Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Kaye Linden Author | Editor/speaker/teacher | Writing Consultant ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://kayelinden.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://kayelinden.com/blog/) - [YIN YOGA](https://kayelinden.com/yin-yoga/) - 2024 I love learning. Here is my latest venture. If you would like to join, text me or email at kayelinden@gmail.com Yes. I am now a registered yoga teacher and a specialist in Yin Yoga. Yin values holding yoga poses for a long time. Five minutes. Ten or twenty. Depending on the pose. What for? - [Writing on the Head of a Pin](https://kayelinden.com/writing-on-the-head-of-a-pin/) - Bacopa Literary Review Editors' Blog Next Contest: March 18 - May 17, 2019: $300 Prize and Honorable Mention in Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry, and Haiku (no submission fee this year). Monday, February 25, 2019 Writing on the Head of a Pin by Haiku & Prose Poetry Editor Kaye Linden The language of haiku - [A Brittle Peace a prose poem](https://kayelinden.com/a-brittle-peace-a-prose-poem/) - Here's Prasanga. He is one of two protagonists, one male and one female, in the sequel to the novel "Prasanga-the Wisdom Keepers." It might take me a few years to write, but who cares? It's on my list to complete before I die. Too many people have emailed me asking for the sequel. I've - [Musings While Walking on Cinnamon Beach, Florida](https://kayelinden.com/musings-while-walking-on-cinnamon-beach-florida/) - Musings While Walking on Cinnamon Beach Ocean spray, new mown grass, fresh paint breezes between sunscreen, beer and yesterday’s un-showered sweat. A few steps more, a bloodied rock, a closer look, is it red paint? A pelican extends its slender gray neck, snatches a fish, turns its beak to the heavens and swallows deeply, neck - [Empty Nesting-the unfeathered nest](https://kayelinden.com/empty-nesting-the-unfeathered-nest/) - It's a strange phenomenon, the empty nest syndrome. I didn't see it coming. Our last child moved away. What was it about the last one? Perhaps, because the move is overseas, it hits that much harder. Perhaps not. Why don't we hear more about what women experience with empty nest? I know - [Spoof me poem](https://kayelinden.com/spoof-me-poem/) - Here are my purple Mexican Petunias after hurricane Irma slammed into Gainesville, Florida. They stand tall despite the ravaging. I'm gathering and rewriting a collection of most of my published and unpublished pieces of flash memoir, flash stories, prose poems and a sprinkling of haiku. I need help with the title: Streaking through the - [Flash Memoir Writing](https://kayelinden.com/flash-memoir-writing/) - When my mother died a year ago, I was incapacitated with two broken arms and could not fly overseas to the funeral. I began to dictate flash memoir, a mix of prose poetry and flash story. By the time my hands could write again, I had collected bits and pieces of my story. Helen's - [Almost Camping in Australia](https://kayelinden.com/almost-camping-in-australia/) - Almost Camping in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, many years ago: My father insisted on getting out of the "big city" of Sydney each Sunday. One weekend, he drove my mother, my older sister and my ten year old self, on a car ride into the Blue Mountains and along Kangaroo Highway. - [The day my tooth fell out in India...](https://kayelinden.com/the-day-my-tooth-fell-out-in-india/) - The week before I left for India, I asked the Dentist to check my crowns. "I don't want a problem in the middle of India!" Of course, that's exactly what happened. The crown fell out in the middle of India. Two weeks into my stay on the ashram, (the cleanest place I have ever seen - [35 Tips for Writing Powerful Prose Poems](https://kayelinden.com/35-tips-for-writing-powerful-prose-poems/) - prose poems, poetry, prompts - [A scene from the train journey through India (in brief)](https://kayelinden.com/one-scene-from-the-train-journey-through-india-in-brief-1/) - a ride through India - [The Bacopa Literary Review Editor's Blog: flash is no longer fiction...](https://kayelinden.com/the-bacopa-literary-review-editors-blog-flash-is-no-longer-fiction/) - blog - [Tips for Writing a Powerful Poetry Submission](https://kayelinden.com/tips-for-writing-a-powerful-poetry-submission/) - submission calls - [India. Here I Come.](https://kayelinden.com/india-here-i-come/) - India. That sub-continent has held me in its arms since I was a child. In two weeks, I will make the arduous trek to the northern Punjab for a month-long retreat near Jullundur. I can't wait to leave behind the technology, the phones, the texts, the white and black noise of our western world. I will - [Ah Hah! This is a Sestina!](https://kayelinden.com/1347-2/) - sestinas - [Call for Submissions from Bacopa Literary Review](https://kayelinden.com/call-for-submissions-from-bacopa-literary-review/) - call for submissions - [a god falls from grace](https://kayelinden.com/a-god-falls-from-grace/) - prose poetry - [Some People are Just Prickly](https://kayelinden.com/some-people-are-just-prickly/) - creative writing - [The Wet](https://kayelinden.com/the-wet/) - Don't ask me why I chose to publish with this online magazine. I have to say that I loved the name: Rat's Ass Review An online poetry review, the editors love whacky, eccentric and unusual poetry. I just completed a prose poetry MFA class and came up with some "out there" prose poems. Of - [What is she doing in my mommy's car?](https://kayelinden.com/what-is-she-doing-in-my-mommys-car/) - flash story - [In Search of a Yellow Flower](https://kayelinden.com/in-search-of-a-yellow-flower/) - The Helmonit is an elusive yellow flower that grows in the Israeli desert en masse after early winter rains. Last week, our Israeli friends took us in their jeep in search of carpets of yellow flowers. We did not go far enough south to find them flowering like the traditional "carpets of yellow" but we - [I Hate Skiing](https://kayelinden.com/i-hate-skiing/) - The Nitty Gritty of Skiing in and out of Purgatory a pathetic Kaye attempt at humorous writing I hate skiing. I must be the only person I know who feels this way. We moved to Durango, Colorado for ten years and during the first December, friends took us on a moonlit dogsled ride. I froze - [Bon Voyage and all the rest of it.... a study in lyric essay and memoir](https://kayelinden.com/bon-voyage-and-all-the-rest-of-it-a-study-in-lyric-essay-and-memoir/) - Essay from photo collection Kaye Linden Bon Voyage and All the Rest of It… The skinny blonde girl of five or six, in a