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Mandira Pattnaik
@mandirapattnaik.bsky.social
Author of 8 published/forthcoming chapbooks, Wigleaf Top 50 (2023), Best Small Fictions (2021 & 2024), Best Micro Anthology (2024), The Rumpus, IHLR, McNeese Review, Emerson Review, Penn Review, 300+ publications, #amquerying
What you can learn about #writing styles and themes from the masters of #flashfiction-- a #craft #essay
FREE to read! In-depth analysis and many examples!
patreon.com/MandiraPattnaik
July 2, 2024 at 4:45 AM
ELATED to announce GLASS/FIRE will be pub'd by
@querenciapress.bsky.social
MY 5th #chapbook!
SL at Conium Review
LL at Bath FLASH NiF CONTEST '23 &
abt which @publishedbyjake.bsky.social said "your chap was within final round of discussion, this chapbook wants to be a full novel"

Huge thanks!
November 15, 2023 at 3:07 PM
November 15, 2023 at 3:03 PM
Elated to share new #nonfiction #publication in Pithead Chapel's VOLUME 12, ISSUE 11
November 7, 2023 at 6:55 AM
Have you checked out October's Monthly writing #craft #essay yet?
Now on @medium too!

You can sign up with your email to either my blog or my Medium handle to receive once-a-month #writing craft essays, prompts, writing tips and more FREE!

Follow me on TwitterX for the latest: @MandiraPattnaik
November 7, 2023 at 6:54 AM
YAYYY! It'll be my second appearance in Lindenwood Review!
November 4, 2023 at 7:47 AM
ACCEPTANCE NEWS!!!
October 24, 2023 at 6:27 AM
October 12, 2023 at 10:21 AM
"Pattnaik’s timing is impeccable, her stories often tightly focused on the moments in a relationship we might miss..."

Gorgeous #Review of "Girls Who Don't Cry", my COLLECTION OF FLASH FICTION STORIES, up today in Waxwing Magazine!!
waxwingmag.org/items/issue2...
October 5, 2023 at 2:37 PM
NEW Craft essay #Blogpost just mailed to subscribers' inboxes!
September 30, 2023 at 11:38 AM
September 30, 2023 at 10:56 AM
Soooo HAAAPPPYYY to receive a Best of the Net 2024 nomination from Microlit Almanac for "Of Foliage"

You can read the piece here: www.birchbarkediting.com/microlit-alm...
September 29, 2023 at 2:23 AM
September 26, 2023 at 7:10 AM
Hello, everyone! I have some happy news to share! Last week, I was at the airport in pouring rain ...
September 25, 2023 at 2:30 PM
FOUR months Book Birthday of Where We Set Our Easel, my Novella-in-Flash out from @stanchion.bsky.social published on 05-23-2023

So grateful for pics shared by ppl from across the world!

Reviews and ordering options: mandirapattnaik.com/where-we-set...
September 23, 2023 at 10:39 AM
For my new followers, I'm a regular columnist trampset.org/columns/home

My columns reflect on writerlife in conversation with current global events & are often also abt craft & trend Check out my most recent one "LATE, LATER, LATEST -THE STORY OF A WRITING LIFE"
Don't forget to share your thoughts!
September 21, 2023 at 6:04 AM
I write monthly #Craft #Essays on my author website mandirapattnaik.com
Some of these are for Subscribers only. Others, free to read.

Some are reposted on my Medium account @MandiraPattnaik
In case you are on Medium, do give me a follow!

August's post is now on Medium!
medium.com/@MandiraPatt...
September 21, 2023 at 5:57 AM
September 6, 2023 at 3:25 AM
August Craft Essay #blogpost with eg & related prompts, FREE sub opportunities & pro-tip is LIVE now! At the moment, viewable by Wordpress & Email subscribers ONLY (btw, subscriptions are FREE!), but will be posted on my MEDIUM account after the Wordpress exclusivity! Check out the othrs on my site!
September 1, 2023 at 11:13 AM
August 15, 2023 at 12:27 PM