March 2022
Dear Friends,
The daffodils are working their way out of the wintry ground and we’re emerging into spring. Our editing work is blooming, too. Allow us a brag or two – here’s what we’ve heard from clients:
“Just let me say how grateful and happy I am to be really heard and understood for what I am trying to do. It has been really hard at times, so your responses have been a great gift.”
“Your comments and editing are all fantastic.”
“I cannot thank you enough. I have been able to see the progress in the story with your expert advice. This was like an accelerated program! It was hard, but to bring new life to [my character] and understand or have a better understanding of writing has been a Master's class that I will forever take with me.”
Our next BBE InConversation is with Heidi Barr and April Tierney, April 5, 7 p.m. EDT/ 4 p.m. PDT. Click register to read more!
The magic of Mix & Meet continues with inspirational generative writing. Prompts and prose! An added bonus: work by Mix & Meet writers is automatically submitted to MicroLit Almanac! Join us Tuesday, April 12 at 5 PM EST.
You’ve see some substantial changes on our website, especially MicroLIt Almanac. Not only do we publish flash work on a regular basis, but we have a new section: Ukraine Bulletins. There you will find prose, postings, and news flashes, all supporting Ukraine.
We’ve launched our Flowers of Evil Baudelaire video series on MicroLit Almanac with poems read by Cheryl Pappas, Judith Baumel, Jennifer Barber, Haolun Xu, and MaxieJane Frazier already up and more coming by MC Armstrong, Peter Brown, Andrea Caswell, Moira Egan, Cheryl Pappas, Andria Williams, and Cat Parnell. We invite all of you to record and post your favorite Baudelaire poem! Tag us!
#FlowersofEvil
#Baudelaire
#BaudelaireOutLoud
#ReadFlowersofEvil
With warm spring wishes,
Cat & Max
Micros & More
Stay tuned for our Micros & More class, starting in April! We’re offering a two-week asynchronous class on the ins and outs of fiction and nonfiction flash. Join us and master the fun and form of Sudden Stories!
Upcoming Events!
Erica Plouffe Lazure & Jill McCorkle, and June Gervais & Shawna Kay Rodenberg. Stay tuned!