You heard right. Writing Flash can ease the way to publication.
For one, writing snippets of fiction can help you finish that novel and make much-needed contacts in the industry.
Have you written a good flash piece? Submitted it for publication? Print or eZine?
BECCA PUGLISI from Writers Helping Writers, article link below, shares 5 ways writing and submitting flash fiction can shorten the road to novel publication.
My take away on the benefits of writing flash…
Exposes you to editors.
Win or lose, contacts with industry professionals is invaluable.
Flash comes in many forms. Fiction, non-fiction, and memoirs.
Writing flash is good practice.
A Flash story can be expanded to a full novel.
Read Becca’s entire article and get the nitty-gritty about writing Flash stories.
The law in 29 states requires an employer to give time off to vote. Some with pay. This link State Laws on Voting will show you the law in your state. In Texas, where I live, the law also requires the employer to give paid time off! Yeah!
The founding fathers, who wrote the Constitution of the United States, were pretty smart, They formed our government of 3 equal branches.
A fail-safe should a misogynist, xenophobic, racist, or bully, be elected as President of the United States, there are two other governing branches to keep him in check. Just like a 3-legged stool, if one leg breaks the entire thing tumbles over.
Our 3 branches preventany President from becoming an autocraticruler or dictator. What can keep that from happening?
YOU, Congress and the Supreme Court.
It takes all three of these branches to make our laws.
It is imperative that you vote!
Vote to level the Congressional leg of our government.
Vote for those who fought to give us this freedom.
Vote for healthcare, clean water, education and a better future for our kids.
Vote your conscience.
Your vote is needed and will count.
Does your state give time off for voting?
Did you know that 29 states gave time off to vote, and some gave paid time off?
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