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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


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


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


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


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


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
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