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April showers bring… lots of words…
Things have been pretty busy lately, and I’m sorry to say, they will only get busier! The month of April I worked hard to achieve my goal...

Laura L. Zimmerman
May 1, 20162 min read


Flash Fiction Friday: Eloise Stine
Eloise Stine dropped the crinkled paper to her desk, a bright red letter ‘D’ across the top. Fingernails chewed raw ground tight into her...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 22, 20164 min read


Plotter vs Pantser – Revisited
Recently, I read an article where the blogger stated that only the most talented and seasoned writers could possibly write as a ‘pantser’...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 19, 20163 min read


Book Review: Arbiter by Jamie Foley
Time for another book review! You might recognize Jamie’s name from my most recent author interview I did a couple weeks ago. Arbiter is...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 17, 20162 min read


Flash Fiction Friday: Closed
Eighty-two years. He wasn’t more than five when his father first brought him, when he ran the aisles. Faithful customers kept the family...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 15, 20161 min read


Flash Fiction Friday: Rebirth
A bright globe, orange and yellow and shades of white, blazed above. Light that accosted her eyes, caused her to squint. Where was she?...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 8, 20161 min read


Wednesday Poem: Time
I lie in bed as the minutes pass, the torture, the unknown. When would it go? How much longer did I have? No sleep. No wake. Endless...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 6, 20161 min read


They’re coming to take me away…
Well… not anymore, but it sure felt like it a few weeks ago! I’m happy to make a bigger than big announcement that may or may not put a...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 5, 20162 min read


Author Interview: Jamie Foley
This month’s Author Interview is with seasoned author and speaker, Jamie Foley! You might remember this name from the book review I did...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 4, 20166 min read


the same faith
Today is April 2. That means May is less than a month away. Our departure date to move across the country is supposed to be sometime in...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 2, 20164 min read


Flash Fiction Friday: Bump in the Night
Quick stop at the library, building locked, lights dimmed low. Thankful for the book drop, after hours grace for the absent minded....

Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 1, 20161 min read


Book Review: BIG MAGIC by Elizabeth Gilbert
Next in line for a review is this beauty by the little known author Elizabeth Gilbert. (I kid. You should definitely recognize her name...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Apr 1, 20162 min read


Welcome to Camp NaNoWriMo!
Who’s ready for camp?? Camp NaNoWriMo is a fun twist on the annual writer’s event that takes place in November. While the late fall...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 31, 20162 min read


Flash Fiction Friday: Emily Amelia Elmore
Emily Amelia Elmore lived with two cats and a canary in her one bedroom apartment at the intersection of Main St. and Second Ave. None of...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 25, 20164 min read


Tell don’t Show. Wait, what?
If you’re a writer, you’ve no doubt run across the Show don’t Tell catch-phrase once or twice. (Or maybe a few hundred times!) These...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 23, 20163 min read


Blast from the Past. Or, When your writing comes back to haunt you.
A few weeks ago I found a couple treasures I hadn’t seen in over twenty years. Two of my childhood manuscripts. Yowza, people. This is no...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 21, 20165 min read


Flash Fiction Friday: Blank Space
Dishes clink. Leather aroma of coffee mixed with fresh baked bread, sautéed garlic and spinach. Impatient scream of steam and froth,...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 18, 20161 min read


Be relentless.
re-lent-less: adj. oppressively constant; incessant. I did not want to go to the gym and exercise this morning. The past seven days have...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 17, 20162 min read


My poor broken baby…
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men, couldn’t put Humpty together...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 16, 20162 min read


Author Interview: Susan Miller
Time for another Author Interview here at Caffeinated Fiction! This time I interviewed Susan Miller – a friend of mine who specializes in...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 14, 20166 min read
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