The Flash Fiction Rodeo Contest at Carrot Ranch is off! Contest #1 Leader, Norah Colvin, kicks off with ‘When I Grow Up’. Next up: The Little and Laugh Flash Contest by Geoff Le Pard on Tuesday, October 10. Enter the contest for judging as instruced in Norah’s post, or you can write a flash in the comments for the challenge only. And remember, entry for the contest is free with a cash prize for the winner! The deadline for Norah’s contest is AEST midnight 10 October. All the best to all the candidates!
When I Grow Up
BY NORAH COLVIN
Do you remember being asked this question as a child? Or contemplating it, even if you weren’t asked? Do you recall your childhood thoughts?
I remember having no aspiration prior to the age of ten when I decided I wanted to be a teacher. Although I loved writing, creating stories, songs, poetry and plays; writing was a part of who I was, an integral part of me, I didn’t consider a writer as something I might be.
It is often mooted that we are educating today’s children for a future of which we have no knowledge, a future we can’t begin to imagine. But hasn’t that always been so? Has any generation known exactly what life will be like for those following? While the rate of change may be increasing, change has always been.
Though it may sometimes appear otherwise, change creates more…
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Good luck Sherri xxx
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Thanks Judy! I haven’t entered Norah’s, but I did write one in the comments, first one in a while! I’m glad my contest isn’t until the end as I’m still working on it! Are you entering? If so, good luck to you too! 🙂 xxx
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HA! I am not very good at flash Fiction really, Sherri so probably won’t. 🙂 xxx
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You should try it, Judy. 🙂 If you write a flash for one of these contests, I’ll write a completely cringe-worthy poem. *challenge*
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Oh, now you have laid down the gauntlet I am going to have to accept !!! I will work on doing it today, and look forward to reading your poem, Sarah 🙂
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The gauntlet! 😀 Oh no… I’ll write and post a poem and embarrass myself. I’m okay with that.
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Fab!!! Best you get a move on then as I have already written and submitted my Flash!! 🤣🤣🤣
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Done. 😉 Written and posted.
(Sorry, Sherri.) *waves*
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Great, I am heading over now! 🙂
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Haha…you two have been busy while I’ve been away! Great to see you wrote a flash Judy – knew you could do it, well done! I’m going to write about how I first felt about flash fiction in my contest post; I know just how you feel! And a poem from you Sarah…if I had been here sooner, I would have done the same to entice Judy, but looks like I got out of that one! 😉 xxx
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Ha you two are naughty!! I so sometimes try Flash but usually as a poem I did this one with just dialogue , totally out of my comfort zone!! I look forward to seeing your post about how you felt writing your first Flash post x
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Haha! That sounds great Judy, all the best with your submission! Oh I know that feeling oh so well…and thank you! 🙂 xxx
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This looks a great idea, although the instructions are a bit complicated for my simple brain😀. Good luck with yours, Sherri 😀😀
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Your brain is far from simple Jenny! You can just do it as a challenge in the comments rather than enter the contest if you prefer. The main thing is to have fun with it. And I know for a fact, your writing happens to be pretty darn good 🙂 Thanks…glad I’ve got time to work on it! 🙂 xxx
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Thank you for sharing, Sherri!
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Always! 🙂 ❤
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This whole month should be fun! So many great contests. (Glad you wrote one, if only in the comments.) Looking forward to yours, too. 🙂
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A lot of fun…and I can see you and Judy already have your own little contest going on…I need to read Judy’s FF and your poem! Thanks Sarah…! 🙂
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Yes, erm…sorry about taking over your comment section. I hope Judy writes and submits some more flash. 🙂
Have fun with all of these and your murder mystery looks wonderful!
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Haha…no worries Sarah, I loved reading your comments! Look how you inspired Judy to write her flash, and yes, I hope she sends more in too! It’s great to get back in the saddle after being away so long…and thanks so much for your support for my murderous musings! 🙂 ❤
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You’ve been missed but I know you’ll get right back to it. No problem. 😉 ❤
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Thanks Sarah…really appreciate that… ❤
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Hi Sher. Hold on to your seat . . . I just submitted to Norah’s challenge! I’m calling it Flash Nonfiction LOL 🙂 Nothing is fiction with me. 🙂 ❤ xoxo
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Woo hoo! Oh I’m holding and so glad you entered Deb! You go girl! A lot of my flash fiction is memoir too…you’ve written what’s called a BOTS…Based On A True Story! In fact, I’m writing about the non-fiction element of flash ‘fiction’ in my contest post and how it helps us memoir writers, so once again, we’re on the same wavelength! Good luck Deb! 🙂 ❤ xoxo
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Oh awesome Sher! Looking forward!!!! And love the ‘BOTS’ lol, whodathunk I’m a bot! 🙂 🙂 xoxo
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LOL Deb…look at us, a couple of bots 😀 😉 😀 xoxo
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Lol Sher! 🙂 🙂 🙂 xxxxx
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🙂 ❤ 🙂
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Thanks for sharing, Sherri. It’s going to be fun. I’m sorry Jenny thinks the instructions are complicated. I tried to make them as clear as possible. It would be great if Judy joins in, and how exciting, I’ve already received Debby’s story. I really enjoyed yours at the Carrot Ranch. Well done.
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My pleasure Norah! Your post is going gangbusters, so exciting! I see Judy has now entered and Deb too…fantastic! And thanks about mine. It’s been too long since I rode over to the Ranch and wrote a flash…felt so good and of course, you set a great prompt for the Rodeo kick off *she says waving stetson in the air* 🙂 xxx
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