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EDIT: The official FFD journal is in the thumbnail below! Post your stories for the world to see over there (but if you haven't signed up yet, then comment below first so I know to add you to the list)!
You might recall that on June 22nd last year, I organised a Flash Fiction Day event. The overall goal of this event was to try and write as many flash fiction pieces as possible in just 24 hours (I personally managed 24 stories in the end, while GDeyke topped the By Lucifer's Beard, How Do You Even Do That? scoreboard with a whopping 90). Well, the basic idea behind Flash Fiction Day this year will be no different, and it'll be no different to the extent that I'm literally copying and pasting the rules from last time around:
Before June 22nd:
- Comment on this post letting me know you want to take part.
- I put together an “official” Flash Fiction Day post listing all the participants.
- The event begins at the very start of June 22nd, your local time. You can start writing any time after that.
- Write your first piece of flash fiction. Maximum 1,000 words, minimum 1 word. (I have read every conceivable 0 word story and am now bored of the genre.)
- Submit a deviation titled "Flash Fiction Day Submissions" (or something more imaginative) containing that story.
- Post a link to your deviation on this journal. I'll add a thumbnail next to your name as quickly as possible, but until then people can at least find it in the comments.
- Write more stories! Add those new stories to your FFD deviation (possibly with a note to say what time you started/finished them). You might consider ticking the "Notify your watchers" box to let people know you've added a new story, but if you find you're adding new ones very frequently, you might consider not notifying everybody every time.
- That's it! All your stories for the day are available right here so readers can easily find them.
- When June 22nd ends, so does the event. Of course, you're free to stop writing earlier if you like.
That said, last year some participants produced only one piece, and that's just fine too. A whole lot more people joined in than I was expecting, and if all this does is encourage people to write a little something on a day they would otherwise have written, then my job is done.
Except that I'm hoping to get the day off work in order to run this thing on the 22nd, so in a much more literal sense I will probably not be doing my job.
New Game: Rainbow Bears Fun Maze
Hello! It's been a while since I last posted anything here on dA - for a few years now I've not been particularly active outside of Flash Fiction Month each July- but I figured I'd drop by just for today to let you know about a new game of mine: Rainbow Bears Fun Maze. This is a fun, pleasant game containing absolutely no jumpscares whatsoever. I'll say that again: if you play this game, nothing horrible will pop up on screen at any point. Go ahead! Play it and see.
New Book: Big Shoes To Fill
Another @FlashFictionMonth has come and gone, and as always I have another Flash Fiction Month anthology to show for it. Behold my mastery of the slick, understated promotional video! If you want an ebook you can find those over here, and if you'd like a paperback then you can get those here (or via your local Amazon site if you're outside the UK). I think this year's stories have been particularly good so even if you don't have any of the other ten books forming a fancy double rainbow on your shelf right now, this isn't a bad place to start!
Witness Not the Watcher has a Daily Deviation!
Huge thanks to @SubjugatedSandwich for suggesting it! This wasn't a story I'd already thought up before starting Flash Fiction Month, but it was one that I felt was an idea I could really get behind rather than just one that would qualify as a story for the day. Ultimately I wasn't sure I quite managed to do what I wanted to within the 1,000 words, so this feature is a real boost! It also makes having stayed up until 5am finishing it seem more worthwhile. Before FFM2022 is entirely forgotten, I feel as though it might also be worth mentioning that although it seems a few people appear to have identified the correct door in Heed the Nineteen Hounds - @GDeyke, @SubjugatedSandwich, @WizardandGalaxy, and @squanpie amongst them - I'm not positive anybody's actually grasped the significance of the specific words that led them to it. If you feel like tackling a further challenge, you might try Googling it. ;)
I'm Selling Out!
That's right! You can now get your mitts on literally hundreds of products designed by yours truly, the author of ATTACK OF THE FIFTY FOOT ANUS and other tales of questionable literary merit. Just check out the infomercial below: If you'd like to check out my shop, you can find that here. If you'd like to see the initial announcement over on my blog, that's over here. Want to read the follow-up in which I reveal what the actual, serious, non-Photoshopped items look like in person? This is the link for you, my friend! Also, as I think the lateness of this update on this platform probably demonstrates, I don't keep up with deviantART all that steadily outside of July. If you want to stay abreast of my nonsense for the other eleven months of the year, I highly recommend subscribing to my newsletter. Websites come and go, but email is forever-ish!
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If you have stories to share, that's great! The place for that is here:
Please only comment on this journal to sign up for the event. There are a LOT of people taking part this year (seriously, I'm impressed) and it's getting hard for me to tell whether I'm supposed to be adding a whole new writer to the list or just a link to someone's work.
(Also, I may not be able to add your entries to the official journal immediately: if you link to it over there then readers will at least be able to see it in the comments!)
The Official Flash Fiction Day 2016 JournalHere it is! The official list of participants for Flash Fiction Day 2016. From midnight to midnight on June 22nd (in their respective time zones) these fine writers will be attempting to produce as many flash fiction pieces as possible (from 1 to 1,000 words in length) in just 24 hours. If you haven't signed up already, that link above will take you to the journal where you can do that: I'll be accepting new participants right up until the end of the event, so it's still not too late to jump in!
Here are the rules once again:
The event begins at the very start of June 22nd, your local time. You can start writing any time after that.
Write your first piece of flash fiction. Maximum 1,000 words, minimum 1 word. (I have read every conceivable 0 word story and am now bored of the genre.)
Submit a deviation titled "Flash Fiction Day Submissions" (or something more imaginative) containing that story.Post a link to your deviation on this journal. I'l
Please only comment on this journal to sign up for the event. There are a LOT of people taking part this year (seriously, I'm impressed) and it's getting hard for me to tell whether I'm supposed to be adding a whole new writer to the list or just a link to someone's work.
(Also, I may not be able to add your entries to the official journal immediately: if you link to it over there then readers will at least be able to see it in the comments!)