The Art of the Short Story (Friday’s free for All)

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 / Janna Hill

I was going through an old notebook earlier this week and came across notes from a presentation I made a few years ago.

You don’t realize how much time has slipped by until you come across little things like a card, or an old electric bill you forgot to pay or, in this case, some silly old notes.

I intended to publish them yesterday as a Throwback Thursday but the day was gone before I knew it and BOOM, it was Friday.

I’m posting them here in snapshots because if I typed these few pages out this post wouldn’t make it to you until August… of next year.

The Handout

The SurveysFlash Fiction Word Count & Classifications

AIW press also graciously lent me material to use in presentation. I don’t have a snapshot but here’s a link to the article.

Happy Friday Y’all and here’s to stories of all shapes and sizes. 🍻

TikToking (Tuesday’s Tell All)

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 / Janna Hill / Leave a comment

Whew, the title alone☝️is a mouthful. Alliteration much?

I haven’t been very productive as a writer (or anything else). I blame it on a lot of things, heck the heat here in Texas by itself is an acceptable excuse [and I have lots of excuses] but the truth is …

I found TikTok about a month ago.

My Lord, I have stayed up late nearly every blasted night for the past month gobbling this junk up like a crack head crashing after a week long binge.

I might need an intervention.

Nah, like most things, I will probably get bored with it and it will be poof! “physician heal thy self.” But until then…

Tik tic- tick tick – TikTok.

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Childish Thoughts (Friday’s free for All)

July 10, 2020 / Janna Hill / Leave a comment

I sometimes imagine Jimmy as a child …or Leia transforming and taking fight … what’s more, I wish it were all possible.

AND

I hope I never get too old for such childish thoughts. They are, after all, what dreams and stories are made of.

Cloud Wrangler was born of such childishness. 😉

Autopilot (Thankful Thursday)

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 / Janna Hill / Leave a comment

Lord!!! My mind is almost as blank as the paper in front of me. (Oh it’s worse than writers block y’all 😂.) Still, I am thankful for the coffee, the scenery and autopilot. Autopilot gets me out of bed every day.