black and white framed photo, a faded photo with tiny cracks, stands dwarfed by five others, next to her older mousey sister who wears a dress that appears grown up and - [Repairing your corner of the world](https://kayelinden.com/repairing-your-corner-of-the-world/) - In Judaism, "tikun olam" means repairing the world. Today, I repaired my corner of the world by cleaning the street. Yes, I looked like a mad woman, but who cares? What made me decide to do this? We own a mutt, half whippet and half chihuahua (don't ask) - a rescue found on the - [To my son on deployment to Africa...](https://kayelinden.com/to-my-son-on-deployment-to-africa/) - Live your life like someone left the gate open. "Why someone else's son and not me?" I had no answer. Go. Run with the wind Laugh with the children in Africa remember your country trust no-one remember your people trust no-one remember your mother trust no-one remember to polish your boots, shave your head, wash the - [Faithless in Jerusalem](https://kayelinden.com/faithless-in-jerusalem/) - Here I am a few days ago in Jaffa, Tel-Aviv, outside an old mosque in the mostly Jewish area of Jaffa. The Imam gave us permission to take a photo. The doors are a work of art. What a day! My Israeli friend took me around in her little fast-paced car that can park anywhere. - [Extremes, opposites and yang yin or yin yang or whatever](https://kayelinden.com/extremes-opposites-and-yang-yin-or-yin-yang-or-whatever/) - Time circles into itself in an infinite loop of circles and we continue to mark time in human terms even as the universe laughs. New year, old year, future, past, present, circles in and out. The photo with the camels: the desert in Southern Israel where kids are riding camels in the middle of winter. - [Basic elements of flash fiction handout from kaye published by Jim Harrington on Flash Fiction Chronicles](https://kayelinden.com/basic-elements-of-flash-fiction-handout-from-kaye-published-by-jim-harrington-on-flash-fiction-chronicles/) - Standing in a market in Tel-Aviv. Look at the items behind me and apply the basic elements of flash to write a tiny tale. Thank you to Jim Harrington for publishing my handout for everyone to use and enjoy. Flash Fiction Chronicles: Basic Elements of Flash Fiction: a Short Fiction Workshop Handout Basic Elements of - [Still Car Crazy after all these years...](https://kayelinden.com/still-car-crazy-after-all-these-years/) - (© Magicinfoto | Dreamstime.com - MG TB On Vintage Car Parade Photo) I've written some crazy stories but now I'm looking at personal essays as snippets of memoir that I might write with the class I am about to take: Personal Essays. Here's a snippet, a true story. See if you think it works. Americans aren't the only ones - [Old Women and Old Dogs](https://kayelinden.com/old-women-and-old-dogs/) - A tiny micro for your pleasure, with my attached haiku. This piece is included in my upcoming short story collection with the working title "She Wears Hot Pink Jeans" (or perhaps "Running Naked in the Mall" or...????) The following story is currently published in the printed journal of Miracle magazine's "The Cage" issue #9 Your comments - [The Case of Mrs. Belle’s Creaky Bones and Stiff Brain](https://kayelinden.com/the-case-of-mrs-belles-creaky-bones-and-stiff-brain/) - I posted this picture just for fun. No, these tiny creatures are not rats. They are baby kangaroos. Each one has a personality that shines through his eyes and body language. What would you name each one of these? Prompt: Write a short story about a secret meeting, after hours, in an abandoned house - [another tiny story for you...](https://kayelinden.com/another-tiny-story-for-you/) - Just got accepted into another MFA program. This time, in prose poetry, haiku and some flash. "What are you nuts?" My friend asked. (You know who you are) Is it worth pursuing? Absolutely. Nuts? Yes. Why pursue a second MFA? To enjoy the structure and support an MFA offers. Enjoyment of the process. I don't - [The crying elephant](https://kayelinden.com/the-crying-elephant/) - The other day I read about an elephant who cried tears of joy when she was finally released after years of captivity. I had heard that elephants shed tears but couldn't bring myself to watch the video of this poor creature crying. My mind spun out in a philosophical debate about tears of joy versus - [Keep Writing and Reading](https://kayelinden.com/keep-writing-and-reading/) - Prompt for today: Who, what, where, when, how, and why, about "falling into or out of a black hole" Write about this concept from an unusual angle. I will post and share your stories. Keep them under 250 words with each word carrying meaning. Alternatively, write a haiku without following rules but three lines only. No - [Saving Face: a flash fiction](https://kayelinden.com/saving-face-a-flash-fiction/) - Do you look in the mirror and see your mother? Are you beginning to see her traits in your behavior? Read the flash that follows from my upcoming collection of short stories. "Hot pink jeans with a switchblade in the pocket" (working title: suggestions welcome) Saving Face I stumble into my bathroom at - [Growing my garden](https://kayelinden.com/growing-my-garden/) - [Agoraclaustrophobia](https://kayelinden.com/agoraclaustrophobia/) - "Agoraclaustrophobia" is the second story in my upcoming short story collection: "She Wears Hot Pink Jeans (with a boomerang on the pocket) Anticipated date of publication Fall 2014 As promised, I am sending you a story a month from the upcoming short story collection. The story for this month was originally published in "The Feathered Flounder" in - [Contest Call for Writers of Crime Fiction](https://kayelinden.com/call-for-writers-of-crime-fiction-contest/) - Emerging Writers Getaway Contest for unpublished writers of crime fiction (sponsored by the Whidbey Writers Workshop MFA Alumni) is open for submissions until May 23. Finals judge is New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni. First prize includes a review of your submission by Laurie McLean of Foreword Literary and a five-day residency at - [Blog Touring with my friends](https://kayelinden.com/blog-touring-with-my-friends/) - Many thanks to Stephanie Hammer for inviting me to participate on this blog tour. You can read Stephanie’s responses to the same questions I answer below: (http://stephaniebarbehammer.net/2014/03/11/the-writing-process-blog-tour-continues-at-magically-real/) Stephanie Barbé Hammer @ MAGICALLY REAL is a talented author, MFA graduate from the Northwest Institute for Literary Arts on Whidbey Island. She “explores the power, beauty, and - [Monthly Story from Kaye's Next Collection: SHE WEARS HOT PINK JEANS and other stories...](https://kayelinden.com/monthly-story-from-kayes-next-collection-she-wears-hot-pink-jeans-and-other-stories/) - My upcoming collection of previously published stories will wear the title: "She Wears Hot Pink Jeans" (and other stories) and is a collection of approximately forty published short and flash stories. Each month, I will post one of these short stories and flashes and you will get a flavor of the collection. Your comments and critiques are more - [Ideas for story structure: Save the Cat by Blake Snyder](https://kayelinden.com/ideas-for-story-structure-save-the-cat-by-blake-snyder/) - Ok. I've proven we can apply the Hero's journey to the flash fiction story. I'm done with that. Here's new stuff according to Ma and the book she is currently reading.