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Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 19, 20163 min read
Plotter vs Pantser – Revisited
Recently, I read an article where the blogger stated that only the most talented and seasoned writers could possibly write as a ‘pantser’...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 15, 20161 min read
Flash Fiction Friday: Closed
Eighty-two years. He wasn’t more than five when his father first brought him, when he ran the aisles. Faithful customers kept the family...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 8, 20161 min read
Flash Fiction Friday: Rebirth
A bright globe, orange and yellow and shades of white, blazed above. Light that accosted her eyes, caused her to squint. Where was she?...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 6, 20161 min read
Wednesday Poem: Time
I lie in bed as the minutes pass, the torture, the unknown. When would it go? How much longer did I have? No sleep. No wake. Endless...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 5, 20162 min read
They’re coming to take me away…
Well… not anymore, but it sure felt like it a few weeks ago! I’m happy to make a bigger than big announcement that may or may not put a...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 4, 20166 min read
Author Interview: Jamie Foley
This month’s Author Interview is with seasoned author and speaker, Jamie Foley! You might remember this name from the book review I did...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 1, 20161 min read
Flash Fiction Friday: Bump in the Night
Quick stop at the library, building locked, lights dimmed low. Thankful for the book drop, after hours grace for the absent minded....
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 1, 20162 min read
Book Review: BIG MAGIC by Elizabeth Gilbert
Next in line for a review is this beauty by the little known author Elizabeth Gilbert. (I kid. You should definitely recognize her name...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 31, 20162 min read
Welcome to Camp NaNoWriMo!
Who’s ready for camp?? Camp NaNoWriMo is a fun twist on the annual writer’s event that takes place in November. While the late fall...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 25, 20164 min read
Flash Fiction Friday: Emily Amelia Elmore
Emily Amelia Elmore lived with two cats and a canary in her one bedroom apartment at the intersection of Main St. and Second Ave. None of...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 23, 20163 min read
Tell don’t Show. Wait, what?
If you’re a writer, you’ve no doubt run across the Show don’t Tell catch-phrase once or twice. (Or maybe a few hundred times!) These...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 21, 20165 min read
Blast from the Past. Or, When your writing comes back to haunt you.
A few weeks ago I found a couple treasures I hadn’t seen in over twenty years. Two of my childhood manuscripts. Yowza, people. This is no...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 18, 20161 min read
Flash Fiction Friday: Blank Space
Dishes clink. Leather aroma of coffee mixed with fresh baked bread, sautéed garlic and spinach. Impatient scream of steam and froth,...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 17, 20162 min read
Be relentless.
re-lent-less: adj. oppressively constant; incessant. I did not want to go to the gym and exercise this morning. The past seven days have...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 16, 20162 min read
My poor broken baby…
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men, couldn’t put Humpty together...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 14, 20166 min read
Author Interview: Susan Miller
Time for another Author Interview here at Caffeinated Fiction! This time I interviewed Susan Miller – a friend of mine who specializes in...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 11, 20162 min read
Flash Fiction Friday: Last Words
Steel gray eyes reflected back, streaks of white in his hair, a tale of how many years we’d been together. Perfectly matched with the...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 9, 20162 min read
That villain, and why I love him.
I have a confession to make. I’m in love with one of my characters. Ok, maybe ‘in love’ is a bit dramatic. (Me? Dramatic? No!) But I’m...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 7, 20161 min read
7/7/7 Challenge – Who wants in?
Ok, I’ve been challenged by my friend Kelly Barr to participate in a fun little activity called the 7/7/7 Challenge! It doesn’t take much...
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Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 4, 20163 min read
Flash Fiction Friday: Wrong Number
The car smelled like old leather, dirty socks and that burger from last week. It wasn’t pretty or glamorous. It also wasn’t the way I...
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