TWO SPOTS LEFT in COSTA RICA! Tropical Breakthrough: Write Your Book in the Wilds of Costa Rica January 28-February 3, 2024

On By nancystohlmanIn retreats, The Writer's Life, Uncategorized, workshops, writing

Join award-winning author Nancy Stohlman and a small cohort of your colleagues as we journey to our own private jungle sanctuary for a breakthrough week of inspiration, creation, motivation and  transformation.

What if you could finally carve out some precious time to go deeply into your project this winter? A creative reset that takes your writing and your book idea to the next level?

Now imagine yourself at a peaceful, sun-drenched, open-air retreat, far from tourists. Imagine being fed three fresh, delicious nourishing meals a day, walks to the beach, and you…barefoot and finally writing your book!

Just this once do you want to say yes to yourself? 

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Tropical Breakthrough! Write Your Book in the Wilds of Costa Rica

Jan 28-Feb 3, 2024

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Flashnano 2023: Day 10! One from down under…

On By nancystohlmanIn Craft Essays, flash fiction, Reading, The Writer's Life, workshops, writing

Day 10: Write a story that is 10 sentences, then take each sentence and rearrange their order to make a new story.


Today’s celebrity prompt comes from down under, thanks to the visionary Michelle Elvy!

*Michelle Elvy edits at AT THE BAY | I TO KOKORU, a literary organisation dedicated to Aotearoa New Zealand’s storytelling traditions and innovative new voices, founded in 2022. She is founding editor of the international literary journal Flash Frontier: An Adventure in Short Fiction and Aotearoa New Zealand’s  National Flash Fiction Day. She is Assistant Editor for the Best Small Fictions series and she has co-edited include Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand (Canterbury University Press), Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand, an anthology celebrating contemporary New Zealand’s complex voices, experiences and ethnicities.

FInd out more about Michelle and her work here:

michelleelvy.com

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Flashnano 2023: Day 9: Paying homage to a great one…

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Day 9: November 9 is Anne Sexton’s birthday. Start with “Someone is dead. Even the trees know it…”


Today’s celebrity prompt comes from Anne Sexton via the amazing poet goddess Meg Tuite!

*Meg Tuite is the author of numerous books (like WHITE VAN) and stories in print and online journals (like “CRIMINAL” AT HEAVY FEATHER REVIEW); she is also a writing instructor at Bending Genres. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Read more of Meg Tuite’s work and prepare to have your head blown off here:

OMG Stories

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Flashnano 2023: Day 8! Let’s travel…

On By nancystohlmanIn Craft Essays, flash fiction, Reading, The Writer's Life, workshops, writing

Day 8: Write a road trip story. Two characters, tension, going from where to where?

Today’s celebrity prompt comes from my flash hero Pamela Painter!

*Pamela Painter is the award-winning author of five story collections. Her stories have appeared in numerous Flash anthologies and she is a Founding Donor of the Flash Fiction Archive, established in 2020 at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin.

Read Pamela’s road trip story “The New Year”

Read more of her work and find out out more:

www.pamelapainter.com

Author:  Fabrications:  New and Selected Stories 

Instagram: xpamelapainterx

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