(The photo is me in India with my two friends. Maybe I'll talk about that some time....) Ideas for story structure: I'm reading "Save the Cat" - [http://www.foliateoak.com/kaye-linden.html Finally online](https://kayelinden.com/httpwww-foliateoak-comkaye-linden-html-finally-online/) - "JUST IN TIME FOR THE OLD MAN'S PASSING" is now live even though there is one mistake. See if you can find it. I edited it out on the draft but it popped up again. Oh well. It wants to ride along for the journey. http://www.foliateoak.com/kaye-linden.html This is the story we've been working - [Goodreads Giveaway](https://kayelinden.com/goodreads-giveaway/) - https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/72052-tales-from-ma-s-watering-hole Enter the giveaway for a free signed copy of "Tales" - [Meeting the Mentor Stage Four in The flash fiction challenge](https://kayelinden.com/meeting-the-mentor-stage-four-in-the-flash-fiction-challenge/) - Today we look at the application of stage four of the hero's journey template with a flash fiction story. (Disclosure: This particular story has been accepted by Foliate oak Literary for publication in January.) We have covered the first three steps in the first part of the flash: Just in Time for the Old Man's - [](https://kayelinden.com/928/) - Refusal of the Call Step three of Joseph Campbell's hero's journey is the "Refusal of the Call." For the last two blogs I have adapted the steps of the hero's journey to my flash story "Just in time for the Old Man's Passing." This story was just accepted for publication for the January 2014 issue - [The Call to Adventure](https://kayelinden.com/the-call-to-adventure/) - Twelve steps of the Hero's Journey Today, I will apply step two of the hero's journey in the writing of a flash fiction: the call to adventure Previously, I had written the first line which shows the hero in his ordinary world and grounds the reader to who, what, where and when. "My - [The Arc of an Online Class](https://kayelinden.com/the-arc-of-an-online-class/) - Source cited: "The Fab Ten of Online Ed" by GraceAnne A. DeCandido, American Libraries, December 2009, p31. Prompt for today: Who are these women watching??? Create tension with an approaching character or characters involved in action. "Ten things you need to know about online classes, with a little help from the Beatles" (by GraceAnne - [Flash fiction and the Hero's Journey: an invitation](https://kayelinden.com/892/) - The Hero’s Journey Structure We are all heroes on a journey For the next twelve blog writings, I will challenge the writer in me to apply the twelve steps of the hero's journey (Joseph Campbell) to the structure of the flash fiction story. I invite you to share this journey. The hero's journey structure is - [Ma gets ornery...a new Ma flash fiction for you from Kaye](https://kayelinden.com/ma-gets-ornery-a-new-ma-flash-fiction-for-you-from-kaye/) - Snake Eyes Another flash fiction Ma tale by Kaye linden 377 words more or less... After ninety-nine years, Ma has fractured a hip. The old trickster bats her lashes and pulls on the bell. “Get me out of this bed,” she shouts. A nurse pops her head into the room. “I got this,” Ma’s - [Too Close to the Writing....](https://kayelinden.com/too-close-to-the-writing/) - I have tried fifty times to write my mother's story. Fifty times I have written three more chapters and fifty times I stopped half-way. I have been unable to write the commercial novel about the World War Two era, when a German refugee living in Palestine married an Australian soldier, moved to Australia and found - [The BS of promotion... ](https://kayelinden.com/the-bs-of-promotion/) - If I had long hair it would be short by now. Or there'd be tufts of fine hair left on my scalp. I wonder where that expression "tearing your hair out" came from? Perhaps it's an expression of ritual grief for the person one used to be prior to the promotion of a published book. - [The Bullock on the Roof Story](https://kayelinden.com/the-bullock-on-the-roof-story/) - Thank you to Jeanne Rochford for her lovely story submission. You remember the prompt picture I posted last week. I asked for a flash story. Jeanne sent me a memorable one and here it is. Good work Jeanne. "Last week, Glenn traveled to India for his brother's wedding on December 25th. Glenn especially liked American - [Lydia Davis Flash Fiction Writer](https://kayelinden.com/lydia-davis-flash-fiction-writer/) - Prompt for today: Write up to 250 words about the picture. (a bullock on a roof in an Indian village) Why, what, when, where, how did he get there? Let your imagination go wild but stay focused on one storyline only. You can post it in comments if you wish. Don't waste your words on - [The things we don't hear...](https://kayelinden.com/the-things-we-dont-hear/) - There is a large rat that opens its mouth but human ears hear nothing. However, scientific equipment can pick up a shrill scream that is too high a decibel for human ears to hear. What else is out there that we can't hear or see? - [Ma is born](https://kayelinden.com/ma-is-born/) - Ma is born but got old quick. However, the word "quick" also means "alive." Ma is alive but 99 years old. I am proud to announce that after eighteen months of being tied up in a contract with a traditional publisher, Ma is now free. She is causing lots of havoc and intrigue - [An aboriginal tale: Young Ma spends the night in jail](https://kayelinden.com/1/) - Today I offer you an example of flash fiction written by yours truly. "Tales from Ma's Watering Hole" will burst into publication by August. In the meantime, I offer you a new tale from the next collection which is in progress. Ma is a 99 year old aboriginal shaman who owns a cafe in Sydney - [To Self-Publish or not to Self-Publish: therein lies