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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (2) Thanks(2)   Quote Nimhathuna Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Jun 2021 at 7:10pm
Originally posted by kristina_f kristina_f wrote:

Originally posted by Random Random wrote:

Oh.  Poo.  Round two is right smack in the middle of what should be my first vacation since May of 2019. 

Might go visit the northeast since I don't do masks and Europe is still in panic mode.  We'll see how well sanity spreads.

Why are you making passive aggressive digs on a writing forum? 'Sanity spreads' has negative implications on views I am sure many on these forums hold. It's a divisive and stressful topic that has nothing to do with these forums and there is already so much commentary, debate, and even public rallies on it elsewhere. 

If your story prompts came up and you used them to make scathing commentary on this subject, I'd be 100% on your side for sharing your vision and views. But the forums do stick mostly to writing and the contests.

At the very least, from a purely writer's craft perspective, if you're going to do this sort of thing, can you not make the segue so ugly? It's contrived. 

Well said. I couldn't agree more. Keep your commentary (for want of a better word) for your writing. A writing forum is not the place for soapboxing. All the best from this European mask wearer, who I assure you never panics.  


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote BethanyDawn Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Jun 2021 at 3:51pm
My introduction to NYCM was Flash19. This will be my 3rd to participate in! Also jumped in on 100 Word Micro this year. I'm definitely hooked for life now. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote BarbaraFL Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jun 2021 at 4:19pm
In! I love the flash fiction one. I am finding that though I choke at a certain point in every contest (LOL), the assigned prompts are really helping me with plot and unfamiliar genres. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote lisafox10800 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jun 2021 at 4:46pm
Taking a break for the first time since 2016. Good luck, everyone!

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Draiglas Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jun 2021 at 5:13pm
I've signed up. I've not done the flash fiction contest yet so curious to see what it's like.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote marcwest Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jun 2021 at 10:12pm
I've written a few for fun. This will be my first flash fiction contest. Looking forward to the challenge.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote GenieAZ Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jun 2021 at 3:55am
Why not?  I am becoming addicted!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Suave Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jun 2021 at 4:38am
Originally posted by GenieAZ GenieAZ wrote:

Why not?  I am becoming addicted!

Yes, first you are given a little taste, what harm can that do. Then a new competition, can't hurt, right?
Now you have a new contest every month on your back - addiction at its finest!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote northernwriter Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Jun 2021 at 7:28pm
Flash 2018 was there first time I did any creative writing outside of school assignments. Since then I’ve written a novel and signed with a literary agent who will be putting it on submission soon. So I will definitely be back for flash 21 to celebrate my anniversary as a writer!

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Microfiction 2021: 4th place overall
Flash Fiction 2020: 8th place overall
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote nod1v1ng Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Jun 2021 at 9:31pm
Originally posted by Random Random wrote:

Oh.  Poo.  Round two is right smack in the middle of what should be my first vacation since May of 2019. 


I have 2 other contests I signed up for that overlap C1 and I'll be traveling Thurs-Mon for my cousin's funeral. Writing is therapeutic, so I'll make it happen somehow...

 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 


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