First, some Hint Fiction news: My panel “Hint Fiction: Stories That Prove Less Is More” has been accepted by the AWP committee for next year, which means I’ll definitely be in D.C. and hope to see everyone there. Participants on the panel include contributors Michael Martone, Ann Harleman, Randall Brown, and Daniel A. Olivas. Also, [...]
These were just confirmed today, so I haven’t yet had a chance to contact the contributors who expressed interest in attending the events, but I’m pleased to announce that two locations have been secured for this November’s release of the Hint Fiction anthology. These were my first choices, and I’m very happy that everything worked [...]
On Twitter a few hours ago, Jeremy Kelly told me he’d told a friend last year about Hint Fiction and it inspired that friend to make a short film. The film is called Broken Moment, and while it says “Flash Fiction” short film, the hint is pretty obvious. Check it out here (click on Skip [...]
The other week someone asked the Hint Fiction account on Twitter what differentiates Hint Fiction from poetry. The reply was pretty simple: What differentiates most free verse poetry from any prose story? The form itself. Hint Fiction is prose, not verse. I’m sure there will be some who will argue this. I’ll be the first [...]
From Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of HOUSE RULES: “The perfect story collection for all of us with too little time on our hands is a brilliant reminder of the magic that happens when you string the right words together. A must-read for anyone who is or wants to be a writer.”
My hint fiction piece “Peep” appeared last year at The Northville Review. Quite recently I wrote a reflective piece for the Northville Notebook, where contributors give notes on their work. And if you haven’t had a chance to check out my story “Multiplicity” yet over at Every Day Fiction, please do so. As I’d predicted, [...]
Last week I received an interesting and well thought out e-mail from Simon Thalmann regarding Hemingway’s six-word story. In fact, the e-mail was so interesting and well thought out that, with Simon’s permission, I’m going to reprint a good chunk of it here: I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the “For Sale: Baby shoes, [...]
First, I want to thank everyone again for helping spread the word and participating in the contest. We had a great turnout this year, with just over 350 stories submitted, which isn’t too bad considering the contest was open for just two weeks. There were a lot of great entries and it was hard to [...]
So what was the point of yesterday’s post besides a nice blast from the past? To give you an idea of how advertising have changed over the past twenty years. It’s different, yet in a way it’s the same. As our culture has evolved, so has the way companies try to sell us stuff we [...]
A big thanks to everyone who helped spread the word and who entered the Hint Fiction Contest. I tallied up the eligible entries and there are just over 350! (In retrospect, last year for the first contest we received a little over 200.) Last year Gay Degani and I worked very hard to narrow down [...]
