Friday, July 15, 2011

independence day flash fiction blogfest!


Welcome to July ninjas!

I'm kicking the month off with a fun little blogfest ~ I hope you'll join me!

And, I shall give books away! How about a signed copy of POSSESSION by Elana Johnson and a signed copy of HAZZARDOUS UNIVERSE by Julie Wright. I will choose one winner (totally subjective, bribes are welcome! (hahaha! NOT!) out of the general population and one winner from Authors Incognito (a private online writers group of which I am a part).

The rules are deliciously simple. Sign up below, and on July 15th, post an original piece of flash fiction, 250 words or less along this theme (and, FYI, "independence day" can mean anything you'd like it to mean--don't feel you have to be restricted to the July 4th holiday!):

"It's Independence Day and something unexpected happens . . ."

19 karate chops:

Julie said...

Free books?? Yes, please!

P.s. I've overlooked the fact you haven't read HP yet and have decided we can still be friends.

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Good luck to all who enter! Think my writing brain has shut down for a while.

Christa said...

Ack, did I miss this? I think I missed it. Oh dear. Hope you had a good fourth Ali!

Susan Oloier said...

Ali, you won If I Stay! I just need to get your email address to get in contact with you so I can send it your way.
Susan

Donea Lee said...

We all need a littl flash fic in our lives from time to time ~ so, I'm in! Hope you had a happy 4th!

Summer Ross said...

I posted this on my blogfest page.

Ishta Mercurio said...

I'm in! I'm due to exercise my flash fiction muscles.

Misha said...

Oooh ooh! Is this open to foreigners?

:-D

Mary Campbell said...

I need to get writing. Anything will be good. I'm not great at flash fiction, but I'll give it a try. Thanks for hosting Ali.

Nisa said...

Flash fiction, scary! Like trying to write a pitch... :O Hehe! I've missed you and the ninja chats!

Jolene Perry said...

I'm totally lame and don't do flash fiction (I know, I know...)
I will TOTALLY put you up on my sidebar =)

Brianna said...

I've never written flash fiction before but you've given me a great opportunity to try!

Debbie Davis said...

sorry to add in so late, but this was lots of fun! thanks ali!

Brent Wescott said...

Gonna give this a try. My post might be later, much later, today. Hope that's okay.

Building Castles on the Beach

Jenn Wilks said...

I put up my piece. I can't wait to read everyone else's. Thanks for putting this together. It was fun. :)

Karen Hoover said...

I finally got mine up. I'll look forward to reading everyone's tonight!

Donna K. Weaver said...

Kewl. *heads over to the next one on the list*

Rebecca said...

Oh, I wish I'd seen this earlier! I've read a few entries and they were such fun! I hope you do another one of these soon!

Jordan McCollum said...

I'm days late, but I did finally post mine! Now to comment on the others... soon....