April Lindner

The Eratosphere Flash Fiction workshop is going splendidly so far...but it's not too late to join in the fun.  I'll be sending out a prompt each day, and, in response, you are invited to submit a work of flash fiction--1,000 words or less.  You'll get useful feedback from other writers, and possibly also from me.  And after day five I'll be picking an overall winner from all the submitted stories. Here is today's prompt.  I hope to see you at the 'Sphere!

Stray cat and orange tree at Knossos, in Crete Last night, I stayed up late to finish my midterm grading so I could spend today delving back into the Greek novel.  The dogs--Rooby Doo and the Feefinator--are providing moral support. In other news, a Romanian blogger living in Italy is doing a book giveaway today and one of the books is Catherine .  So if you speak Romanian--or even if, like me, you just speak Google Translate-- drop by and enter. A reminder to fiction writers:  The Eratosphere Flash Fiction Workshop starts tomorrow, and I'll be playing Distinguished Guest, providing daily writing prompts, giving feedback on some of the stories, and, five days in, choosing a top entry.  If you want to take part, you'll need to register , but it's quick and painless.   And if you happen to live in my neck of the woods, consider coming out to hear me read Saturday night with Amy Small McKinney . It's at 7 p.m. in Towne Book Center and Cafe...

Ophelia  at work on her memoir Guess who's going to be serving as Distinguished Guest for the 2013 Eratosphere Flash Fiction Workshop? Hint: It's not Ophelia. How it works:  The event begins this coming Friday, October 18 and runs for five days.  I'll be dishing up a writing prompt each day, and writers will post their flash fiction (1,000 words or less).  Writers get feedback from other participants, and I'll be chiming in here and there with feedback too.  After that you can revise your submissions.   On the last day, I'll be choosing an overall winner of the Flash Fiction Workshop. Erato herself, as painted by Enrico Spelta If you're a writer and you don't know Eratosphere , you might want to pay them a visit.   Named for Erato, the Greek Muse of lyric poetry, Eratosphere is a charmed place where poets and fiction writers post their work and provide each other with really smart feedback.  Eratosphere is associated with the ...