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Flash Fiction Friday: Last Words
Steel gray eyes reflected back, streaks of white in his hair, a tale of how many years we’d been together. Perfectly matched with the...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 11, 20162 min read


Book Review: SENTINEL by Jamie Foley
This week’s book review has been a long time comin’! Jamie is a fellow writer that I got in contact with about a year ago. Our shared...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 10, 20162 min read


That villain, and why I love him.
I have a confession to make. I’m in love with one of my characters. Ok, maybe ‘in love’ is a bit dramatic. (Me? Dramatic? No!) But I’m...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 9, 20162 min read


7/7/7 Challenge – Who wants in?
Ok, I’ve been challenged by my friend Kelly Barr to participate in a fun little activity called the 7/7/7 Challenge! It doesn’t take much...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 7, 20161 min read


Book Review: JACK by Liesl Shurtliff
Another book review! This one is a fun middle grade twist on the classic tale of Jack and the Beanstalk, intertwined with Jack the Giant...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 5, 20162 min read


Flash Fiction Friday: Wrong Number
The car smelled like old leather, dirty socks and that burger from last week. It wasn’t pretty or glamorous. It also wasn’t the way I...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 4, 20163 min read


Why I don’t want to be left alone.
This past Saturday I had the privilege of attending a winter writer’s retreat with six fellow authors. The day was spent brainstorming,...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 2, 20163 min read


March Madness and Mayhem!
Ok, so in a recent post I laid out my daily routine and how it’s taken months (years!) to achieve and that I’ve finally found a groove...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 29, 20161 min read


5 Courses of the Rough Draft – Are you hungry yet?
Rough Drafts can be a tricky thing. The process that one author takes will look completely opposite from that of another. Each of us have...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 28, 20164 min read


Flash Fiction Friday: Crime Fighter
It’s here! It’s here! My debut in Flash Fiction. I agonized all week over what to write and how to keep it short, and in the end, I just...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 26, 20164 min read


Flash Fiction or Nah?
Ok, I will admit, I’ve been an extreme skeptic when it comes to Flash Fiction every since I first heard about it. The idea is nice, but I...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 20, 20162 min read


What is your writing routine?
I’m often asked how I get so much writing done when I also homeschool my three daughters. And until about a year ago, I would’ve said it...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 19, 20164 min read


When you’ve got a few words to cut…
My current manuscript in revision happens to be a middle-grade fantasy set in a fictional medieval world with fun things like unicorns...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 15, 20162 min read


What about Hawaii?
A while ago (a very, very long while ago) I posted about a bigger than big decision our family had come to: our move to Hawaii! Since...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 13, 20163 min read


Big Announcement!
For those of you that haven’t already checked out my Facebook page, I have some exciting news I’m ready to share with the world! A few...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 12, 20161 min read


February Author Interview: Michelle I. Mason
I’m so excited to share a first here at Caffeinated Fiction: Our very first author interview! Look for one each month, and get to know...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 11, 20165 min read


The drawback of getting what you want
So, I’ve had a little excitement in my life recently. Over the past few weeks, I’ve had a chance to speak with an agent about my most...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Jan 21, 20163 min read


Art of Writing or Thrill of the Plot?
Recently I got into an interesting discussion with a fellow writer about the importance of good writing. I had mentioned that I was...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Jan 12, 20163 min read


The Pain and Beauty of Revision
Admit it, revision is never a fun process. The joy and excitement of creating something new got on the last bus out of town. There’s...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Jan 6, 20163 min read


2015 Year in Review – Caffeinated Fiction
Is it my imagination, or did we just celebrate New Years Eve a couple months ago? I feel like I blinked and another year is gone. In...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Dec 31, 20153 min read
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