@antonin1957.bsky.social
African-American. Writer, historian. Likes: Jack Kerouac, Bowie, Robert Johnson, early Iggy Pop, Brian Eno, Man Ray, William S. Burroughs, Yasunari Kawabata, Rimbaud, Dada and Surrealism
That's a beautiful story! I feel encouraged by it, because most of my stories are also a bit melancholy. Stories about things that happened or could have happened when I was a much younger man.
October 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
That's a beautiful story! I feel encouraged by it, because most of my stories are also a bit melancholy. Stories about things that happened or could have happened when I was a much younger man.
Please continue to talk about what happened to WCSB.
October 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Please continue to talk about what happened to WCSB.
Wonderful show yesterday! And thanks for your strong support for WCSB. Do you communicate regularly via Bluesky? I hate Facebook and twitter.
October 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Wonderful show yesterday! And thanks for your strong support for WCSB. Do you communicate regularly via Bluesky? I hate Facebook and twitter.
One of the reviews called him "a serious and important novelist." God, how I wish I was young and full of ideas, so that my work would be considered "serious and important."
I spent far too much time dealing with life issues and not enough writing.
My advice to the young: WRITE!
I spent far too much time dealing with life issues and not enough writing.
My advice to the young: WRITE!
September 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
One of the reviews called him "a serious and important novelist." God, how I wish I was young and full of ideas, so that my work would be considered "serious and important."
I spent far too much time dealing with life issues and not enough writing.
My advice to the young: WRITE!
I spent far too much time dealing with life issues and not enough writing.
My advice to the young: WRITE!
My novel-writing days are long gone, but 85k for a small press? Wouldn't a small press have a smaller reach and readership?May I ask what financial terms they are offering?
September 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
My novel-writing days are long gone, but 85k for a small press? Wouldn't a small press have a smaller reach and readership?May I ask what financial terms they are offering?
That is an absolutely beautiful piece of writing!
September 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
That is an absolutely beautiful piece of writing!
Perhaps. But I can't help but think people are more interested in following and accumulating followers than discussing things. I was surprised that my serious question about writing, with the proper hashtags, got no response. What's the point of coming here if not to exchange ideas?
August 31, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Perhaps. But I can't help but think people are more interested in following and accumulating followers than discussing things. I was surprised that my serious question about writing, with the proper hashtags, got no response. What's the point of coming here if not to exchange ideas?
I no longer submit stories for publication. I just write for myself. I asked here on Bluesky if magazines have any way to identify and exclude AI-assisted writing. Nobody commented. So I assume nobody but me is interested in this issue.
August 31, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I no longer submit stories for publication. I just write for myself. I asked here on Bluesky if magazines have any way to identify and exclude AI-assisted writing. Nobody commented. So I assume nobody but me is interested in this issue.
Well, the process of learning to write is simple--if one has a bit of talent and is willing to do the work. Unfortunately, these days, so many people have embraced AI as a short cut. I think AI has made people lazy and stupid.
August 31, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Well, the process of learning to write is simple--if one has a bit of talent and is willing to do the work. Unfortunately, these days, so many people have embraced AI as a short cut. I think AI has made people lazy and stupid.
This is timeless advice, as useful now as it was when I started writing more than 5 decades ago. Unfortunately, too many people these days rely on AI for ideas or actual writing.
August 31, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This is timeless advice, as useful now as it was when I started writing more than 5 decades ago. Unfortunately, too many people these days rely on AI for ideas or actual writing.
To be honest, I would not tell my younger self to do anything differently. Fifty-plus years ago I did everything the right way. I read constantly, wrote constantly, tried to get my work published, and had some success.
August 31, 2025 at 12:17 AM
To be honest, I would not tell my younger self to do anything differently. Fifty-plus years ago I did everything the right way. I read constantly, wrote constantly, tried to get my work published, and had some success.
I'm scratching my head, wondering why people are "liking" my post, but nobody has an answer to my writing-related question. What's the point of this "community"?
#flashfiction
#writingcommunity
#flashfiction
#writingcommunity
July 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I'm scratching my head, wondering why people are "liking" my post, but nobody has an answer to my writing-related question. What's the point of this "community"?
#flashfiction
#writingcommunity
#flashfiction
#writingcommunity
Nobody knows?
June 4, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Nobody knows?
Yes, this story is quite nice!
January 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Yes, this story is quite nice!
About 20 years ago I bought "Flash Fiction Forward," a collection of 80 stories, and decided flash fiction was right for me. For about 40 years I did corporate writing. It was a good living, but it really burned me out. Now retired, I want to do fiction again.
January 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
About 20 years ago I bought "Flash Fiction Forward," a collection of 80 stories, and decided flash fiction was right for me. For about 40 years I did corporate writing. It was a good living, but it really burned me out. Now retired, I want to do fiction again.
I write strange flash fiction.
January 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I write strange flash fiction.
You have an interesting website. Maybe it will inspire me to climb out of my rut and get back to writing.
I saw that you lost your mother last year. I lost mine 4 years ago. Time doesn't ease the sorrow.
I saw that you lost your mother last year. I lost mine 4 years ago. Time doesn't ease the sorrow.
January 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
You have an interesting website. Maybe it will inspire me to climb out of my rut and get back to writing.
I saw that you lost your mother last year. I lost mine 4 years ago. Time doesn't ease the sorrow.
I saw that you lost your mother last year. I lost mine 4 years ago. Time doesn't ease the sorrow.
On the positive side, though, at least you have a book! Some of us have a great deal of trouble even completing a short story.
January 6, 2025 at 4:23 AM
On the positive side, though, at least you have a book! Some of us have a great deal of trouble even completing a short story.
Yes, absolutely. Especially when that funk goes on and on.
January 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Yes, absolutely. Especially when that funk goes on and on.
When I was young, inspiration just came. It was like a compulsion. Get the idea down on paper, write this character's response to the other character's comment, right NOW. I would wake up at 3 a.m. to jot things down. Now...
January 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
When I was young, inspiration just came. It was like a compulsion. Get the idea down on paper, write this character's response to the other character's comment, right NOW. I would wake up at 3 a.m. to jot things down. Now...
Alas, at my age, it's necessary to reduce sugar and carbs. Maybe that's why I find it sooo darned hard to finish any of my stories.
January 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Alas, at my age, it's necessary to reduce sugar and carbs. Maybe that's why I find it sooo darned hard to finish any of my stories.