the answer...](https://kayelinden.com/self-publish/) - To Self-Publish or Not to Self-Publish—therein lies the answer… Frankly, I am tired of paying reading fees and entry fees. In submitting “Tales from Ma’s Watering Hole” I paid out a couple of hundred dollars in reading and competition entry fees. I haven’t heard back from most of these companies, received some rejections and - [Are our stories our truth?](https://kayelinden.com/are-our-stories-our-truth/) - Examination in brief of how much of our stories are true. - [Ma is Back](https://kayelinden.com/ma-is-back/) - Good morning, Ma has returned. Welcome to Kaye's Singing for my Friends. Subscribe and enjoy Australian tidbits and more of Ma's antics. - [Notes to myself on flash fiction ](https://kayelinden.com/notes-to-myself-on-flash-fiction/) - Ways to Hone the writing of Shorts and Typical Key Elements by Kaye Linden The above log cabin is where we used to live. Enough said about that. In organizing my stuff for the new year, I came across a bunch of notes I had made for myself on flash fiction. These - [Wallaby Stew](https://kayelinden.com/wallaby-stew/) - Most of you know by now that I am from Australia and write Australian tales. The fifty tale collection based on the whacky character of "Ma" is now in the publication process. In honor of the old poets from the 1800's, I occasionally post a bush ballad here. These poems reflect the life of the - [Wise Words](https://kayelinden.com/wise-words/) - While reading some information on proper manuscript format on the Whidbey Island Writers alumni site, I came across the following website, and a few comments from instructor Bruce Holland Rogers, master of short fiction. http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html Question: Which font should I use? "Courier, because it is not proportionally spaced, is easier to edit than Times Roman - [To novel or not to novel. That is the question...](https://kayelinden.com/to-novel-or-not-to-novel-that-is-the-question/) - Once upon a time I lived on the only raging, free flowing river in Colorado. The Animas. Six acres, a log cabin and fly fishing rights plus a view to the mountains. Things changed. I opened my clutching fingers and let that go. Such illusory matter fills the vaporous dreams we try to hold as - [Why Write?](https://kayelinden.com/why-write/) - What difference does it make anyway? A few reasons are as follows. Add other reasons in the comments. 1. it's an addiction 2. we have a passion for expression 3. it's a challenge 4. to say something 5. we feel we're supposed to for x,y,z reasons 6. to become famous 7. to become infamous 8. - [A short short story for you: Bombay on his Mind](https://kayelinden.com/a-short-short-story-for-you-bombay-on-his-mind/) - Bombay on his Mind approximately 830 words by Kaye Linden Amal pushes a supermarket cart with a squeaky wheel to his basement flat in the Bronx, climbs down six rickety steps and unloads green lentils, rice and purple onions. The unwinding of the white turban from his long gray hair takes a few minutes and - [Tiny Plants and Tiny Words](https://kayelinden.com/tiny-plants-and-tiny-words/) - I have become a bonsai nut. Compression of words and compression of plants offer a challenge. How do we make both of these honed, precise and yet attractive? Both require knowledge of their specific craft. To capture the essence of a plant's beauty in miniature takes patience and demands the skills of relaxation and - [Forget-Me-Not](https://kayelinden.com/forget-me-not/) - In honor of my dear friend who passed away September 20th from ALS. I offer you the Forget-Me-Not symbolism. Shaped like a mouse's ears, (hence its Greek botanical name,) the flower's English name comes from the old French "ne oubliez mye" which came from the old German "vergiss mein nicht." Guess what they mean? - [Song of the Darling River](https://kayelinden.com/song-of-the-darling-river/) - In these weather crazy times, I am reminded that drought, bush-fires and flash floods have plagued Australia for thousands of years. The famous Australian poet Henry Lawson, (1867-1922) wrote of such regular occurrences in 19th century Australia. Here's an extract from his poem "Song of the Darling River." The skies are brass and the - [Talking about Symbols...](https://kayelinden.com/talking-about-symbols/) - I open my heart to you... THE LOTUS SYMBOL WHAT DOES IT MEAN? In my attempts at writing prose poetry this week, I became involved in symbols and their history. I start the discussion of symbols with the lotus flower as it is perhaps one of the best known international symbols. Where did the - [poem, tale, anecdote or flash?](https://kayelinden.com/poem-tale-anecdote-or-flash/) - "The furniture is like models of animals. You can see the dining room table as a kind of bull standing with its cows, the chairs. Or the easy chair with its footstool, the cow with its calf... And they live a life, as if a spirit world and this were overlapped, oblivious to the other. - [The Book Tea](https://kayelinden.com/the-book-tea/) - The Book Tea is an intimate and unique marketing idea. Invite your friends and supporters to a book tea held in a friend's house. Ellen Herbert, a writing friend, has done just that. Her book sales have skyrocketed and she is doing well with book sales through bookstores and online. Read what she says. - [Are you sitting down...???](https://kayelinden.com/are-you-sitting-down/) - UNNERVInG isn't it??? Why? I discovered not one, but two black widows yesterday while checking out my water pump. It led me to the following information which I am sharing with you because of its interest and to warn you about these hidden creatures. Now I am obsessing over their location-- I look inside my - [Let's walk each other home](https://kayelinden.com/lets-walk-each-other-home/) - How do writers support each other? 