Interviews

The interview that follows up on my story, Ebb Tide, for winning 3rd place in the WOW! Women on Writing Spring 2010 Flash Fiction has been posted! It's actually the second interview that I've done in the last month or so (the first one accompanied my story, Hornworms, on Hunger Mountain) and it's a little strange for me to write about my writing process.

Both of these interviews were done by email, but especially in the first one I tried to preserve the spontaneity of a spoken answer. I typed the answers pretty quickly, and then only edited them for typos or spelling. I sent it off, and of course when I looked at it later, my internal editor said, "You repeat the same things--you could have cut this, and is this really relevant. . ." and so on.

I felt like I was a little more coherent in the WOW! interview, partly because I took some time to think about the answers before I sat down to type. Still followed the same pattern of only fixing typos and spelling though.

So for those of you reading this that have a few more interviews and publicity stints under your belts, any advice for how not to come across as a blithering idiot?

WOW! Women on Writing Fall Flash Fiction Contest Now Open

Now through November 30, WOW!'s quarterly flash fiction is open to submissions. Minimum length is 250 words and maximum is 750 words. They have an open prompt again, so anything goes! All ages (and genders) can enter, too.

Guest judge this time around is literary agent Wendy Sherman, and the entry fee is $10. You can also get a critique for another $10.

My interview for my 3rd place win in the Spring 2010 contest will be going up next Tuesday on the WOW! blog.

Breaking News--Contest Winner!

I just got the news that my story, Ebb Tide, placed third in the WOW! Women on Writing Spring 2010 Flash Fiction Contest!!!

I wrote that story as a YA piece based on a prompt from Nathan Bransford's blog, so it paid off for me.

WOW! Women on Writing Flash Fiction Contest

Still a few days to enter (deadline is midnight May 31) the WOW! Quarterly Flash Fiction Contest Entry fee is $10, but it's being judged by literary agent Jenny Bent.

Jenny Bent has a great post on Rookie Mistakes that made me cringe; I've been guilty of a few of these--and close to doing some others before I came to my senses.

BTW, the Summer contest will be opening in June, so there are new chances to enter each quarter.