A to Z Theme Reveal

So, I completely forgot that this was yesterday! It was my weekend in at work, so I think I can be forgiven. Better late than never, anyway! 


So my theme this year is:

Flash fiction! 

I've always loved writing and reading flash fiction, and I've always wanted to do it for the A to Z challenge. I'll be picking a word every day and writing a piece of flash fiction to go with it. Hopefully you'll all enjoy what I come up with.

I've seen a lot of great themes out there so far, I'm looking forward to seeing what people come up with once April starts.

Comments

  1. Unknown24 March 2015 at 12:15

    Tuesday 24th March 2015

    Dear Laura,

    Flash fiction is a great idea. I am thinking about putting a word limit on my posts, but I haven't decided yet.
    Look forward to your posts.

    Best wishes,
    Anna

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  2. Annalisa Crawford24 March 2015 at 13:10

    Looking forward to reading them :-)

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  3. Rob Z Tobor24 March 2015 at 13:18

    Good Luck Miss Laura . . . I am sure you will do a great job, I know you are busy these days so dont get too stressed.

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  4. Dani24 March 2015 at 13:24

    Flash Fiction is always a good way to go!! You have 26 days to express yourself in many different ways.

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  5. Alex J. Cavanaugh24 March 2015 at 17:47

    Good stuff! Hope you are writing them in advance.

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  6. betty24 March 2015 at 18:52

    Sounds like a great theme! Looking forward to reading them!

    betty

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  7. Click24 March 2015 at 20:01

    Great idea. I find flash fiction easier to read during the challenge than ongoing stories that people post because of finding it hard to follow ongoing stories (especially if I forget which blog was posting them).

    Looking forward to your challenge posts. :-)

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  8. Julie Flanders24 March 2015 at 21:51

    I'm sure your flash pieces will be great. Good luck!

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  9. orneryswife24 March 2015 at 22:55

    Cool beans! :) Looking forward to it!
    tm

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  10. Denise Covey 25 March 2015 at 02:16

    You'll rock at this Laura. I did flash fiction once using the RomanticFridayWriter's site. I found it easy to come up with stories for each letter. I'll be coming by to read once a week-ish, but am not participating this year. :-)

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  11. Susan Gourley/Kelley25 March 2015 at 14:58

    I admire those of you who can come up with so many flash fictions. My muse would hide if I tried that. Looking forward to it.

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  12. Melissa Sugar25 March 2015 at 16:37

    Flash fiction is the best idea. I've always wanted to be able to write flash fiction and I admire the talent required for writers to express so much in so few words. It's difficult. I'm working on a way to shorten my post and i think my crime solving mystery will help me keep them short.
    See you in April.

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  13. Susan Kane25 March 2015 at 17:24

    I love to read flash fiction. The writer has to be specific in the words used, the plotline. This will be fun.

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