1. link to blogs and websites on your blog and website 2. let your writer friends know when there are neat competitions or calls for submissions 3. When asked, offer critique of their work: two positive comments and two that will improve the piece 4. Share valued opportunities such - [New Monthly Contest ](https://kayelinden.com/new-monthly-contest/) - We have the koala's attention with this new monthly contest: a fun contest with cash prizes and publication for writers and non-writers http://www.shelfstealers.com/contests/ Check it out. There's a high probability of winning and the challenges are fun. - [Meet Author Iris Graville](https://kayelinden.com/meet-author-iris-graville/) - Author Iris Graville A mini interview Iris Graville is a fascinating person who is currently writing a memoir about her experiences in a tiny village in central Washington in the north Cascade Mountains. She is now living on Lopez Island (one of the San Juan Islands of Washington State) where winters are mild with about - [A comma is like a boomerang (it is?)](https://kayelinden.com/583/) - I picked the boomerang because it looks like a comma if you use your imagination. Really use your imagination.... In my critique group, we have been questioning the use of commas in our drafts. We decided to research the rules. Here they are in case commas are invading your "dreamings." The five rules of comma - [Specificity; a lesson learned](https://kayelinden.com/specificity/) - A specific day that commemorated the bonding of writers, a rite of passage, a beginning. The MFA at Whidbey Island was a journey in awakening to the potential within. This day, last August, was but a jumping off point for the challenge of finding my place in the writing world. When I entered the program - [Visuals in Your Head](https://kayelinden.com/visuals-in-your-head/) - How does a flash fiction writer project a visual for the reader? Through the use of concrete nouns, specific descriptive words that offer weight in their meaning. Consider this: "Don't kill that fly." Do you get a visual? No. Now consider this haiku: "Don't kill that poor fly! He cowers, wringing his hands for mercy." - [Aboriginal Women's Business](https://kayelinden.com/aboriginal-womens-business/) - The aboriginal women follow the traditional Law governing their rituals and duties. They continue the traditions and the laws through their song, or song-lines. The Law is intrinsic to their life. Or used to be, before the Europeans came.... "The woman sings, then she gives that ceremony to the others, to make it strong. The - [Cracks in the Desert](https://kayelinden.com/cracks-in-the-desert/) - Prompt for today: Write about the cracks: cracks we fall into, cracks in the picture, cracks in a promise, weathered faces, places we fall into, dark places, deep places, finding the light places, finding the other side, changing perspective, lost in the desert, found in the desert, tiny caves, places of refuge, what's in the - [Sit Alone and Listen](https://kayelinden.com/sit-alone-and-listen/) - Shut off the phones, wrap yourself in a shawl or comfortable blanket, sit in your favorite chair, back upright, feet flat on the floor, arms by your side and listen. Just listen. Sit still like an angel listening, eyes closed, gentle breath in and out, out and in, through the nose, no fancy postures or - [Vote for the best cover](https://kayelinden.com/vote-for-the-best-cover/) - http://www.shelfstealers.com/fabulous.php Check it out and vote for the best new author's cover and win. - [Meet Jeremiah O'Hagan](https://kayelinden.com/meet-jeremiah-ohagen/) - Jeremiah O'Hagan is one of the most talented writers I have ever met. He reports for a small town newspaper and is a teacher of teenagers and a young man with an amazing theatrical presentation and way with words. Watch for him in the future. He will be famous one day. Go Jeremiah! Look for - [haiku](https://kayelinden.com/haiku/) - The haiku and "poetic scrimshaw" "seek to capture a moment of intense perception. "Haiku turns on strong natural images and intense emotions,often leading to spiritual insights." Seasons are often implicated. Contemporary poets generally cast haiku as small poems of 5,7,5 syllables." (Thirteen Ways of Looking for a Poem, Wendy Bishop) Growing out of Zen Buddhist - [Symbols in Aboriginal Art](https://kayelinden.com/symbols-in-aboriginal-art/) - When I was a child, I lived in Australia. On weekends we drove into the "bush" where we threw down a blanket and enjoyed a picnic with the ants. Sometimes, we came across rocks with strange paintings. Some were covered with scrub, others uncovered but their colors had faded from age and - [The Rant, again.](https://kayelinden.com/definition-of-the-rant/) - What is a Rant? An emotionally charged diatribe expressing a strong distaste or anger or a declamatory, often pompous, assertion. The fluidity of the prose poem lends itself to the rant. The prose poem's organization by sentence seems a natural fit for such rambling declarations as rants. (adapted from "An Introduction to the Prose Poem - [Didjeridu Dreaming](https://kayelinden.com/504/) - "In the beginning, all was cold and dark. ..to bring warmth and light, to protect his family...he added more wood to the fire, and as he did he noticed that one of the logs was hollow, and a family of termites was busily feeding on the heartwood in the center of the log. Not wanting - [A Sense of Place](https://kayelinden.com/a-sense-of-place/) - I have posted a comment by Bob Knox. He commented on a post about the pull of the Never-Never, a place of uncertain description that is most likely rooted deep within cultural memory. Thanks Bob for nailing that "feeling" of a sense of place. I’m pulled toward something I call “the other place.” I think - [Fixed Form: The Flashku and its rules](https://kayelinden.com/fixed-form-the-flashku-and-its-rules/) - Thank you to Bruce Holland Rogers, my wonderful mentor, for requesting more rules. ( http://www.shortshortshort.com) Bruce is the master of fixed forms such as the Fibonacci form. (more later on that one) I need help deciding on the last rule. I am leaning towards using the same syllabic count as the number of words. Your input - [The FLASHKU](https://kayelinden.com/the-flashku/) - I have invented the Flashku. The definition is a "compressed, sparse piece of writing that captures a world, offers an image of nature within a flash story." Microfiction pieces of 50 words or under challenge the word skills and imagination of the author. Sparse, honed writing is an element of haiku and the juxtaposition of - [The Prose Poem](https://kayelinden.com/the-prose-poem/) - In Australia, when a tourist leaves a car in the desert, even for a day, the parts often disappear... This week's challenge: What are the differences between a prose poem and a flash fiction? What are the similarities between a prose poem and a flash fiction? Write a short prose poem - [Interview With Author Stefon Mears](https://kayelinden.com/460/) - I had the pleasure to attend Whidbey Island MFA program with Stefon Mears. Stefon's writing is laced with humor and talent. His piece "How Narcissistic am I?" will soon be published in the lovely print journal The Bacopa Literary Review. I present the author Stefon Mears: Do you specialize in any genre? In terms of - [How to Write Good (!) ](https://kayelinden.com/how-to-write-good/) - Does the short story