12/31/2011

Leavings and New Beginnings

2011 is easy to say good-bye to.  Going into 12 doing research and lots of resolutions.

I thought social media might have killed off short short stories or is it flash fiction, but today when I read Facebook Auteur by Scott Bradfield  in the New York Times Book Review I felt better.   Bradfield talks about Lou Beach's book of short stories "420 Characters".  Facebook's status update limit is 420 characters.  Beach writes his stories in 420 characters, open, middle, ending.  I am cheering with Bradfield that the short story is just a tough little rascal, who battles and claws through these harsh media toxic climates to stay very much alive.

I remembered the 6 word story that has been around a long time.  Was it the Hemingway 6 word story?  "Baby shoes, For Sale, Never Used."

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