Prick of the Spindle's latest issue is available, for which I've also contributed a book review. Matt Bell's Cataclysm Baby. Give it a read and let me know what you think!

I had such a great time yesterday talking about flash fiction at the California Writers Club Peninsula Branch. What a lively group of people, engaged and engaging. President Chris Wachlin surely sets the tone. Many thanks to Max Tomlinson, who heads up the programs, for asking me and giving me such a lovely introduction. I enjoyed questions about the differences between vignettes and flash fiction, and what exactly is a "telling moment," for example -- I really love the opportunity to rethink what I think I know.

I'll give another flash fiction presentation at the San Francisco Writers Conference in February. Check out the website -- scholarship and contest opportunities.

Thrilled and full of gratitude that Why There Are Words has been voted Best of the Bay for literary events. Thank you!