work? Did you break the rules? That's ok if the reader is satisfied and the piece works. I love flash fiction. It thrives on rule bending. Here are some rules to follow or bend: "Avoid run-on sentences that are hard to read No sentence fragments. It behooves us to avoid - [Here's a cup of Joe](https://kayelinden.com/heres-a-cup-of-joe/) - My wonderful colleague Joe Ponepinto is the go to man for writing mentorship. We endured the MFA together and Joe was always available to help answer questions or offer an astute critique. Read all about my colleague, Joe, the services he offers and how you can learn from him. Go ahead and sign up - [Bonnie Ogle's response to a writing prompt](https://kayelinden.com/bonnie-ogles-response-to-a-writing-prompt/) - Thank you to one of the readers of my blog, Bonnie Ogle, who has captured some nice images with her response to the topic "concrete language." Nice work, Bonnie. As promised, I have posted a slice of her story and will do so for others whose response to the blog topics merit posting. Souvenir by - [Traditional Aboriginal knowledge aids scientific research](https://kayelinden.com/traditional-aboriginal-knowledge-aids-scientific-research/) - My first short story collection is based upon Australian aboriginal mythology. Therefore, my blogs are a smattering of aboriginal culture and short story craft elements. Today Aboriginal people and scientists work together to record knowledge passed down for thousands and thousands of years. One aspect of this work involves the medicinal qualities of - [Bruce Holland Rogers and the short short](https://kayelinden.com/bruce-holland-rogers-and-the-short-short/) - If you want to learn the art of word mastership, follow Bruce Holland Rogers http://www.shortshortshort.com/ Sign up to receive a new "Bruce" short story each month. Bruce is the flash fiction prodigy of this planet. He is my mentor and teacher and I take my invisible hat off to this gentle man who taught me - [Concrete Nouns](https://kayelinden.com/concrete-nouns/) - Write a story about this picture using nouns that offer a vision in the reader's head. 100 words with no adverbs. Send it in if you wish. What do you see in your head with: "animals roaming the desert entered the fence around a large ranch." What do you see in your head with the - [What's your narrative's Point of View?](https://kayelinden.com/whats-your-narratives-point-of-view/) - She examines the fruit and imaginesits sweet taste. What point of view is demonstrated in the above photo? Choices? Omniscient point of view Limited omniscience Detached point of view Single character subjective Single character objective Multiple Character Inside a character's head, outside a character's head, inside or outside multiple characters' heads, the camera lens. Help!!! - [Write to a Concise Drummer](https://kayelinden.com/write-to-a-concise-drummer/) - "Omit needless words. Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts." (William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White) Each word must support the story line. Challenge: Write a 100 word - [Just Do It](https://kayelinden.com/just-do-it/) - Just submit your story. What is there to lose? Don't have a story? Everyone has a story. Ask yourself: "What if?" What if I were lost in the desert? What if this flower were poisonous? What if I created a garden of poisonous plants? What if an intruder walked through the garden? What - [What is Hint Fiction?](https://kayelinden.com/what-is-hint-fiction/) - "A story of twenty-five words or fewer can have as much impact as a story of twenty-five hundred words or longer." Editor Robert Swartwood in his anthology of hint fiction named... "hint fiction" Through just a few concise words, a hint fiction suggests a much larger picture or "chain of events." Such writing is a - [Mobius Beach by Dale Syfert](https://kayelinden.com/mobius-beach-by-dale-syfert/) - Thank you to one of my blog followers, Dale Syfert, for his story. Dale wrote this little tale in response to my request for tales about the islands. As promised, I am posting his story. Nice microfiction, Dale. Thanks for sending. MOBIUS BEACH by Dale Syfert The crunch as the wing of the downed - [Looking at desert art and dots dots dots](https://kayelinden.com/looking-at-desert-art-and-dots-dots-dots/) - Patterns of dots are used to represent traditional aboriginal stories such as food-gathering. Colored dots, side-by-side, or dots on dots, create multidimensional pictures of life, movement or landscape. e.g. dots of scrub, sand, hills and rocks. Fly over inner Australia and the landscape elements look like dots.... how did they know that? Imagine your story - [Contest](https://kayelinden.com/contest/) - http://www.shelfstealers.com/contests-monthly-writing.html Watch for it.... - [Australian Aboriginals and American Indians Honored their Land](https://kayelinden.com/australian-aboriginals-and-american-indians-honored-their-land/) - Chief Joseph quoted the following: " My father was the first to see through the schemes of the white men.... He said "My son....when I am gone...you are the chief of these people.... Always remember that your father never sold his country.... This country holds your father's body. Never sell the bones of your father - [The Stories the People Tell...](https://kayelinden.com/the-stories-the-people-tell/) - Australian aboriginals believe in a creation time when great spirits in the form of serpents, half humans and animals roamed the earth. They created the rocks, the trees and the people. These creatures were known as "the ancestors" and taught their descendants the rituals and symbols used today in body painting. In my short - [Define A Tall Tale](https://kayelinden.com/define-a-tall-tale/) - Write a "tall tale" about what happened to you on this island in two hundred and fifty words or less. Flash writing is about simplicity. Send it to me and I will post the best one. Define a 'tall tale." Did you know that Australian short fiction originated from the tall tales of bush-rangers and - [Alice Munro said ...](https://kayelinden.com/alice-munro-said/) - "Anecdotes don't make good stories. Generally I dig down underneath them so far that the story that finally comes out is not what people thought their anecdotes were about." Alice Munro What is the difference between an anecdote and a story? - [Quotes and a question mark?](https://kayelinden.com/quotes-and-a-question-mark/) - Is there anyone out there who knows the answer? Is it: "Are you leaving this evening, John?" she asked. (small "s") OR: "Are you leaving this evening, John?" She asked. (capital "S") The second version separates the two as separate entities and actions. (1. The question. 