2018 Halloween Short Story Contest
Flash Fiction 2018
It's time for another year of NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge. For those of you unfamiliar with the rules, writers are broken up into teams, each team is given a genre, a location, and an object. The three prompts must be used to create a story of no more than 1000 words with only 48 hours to do so. Round one has already come and gone. Click the button below to be brought to my Round Two Entry, First Appearances.
Reading Challenge 2018
Join The Calm Scribe in the Reading Challenge 2018! Click below to download your own copy of the list.
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Story Cube Fridays on Twitter and Instagram
To put it simply, writing can be hard. Ideas can be as fleeting as a hummingbird's sneeze in a windstorm. Many have created ways to combat this problem (fleeting ideas, not sneezing hummingbirds), one of which is Rory's Story Cubes. You simply throw the dice and create a story off the images rolled. You can make it as tough or a simple as you like. These dice have led me to create my own weekly creative writing inspiration, Story Cube Fridays. Follow @thecalmscribe on Twitter and Instagram and watch for hashtag #StoryCubeFridays to participate. Each Thursday I post a photo of the roll of the week. On Friday I post my official micro-story and encourage you to post yours, Remember, this is all in fun and there is no pressure to share your creations, though all are welcome! Click the link below to view past week's stories.
The 'Social' Scribe
Be sure to follow The Calm Scribe on social media for breaking updates, quotes and stories not available anywhere else, and of course, the daily brain warm up, the Lit Quiz. Get your weekly dose of inspiration with Story Cube Friday's, on Instagram and Twitter.
Recent News
Exciting news and upcoming book releases.
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Upcoming Events
The Big Deep and The Great Outdoor Adventure of Tiny Teddy are now available at:The Black Squirrel Books & Café, 1073 Bank St. Ottawa, ON (Across the street from The Mayfair Theater)
Singing Pebble Books, 202a Main St. Ottawa, ON Replacing what we take.
A portion of each book sale is donated towards reforestation efforts around the globe! Visit the "Giving Back" page for more details. |
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*Note: Your email will not be shared with any other parties and will not be spammed. Email frequency will be once a month resulting in 12 emails a year.