Posts Tagged ‘fiction’

  • Flash Fiction Challenge: The Paint Color Title Scheme

    Flash Fiction Challenge: The Paint Color Title Scheme

    May 18th, 2012 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 29 Comments

    I love shopping for paint because the paint colors are so bizarrely and uniquely named. And I thought, hey, a challenge based on some of those colors would be kinda rad. So, here’s the deal. I’m going to list ten paint colors. Choose one. This chosen paint color forms the title to your story.

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  • Flash Fiction Challenge: Over The Top Pulp Insanity

    Flash Fiction Challenge: Over The Top Pulp Insanity

    May 11th, 2012 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 32 Comments

    Dinocalypse Now is out and so too is the e-novella sequel to Double Dead (called Bad Blood), I want to stick in the realm of “over the top pulp” — between the two books I throw at the audience everything from jet-packs to kilted gorilla professors to Ketamine cults to zombie-hunting orphans to…

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  • Flash Fiction Challenge: Must Love Dinosaurs

    Flash Fiction Challenge: Must Love Dinosaurs

    May 4th, 2012 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 48 Comments

    Didja see? Didja see? DINOCALYPSE NOW is ready to be downloaded into your eye-pads and Kindlemaschines and Nookies or whatever the hell you use in this crazy e-reader future. (And you can pre-order print!) But, hey, I’d like to give a copy away. An e-copy, to be clear. To get it, you gotta dance for your dinosaurs.

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  • Shooting Blackbirds: A Round-Up Of News And Reviews

    Shooting Blackbirds: A Round-Up Of News And Reviews

    April 30th, 2012 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 24 Comments

    Blackbirds is out now for just shy of a week, and this seems like a good time to do a round-up of stuff related to and orbiting around the book’s release? I’m totally geeked that the book is getting a lot of love. On with the round-up, then. Load your rifles. Let’s shoot some blackbirds.

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  • Flash Fiction Challenge: Random Title Generation

    Flash Fiction Challenge: Random Title Generation

    April 27th, 2012 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 59 Comments

    You will see five randomly-generated military operation titles (I, for instance, got “Famous Wizard,” “Red Imperialism,” “World-Destroying Devil,” “Massive Justice” and “Flaming Bee”). Choose one of the five. This is the title of your story. Any genre. Up to 1000 words. Due by Friday, May 4th, noon EST.

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