2. She asked.) Does anyone know which is correct? - [Robert Heinlein said...](https://kayelinden.com/robert-heinlein-said/) - "The most important lesson in the writing trade is that any manuscript is improved if you cut away the fat." - [Do you see anything to Write Home About?](https://kayelinden.com/do-you-see-anything-to-write-home-about/) - [Write about what you don't know](https://kayelinden.com/write-about-what-you-dont-know/) - Ken Kesey said: "One of the dumbest things you were ever taught was to write what you know. Because what you know is usually dull. Remember when you first wanted to be a writer? Eight or 10 years old, reading about thin-lipped heroes flying over mysterious viny jungles toward untold wonders? That's what you wanted - [The Water-Lily by Australian poet Henry Lawson (19th century Australia)](https://kayelinden.com/the-water-lily-by-australian-poet-henry-lawson-19th-century-australia/) - A lonely young wife In her dreaming discerns A lily-decked pool With a border of ferns, And a beautiful child, With butterfly wings, Trips down to the edge of the water and sings "Come, mamma! come! Step out on the leaves of the water-lily!" And the lonely young wife, Her heart beating wild, Cries, "Wait - [What is your Truth?](https://kayelinden.com/what-is-your-truth/) - Indeed, what is your truth? Can you weave it into the fabric of your stories, into your themes and into the spirits of your characters? Can you change with your characters? Do they teach you something on their journeys? You are the sculptor of destiny, your characters' and yours. Ma is older than old. She - [Happy New Day](https://kayelinden.com/happy-new-day/) - For the aborigines, each day was a new day filled with opportunities to connect with the ancestors and enjoy running through the plains. Each day was the beginning of a new year, a new decade, a new century, another opportunity to tell old legends around blazing campfires. I wish you all the joy of connection - [Colors and ? What are these?](https://kayelinden.com/289/) - What are these called and what are they made from? - [](https://kayelinden.com/285/) - Recently, I had to give a eulogy for a dear friend. I chose to include this poem in the service. It is one of the most touching poems to remind us that we are part of all nature wherever we are. Ma's ancestors are forever in the winds. What are your thoughts on this - [Ma teaches the finding of her spirit animal. What's Yours?](https://kayelinden.com/ma-teaches-the-finding-of-her-spirit-animal-whats-yours/) - Seeking a protector, Ma stays overnight in the wilderness, alone, freed from normal distractions sending out prayers and lamentations to the animals and birds for protection until one answers. The prayers acknowledge the need for help and strength, insight and wisdom. Ma knows that the power animal can reveal itself to her in a dream - [An Aboriginal View of Death](https://kayelinden.com/an-aboriginal-view-of-death/) - Death is considered inevitable only in old people and perhaps in newborns. Untimely death of a younger person is considered a result of "evil magic" by that person's enemy. If a death causes a disruption in the fabric of a society or clan, (and it does) it is considered an act of sorcery. Because the - [The Country Where I Lived Before](https://kayelinden.com/the-country-where-i-lived-before/) - "When Ma went hunting for kangaroos she never stood where the wind blew, otherwise the animal would smell her sweat and so she walked the opposite direction and kept an eye out for danger." Adapted for "Ma" from "Australian Dreaming: Forty Thousand Years of Aboriginal history." compiled and edited by Jennifer Isaacs, New Holland Publishers. - [Ma passes christmas day in the forest](https://kayelinden.com/ma-passes-christmas-day-in-the-forest/) - Christmas day for Ma is one of relaxation and contemplation. She takes her craft books, her dog Bruce, a picnic lunch of tiny sesame seed dumplings and fairy pancakes, and sits on a plaid blanket under the trees. Red, white and pink camellias are in full bloom, hybrid azaleas open and close to Ma's - [Australian Explorers: what did they eat?](https://kayelinden.com/australian-explorers-what-did-they-eat/) - The early 1800's was a time of exploration through wild Australia. One example was William Leichhardt, explorer and naturalist. He learned about edible bush plants from the aborigines and led several expeditions to central Australia. He trusted his aboriginal guides to find the food and was not disappointed. His survival depended on these guides. - [Men and Women of High Degree in Australia](https://kayelinden.com/men-and-women-of-high-degree-in-australia/) - The aborigine "dies" to his childhood and his previous ignorance. In his rise to an enlightened life of knowledge and power through harsh ritual, with its loneliness and trials, its death and revelations, its joy and its misery, he begins to see and to know. He finally understands his relationship to the life and the - [](https://kayelinden.com/231/) - [What is an Australian Aboriginal Shaman?](https://kayelinden.com/what-is-an-australian-aboriginal-shaman/) - For the next few weeks I will discuss shamans as they are perceived in Australian native culture - or used to be. For my books I needed to examine the culture in depth and became fascinated by the "woman or man of high degree" as the shaman is referred to. Shamanism is the world's oldest - [Where Did My Story Go?](https://kayelinden.com/publishing-sites-that-disappear/) - Your bio is long and impressive but some of the links are not supported anymore and your work has disappeared into the deep black gulf of nothingness. What happened? What do you do when this occurs? I'd love to publish your ideas and experience with this. Send me your thoughts on this phenomena and how - [MFA ](https://kayelinden.com/mfa/) - In response to Charlotte Morganti's topic: I received an MFA in fiction through http://www.nila.edu/mfa/ the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts on Whidbey Island. I am grateful to have gone through this process of honing one's writing skills through fire. This is one tough program run by writers for writers and it is the only one - [Thinking about an MFA? Look at Charlotte Morganti's Blog today](https://kayelinden.com/thinking-about-an-mfa-look-at-charlotte-morgantis-comments-httpmorgantiwrites-com20111213eight-reasons-to-consider-pursuing-an-mfa/) - http://morgantiwrites.com/2011/12/13/eight-reasons-to-consider-pursuing-an-mfa/ - [http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/submittocnf.htm