Why do you write flash? What makes it different for you? I fell in love with flash twenty years ago when I read Augusto Monterroso’s “The Dinosaur” for the first time. It is a perfect diamond of a story – a single sentence long and it contains a whole world! I was so impressed by … Continue reading Mini-Interview with Sarah Arantza Amador
Author: Tommy Dean
Mini Interview with Fiona J. Mackintosh
Why do you write flash? What makes it different for you? I have always had a tendency to write long, sometimes too long. So flash was a revelation to me. I’ve had to learn how to convey back story in hints and whispers and to pare my language down to the essence. It’s made me … Continue reading Mini Interview with Fiona J. Mackintosh
Mini-Interview with Damon Garn
Why do you write flash? What makes it different for you? Well, to be honest, my answer isn’t very glamorous. At this point in my life flash fiction is what have time and energy for. I am working on a couple of novels but the reality is that those projects are going to take years … Continue reading Mini-Interview with Damon Garn
Mini-Interview with Diane Simmons
Why do you write flash? What makes it different for you? I used to write short stories, but intrigued by flash, I took a flash course with Fish Publishing in 2011. I enjoyed it, but declared that I didn’t think flash was my thing. However, I had quite a few stories I’d written on the … Continue reading Mini-Interview with Diane Simmons
Mini-Interview with David Cook
Why do you write flash? What makes it different for you? When I started writing regularly about five years ago, I didn’t even know the sort of stories I was creating had a name. All I knew was that I preferred writing lots of very small stories to fewer, larger ones. Then I started using … Continue reading Mini-Interview with David Cook
Mini-Interview with Riham Adly
Why do you write flash? What makes it different for you? I’ve learned a long time ago that in my culture, the more a woman speaks, the less she’s heard. Economy is key. Through this form I’ve discovered to self-express concisely without resorting to the drama or flourish-y add on other forms have room to … Continue reading Mini-Interview with Riham Adly
Mini-Interview with Melissa Goodrich
Why do you write flash? What makes it different for you? It feels like anything is possible in a shape that small. It’s like striking a match - quick friction, heat, a perfect edgeless flame burning-down close to the fingertips. For me it’s different because it’s quicker. There’s less lingering in your sentences and paragraphs--in … Continue reading Mini-Interview with Melissa Goodrich
Mini-Interview with Bronwen Griffiths
Why do you write flash? What makes it different for you? I love writing novels but a novel is like a marriage. Writing a novel requires a long-term commitment whereas flash is more like a passionate affair - it’s often instant and exciting. I think there’s more opportunity to be playful with language and to … Continue reading Mini-Interview with Bronwen Griffiths
Mini-Interview with Barbara Byar
Why do you write flash? What makes it different for you? I started writing flash before I knew what it was. In 2015, I started a writers’ group here in Kerry and set weekly prompts for members. The target word count of around 500 words was dictated by how long it would take to read … Continue reading Mini-Interview with Barbara Byar
Mini-Interview with Chance Dibben
Why do you write flash? What makes it different for you? I was first really introduced to flash by Deb Olin Unferth. I was lucky enough to take her Very Short Story course when she briefly taught at the University of Kansas. At the time I was thinking more in terms of poetry for what … Continue reading Mini-Interview with Chance Dibben
Tommy Dean 