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Going Short: Ten Flash Fiction Tips for the Flash Curious

Going Short: Ten Flash Fiction Tips for the Flash Curious

There’s a revolution happening in literature: writers are going short. If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve already heard of flash fiction, those tiny, compressed stories flourishing in the literary underground. Writers and readers are falling in love with the form and discovering something delightful and poignant in these small spaces...

April 7, 2021 Derek Murphy short stories, writing tips 114
How to make money by publishing and selling short stories and short books on Amazon

How to make money by publishing and selling short stories and short books on Amazon

There is a demand for publishing short stories, but the money is in ebooks. Specifically, Amazon’s “short reads” section, which is broken down by reading time for books less than 100 pages. This week I got to peak at a report from k-lytics.com, who analysed more than 14,000 books to assess the commercial attractiveness of...

February 28, 2017 Derek Murphy short reads, short stories, writing 3539
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