Serialization???

I've been writing a piece for awhile set in the mid sixties and early seventies. The piece began as a short story that just kept expanding. So now it's not really a short story but a series of short stories. How to present this piece has baffled me for some time. Then my sister sent me a link to a web site where the author has serialized her work presenting short segments weekly. Reading her pieces I thought about 'flash fiction' - each serialized piece was approximately 500 words. I love the challenge of writing a complete scene/story contained in 500 word segments. I'm currently revising and restructuring my story adapting it to a serialization structure. I think it will work great.

Celebration of Life

Friday evening I attended a Celebration of Life for my writer friend Tim. I read a brief piece of his writing he'd shared with our memoir writing class. This was the way I knew him - a writer of stories. It was wonderful to listen as others spoke their stories of Tim. He was an amazing, creative, genuine man who is missed by many.
I rewrote/revised three chapters in Dubious Grief over this past month. Every day I contemplate my grief journey - where it began, the ways my grief evolved, and where my journey is today. Thanks Tim for the kick to my heart that continues to keep me writing my grief.

Time again to write...

Last week news came of the death of a friend. Although I knew him only briefly, ten short weeks in a writing class the beginning of this year, his death sent me spiraling down that path of grief once again. Today news about a second friend, another writer, struggling with brain cancer spurred me to take on the task of revising Dubious Grief once again. I take on my mantle of grief again, spill it out, speak my truth. No time to procrastinate - tomorrow is unknown.