part of the upside of writing flash fiction is that it helps a blogger or a writer to write short, concise articles.  I make money writing for a Pay-For-Content site.  All of my articles are like between 200 and 300 words.  I use this blog to send traffic to the site.  I tell people I’m a professional blogger but I’m really a professional online writer…

On the PFC site that I write for, fiction makes less than the articles…

I’m on the computer all day.  I took early retirement to see if I could make it as a blogger/writer.  So far the jury is out.  I’m a bachelor with no children and barely making it on social security while trying to make it in the world of online writing.  I had to take the plunge.  I had to try to make it as a writer.  I’m not getting any younger.

Flash fiction has given me a firm foundation to blog on.  It got me my MFA from the University of Pittsburgh in 2006.  Because of flash fiction I won a K. LeRoy Irvis Fellowship that paid for everything and gave me a stipend for three years.  That’s what flash fiction did for me.

Now I’m hoping it will help me to make a little money blogging.

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