Participating in the Flash Fiction Carnival finally got my mental juices flowing, proving to me that even though the gears are squeaky, they still work. The comments I received were encouraging while pointing out some rusty spots that need additional work. To keep the ball rolling I worked on some re-writes of the FFC piece yesterday (roughly 2 hrs and 200+ words), upgrading the first half to 2nd draft status 
Also, after doing some research and asking around on writer forums, I decided to submit a short story to an anthology titled “On the Clock: A Book of Post-Industrial Fiction”. They had answered my questions regarding the publication promptly and without raising any red flags. It’ll be nice to add something to my submission widget instead of taking things off.
Now I’m going to dive back into the re-writes and finish upgrading the rest of it. Fingers crossed it keeps the spark well enough to be submission worthy.
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Good luck on the submission. One thing I’ve never had the guts to do was actually submit anything I’ve written in that way. Talking to Thersa in the group has been very encouraging as she definitely stepped up and took the tiger by the horns (holy mixed metaphors Batman!). Anyway, you know what I mean…:). I’ll be interested to know how things go for you on that. I also need to go back and revise some of my other flash fiction stuff. If you get some time, I’d appreciate hearing your opinion of my previous stuff. It’s all under ‘Flash Fiction’..:)
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August 19, 2009 at 1:19 pm
I’ve had 4 submissions so far. 2 were rejected with form letters and two are still pending responses. Not a lot compared to most aspiring writers, but at least I’ve started the process. Writing in a vacuum is demoralizing and unsustainable. Writing a blog (like you do) and submitting your work are the best ways to break free of the solitude inherent to the craft.
I’ll gladly read your past flash fiction. You never know, there could be a gem or two in there worth polishing.
I joined a flash fiction Yahoo group a few years ago and the best thing it did for me was to get my creative juices going. I still have a few things that I wrote for that group that I go back and play with on occasion. I actually posted a few of them on my blog early on.
I read your piece and really liked it. There were a few places that could use some smoothing and it looks like most of the people who responded saw the same things I did. I especially liked the ending. Didn’t see it coming.