stop buzzing around.

Welcome Wordslingers…

In Site News on May 4, 2009 at 12:00 am

Tumble on in and find a cozy nook.  We’ve pulled out the red carpet and the good wine and chocolate.  So make yourself a snack, make yourself at home and by all means, call us Writefly. Everybody does.

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So, you’ve been bitten by the writing bug. I’m guessing about now he’s flitting at your foot, darting at your arms and landing on your nose. He’s a bit unrelenting in his pursuits, but perfectly harmless.  He’s really only after one thing.  Your attention! He’ll do what it takes to get the television off, your behind up from the couch and those masterpieces written.

Other times…he can be a pesky muse, buzzing about your ears, whispering in them at super-sonic speed and refusing to care at all that it’s 3am and you are living on coffee and stale donuts.  After all, he’s just a fly, what does he know about sleep? But look at you!  You are pounding out pages, dreaming up plots and the little guy we like to call the Writefly’s Apprentice is seriously blissed. A few more hours of this and he just might let you rest!

[Enter the Writefly Zone]

…we’re buzzing!


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Glimmer Train Contest Deadline Approaches

In Contests and Challenges on August 19, 2009 at 8:37 am

SHORT STORY AWARD for NEW WRITERS
Deadline: August 31, 2009

Prizes:

  • 1st place wins $1,200, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies.
  • 2nd-place: $500 and possible publication.
  • 3rd-place: $300 and possible publication.

Reading fee: $15 per story.

Results post on October 31, 2009. Winning story will be published in Issue 77.

Other considerations:

  • Open only to writers whose fiction has not appeared in any print publication with a circulation over 5,000. (Entries, of course, must be unpublished.)
  • Stories not to exceed 12,000 words.

Make a Submission

Quote of the Day

In Wisdom & Inspiration, quote of the day on July 29, 2009 at 6:04 am
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“Don’t mistake a good setup for a satisfying conclusion — many beginning writers end their stories when the real story is just ready to begin.”
      – Stanley Schmidt