Anthea

Ecstatic to see my human-whale friendship story, ‘Old Scar Tail and the Professor’ made it onto the winner’s list with 7th place. Congratulations to everyone and thanks to @nycmidnight for introducing me to rhyming stories- I’m hooked!

@rat_ink @Twistinthetalex Congratulations!

Average old me (🤪) came in the top 20% in Round 2 of the Twisted Tournament! I got some trophies too! 2x Most Original Take 💫 1x Best Prose 🎨 1x Best Opening Line 🏆 1x Best Last Line 🎭 1x Most Tension ⚡ Join the next comp at twistedtournament.com @twistinthetalex

Our not-so-little👀 friend here would like to reveal.... The Not Quite Write Prize for FLESH Fiction logo! What’s that? You’re not satisfied with “just” a logo? You want MORE? All in good time, our little eager beavers, all in good time… #FLESHFiction #eroticfiction #erotica

#SciFi & #Fantasy Flash Fiction Writing Contest! Win a cash prize, and help support our small publication! Last Day to Sign Up! sfswc.co/sff2025x #writing #writers #write #sciencefiction #contest #writingchallenge #scifishorts #flashfiction #writerscommunity

Gremlins have taken over the NQW website 😱 We appreciate your patience (and impatience - all feelings are valid! 😂) as we work through these “unprecedented times”. Birthday Boy is on the case, so please bear with us.

@AKScotland @QuiteWriteEd I like how you roll. I jinxed myself with too much comedy but the stories are in.

How did we go, #microfictionchallenge250 gang? I wheezed over the finish line after giving my one beta reader, @QuiteWriteEd, strict instructions to ignore all the big problems because I didn’t have the heart to fix them 🤣

So, after @WritingBContest comedy and now @nycmidnight #MicrofictionChallenge250 comedy... my funny bone is going on vacation. @NQWpodcast expect something sombre next week.

@deankoorey I’m not ready to talk about it

@WriterAnthea So…. did you get comedy? 😂

Okay, slid (grabbing hat as the door closed) into r2 with an 8th place in round 1 (top 10 proceeded). A busy weekend of writing awaits, with this and the finish of my WB 1000-word story (currently 0% complete). 😎

@AKScotland @deankoorey I was so happy to roll out of drama and into comedy for WB… then I had to start writing 😬

@WriterAnthea @deankoorey Does anyone hope for comedy?

If you're like me and addicted to prompt-based fiction contests then please enjoy this good news from @scifi_shorts! #writingcontest #WritingCommunity #challenge sfscontest.com

@bruno1970 @WritersCentreAU Yes! Feels so good to have something already done so early in the year.

My first story 'written in 2025' is a fact! #FuriousFiction Cc: @WritersCentreAU

@ReiserSimon Good luck! December was my first one back in ages, but I'm glad to be back on the furious train.

Just submitted to Furious Fiction for the first time in quite awhile. Thanks for the prompts! #furiousfiction

@janehhodgkinson @WritersCentreAU Good luck! It certainly feels good to have a story in the bag so early in the year.

Smell that? It's the sweet scent of a newly beach-hatched, very oozy and slightly shooty #furiousfiction storyline! Thanks for the challenge @WritersCentreAU And good luck everyone!

@deankoorey I'm just laying an evil cackle over that... I second-guessed myself so many times I was dizzy.

Were the #FuriousFiction prompts for January originally going to ask for just ONE of the senses? Yes, yes they were. But then again, that wouldn’t be a CHALLENGE would it!

@Alialight88 This month's challenge certainly got the brain juices flowing!

The first Friday of the month/year really creeps up on you! Happy to have submitted to #furiousfiction, written between several sets of tennis. Loved the prompts & think I came up with something unusual! Good luck to all!

And the first story of the year is on its way. Thanks to @WritersCentreAU for the #FuriousFiction challenge and kicking me out of the food coma and into "brainiation" as my kids would say. Good luck all, but I feel we've already won, laying down a story in the single days of Jan!

Oooh… I have IDEAS 😁

We will write our stories, even if it’s 100 words at a time. Check out Five Minute Lit - a wonderful home for tiny slices of life!

What would your pet do if they got hold of a magic wand? medium.com/fiction-shorts…

You don't want the audience waiting for what happens next. You want them to anticipate it. This means controlling the narrative momentum, stakes, and tension. It's your job to keep them engaged. Don't ask for their patience. Very few of them will give it.