A recent CareerBuilder special report explores how an increasingly diverse population is affecting the composition of nearly 800 occupations by gender, age and race/ethnicity. Among key findings, data shows that there are more women in the workforce today than at any point in U.S. history. But a deeper look reveals how those job trends are affecting the pay…
Some people need coffee to get their day started. Partly it’s the caffeine, partly it’s the routine, partly it’s a stimulant that signals to your mind that the gears need to get in motion. If your own gears need a kickstart, and if you’re looking for some inspiration for today’s Flash Friday, here’s today’s source…
We have to be…because we’ve always been–right? Ever since we flippantly threw tea in the harbor, handed out infected blankets, chained up manpower and sold it, declared our freedom, declared most people’s freedom, declared freedom for the world… It just sort of happened. Like winding up out West, we got wrapped up in ourselves, headed…
Darlings, I adore your flashy fiction, your micro stories, your brief, flash-in-a-pan writing. If your fount of inspiration has dried up, or you’re experiencing a creative drought, allow me, my dear writers, to offer some source material for today’s #FlashFridayFic:
I hope this rips your eardrums and tears up your speakers. Here’s an oldie but a goodie, and your source material if you’re browsing for motivation for #FlashFridayFic:
Ready for a fast slap in the face? A bite on your brain that’s cold as an ice queen? Here’s source material for you to consider in this week’s Flash Fiction Writing Challenge:
Check out my piece for CareerBuilder: “Does your personal style match your job?”
Last week, I posted my first Flash Friday Writing Challenge, which explained that every week, I’ll share an image, a song, a piece of media or non-media, or really anything to stoke your fire. Incorporate my source material in a piece of flash fiction you write, use it as a way to get you thinking or blatantly…
It’s been exciting to see so much news coverage and attention covering the conversation on net neutrality, and Monday showed huge progress when President Obama entered the conversation. A real confrontation between corporations, politicians and the people is happening. Voices are being made heard, and there are plenty of people to hear from in this fight.…
Flash fiction is a real interest of mine. It’s a snapshot of something, a glimpse of an event, a glance at circumstances. It’s more experimental than traditional-length short stories and challenges you to use the format within your own writing. Don’t look at the length as an obstacle, look at it as a window. I…
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In a cold glass cup, stacked high are cubes of watermelon, marbled edges with white transparent rind. She tips back her head to let the grainy squares of juice and water melt down her throat, and the potion releases a fountain of youth, turning her skin into a glow and her breath to gentle vines…
