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<\/a>B. Lynn Goodwin is the owner of Writer Advice, www.writeradvice.com<\/a>, which is currently holding its 10th<\/sup> Flash Prose Contest. She\u2019s the author of You Want Me to Do WHAT? Journaling for Caregivers<\/em>,<\/a> and a YA called Talent<\/em>, which Eternal Press will be publishing this year. Her short pieces have been published in local and regional publications.<\/p>\n