{"id":6735,"date":"2017-08-15T15:32:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T22:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=6735"},"modified":"2017-08-15T15:32:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T22:32:41","slug":"is-flash-fiction-right-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/is-flash-fiction-right-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Flash Fiction right for you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-lola-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5454 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-lola-2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-lola-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-lola-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-lola-2-270x270.png 270w, https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-lola-2-192x192.png 192w, https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-lola-2-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-lola-2-32x32.png 32w, https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-lola-2.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want to learn more about Flash Fiction? If you live in the SF Bay Area, you are invited to attend the August 17, 2017 Writers Forum when presenter, Peg Alford Pursell, will talk about Flash Fiction: The Power of Writing Short.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlash fiction isn\u2019t simply fast fiction. It\u2019s storytelling writ big\u2014by writing short. Miniatures hold so much power that authors have turned to them to write highly successful novels and memoirs. Learn more about the short short and explore its potential to enliven and deepen your writing.\u201d \u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pegalfordpursell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peg Alford Pursell<\/a><\/p>\n<p>6:30 pm to 8:30 pm<br \/>\nCopperfield\u2019s Books, 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma<br \/>\nFree<\/p>\n<p>Read about Flash Fiction\u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=6666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What it is and what it is not<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Places to submit Flash Fiction<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smokelong.com\/submissions\/guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smokelong<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/flashfictiononline.com\/main\/submission-guidelines-flash-fiction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flash Fiction Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pulpliterature.com\/submissions\/submission-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pulp Literature<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/firesidefiction.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fireside Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Note from Marlene: Whether your write short, long, fast, or slow. . . Just Write!<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Want to learn more about Flash Fiction? If you live in the SF Bay Area, you are invited to attend the August 17, 2017 Writers Forum when presenter, Peg Alford Pursell, will talk about Flash Fiction: The Power of Writing Short. \u201cFlash fiction isn\u2019t simply fast fiction. It\u2019s storytelling writ big\u2014by writing short. Miniatures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[126],"tags":[215,105,1083],"class_list":["post-6735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-just-write-2","tag-flash-fiction","tag-just-write","tag-peg-alford-pursell"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43Dj8-1KD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6735"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6738,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6735\/revisions\/6738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}