Theme is Australia.](https://kayelinden.com/httpwww-creativenonfiction-orgthejournalsubmittocnf-htm-theme-is-australia/) - Theme is Australia. Good luck to you all. - [Ellen Herbert's post on critique groups](https://kayelinden.com/ellen-herberts-post-on-critique-groups/) - http://shelfstealers.com/watchellenherbertwrite/ Give Ellen some feedback on critique groups. What's your experience with critique groups? - [Rant or Rave?](https://kayelinden.com/rant-or-rave/) - In honor of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead and the ice-cream that was named after Jerry. Cherry Garcia by Kaye Linden O.K. I took on the challenge in one long sentence but this looks more like a rave than a rant. Thoughts anyone? Kaye You imagine Jerry Garcia alive and well inside “Ben and - [Anyone else want to take on the Rant in One Sentence Challenge?](https://kayelinden.com/anyone-else-want-to-take-on-the-rant-in-one-sentence-challenge/) - [Irene Zibin Rants with Rave qualities](https://kayelinden.com/170/) - "Once you were handsome, but that was so very long ago and looking in the mirror above the sink you catch a glimpse of yourself all washed out because the endless monotony of marriage wore you down and made you introverted, and even though you are now free from the strains of a relationship, it’s - [Rants to Rave About: Mary Bast Rants](https://kayelinden.com/167/) - "You think you've accepted having lost your breasts to cancer and then you're slipped a spiritual Mickey and instead of your usual calm, Buddha-like presence you explode into a ripping rap that progresses from how much you loved your chas-chas to shouting that you didn't need the muthas anyway!" With thanks to Mary Bast for - [Rants in one long sentence](https://kayelinden.com/rants-in-one-long-sentence/) - White clouds over outback shack I am excited about the rants that are pouring into my mailbox. I will post my best choices on my site. One long sentence, second person point of view, one tense only and no adverbs. Rant away. Theme or prompt? Let's see. Three prompts for you to use: 1. You - [Ma's Passionate students offer a Challenge](https://kayelinden.com/mas-passionate-students-offer-a-challenge/) - Koala Blue says Hi. He just woke up and needs a cup of blue gum tea or he'll eavesdrop on our conversation. Here's a surprise. My short fiction class of eleven people received an assignment. Their challenge after six sessions of beginning craft was to write a rant in second person point of view and - [Ma Can Never-Never Leave It](https://kayelinden.com/ma-can-never-never-leave-it/) - "Fifty Tales from Ma's Watering Hole" "Behind the Back of Beyond, in the Land of the Never-Never; in that elusive land with an elusive name—a land of dangers and hardships and privations yet loved as few lands are loved—a land that bewitches her people with strange spells and mysteries, until they - [Introduction to Ma's Tales ](https://kayelinden.com/introduction-to-mas-tales/) - Introduction to Fifty Tales from Ma’s Watering Hole By Kaye Linden Introduction Once upon a time, Ma lived in the northwest corner of the continent, in the White Lily Lagoon country on the edge of the Australian wet lands and dry lands. A shamanic doctor by trade, she mentored young apprentices whose bones she had - [Ma Teaches Short Fiction While Writing her Crafty Tales](https://kayelinden.com/ma-teaches-short-fiction-from-writing-her-crafty-tales/) - Where is Sydney? ## Pages - [Home](https://kayelinden.com/) - Author of short stories, prose poems, fantasy and science fiction The red, empty land grabs my attention like a morbid cough on the wind, like a fading train whistle through the fog, like the taste of bitter heat and choking dust on an outback day. The land will always have the last word. The ancestors - [Consultations](https://kayelinden.com/consulting/) - I am a specialist in short fiction. This includes flash fiction, microfiction, and short stories of fewer than 3500 words. My MFA is in fiction with a specialty in short fiction. Collections of stories or tales come under this category as does short prose poetry. Fees and submissions are as follows: Short stories: up to 3500 - [About Kaye](https://kayelinden.com/about/) - Australian-born and raised, Kaye learned how to throw a boomerang when she was thirteen but never mastered the aboriginal musical instrument, the didgeridoo. They say it's like "blowing into a Coca-Cola bottle," but "I could never do it." I wrote about the attempt instead. She has taught novel writing, prose poetry, and short story classes - [35 Tips to Writing Your Memoir in Short Stories](https://kayelinden.com/35-tips-for-writing-your-memoir/) - Dedicated and written for veterans, first responders and the rest of us to offer our stories to the world. Easy to read. Concise. Logical. With prompts and examples. A manual of everything you need to know to get going and run with your life stories in short narratives, essays or poetry. View on Amazon - [Prasanga in the Underground World](https://kayelinden.com/books/prasanga-in-the-underground-world/) - To save his people from a pandemic, Prasanga journeys from 45th century underground Earth to a mythical surface world. To succeed in his quest, he must learn the shocking truth about his father, face a jealous half-brother and escape the grip of the most evil shaman of his time. Can Prasanga survive his journey and - [Tale from Ma's Watering Hole](https://kayelinden.com/books/tale-from-mas-watering-hole/) - Ma, a ninety-nine-year-old Australian aboriginal shaman, owns a Sydney café where the lonely and homeless gather. Each evening, Ma or one of her quirky patrons tells a story. “Tales from Ma’s Watering Hole” is a linked story collection that weaves together nostalgic themes relating to lands lost, families scattered and the joyful support found in - [Ten Thousand Miles from Home](https://kayelinden.com/books/ten-thousand-miles-from-home/) - A collection of ten tiny stories that speak to the impact of time and distance on a fading relationship between a father and his daughter who lives ten thousand miles from home. View on Amazon - [Subscribe](https://kayelinden.com/subscribe/) - [The Beekeeper's Twin](https://kayelinden.com/books/the-beekeepers-twin/) - In this dystopian sequel to "Prasanga in the Underground World", Prasanga emerges onto the Earth’s surface and finds it still exists, no longer a tribal myth. - [35 Tips for Writing Powerful Prose Poems](https://kayelinden.com/35-tips-for-writing-powerful-prose/) - 35 terrific tips for writers of all levels to learn how to create powerful and publishable prose poems. The text is composed of guided steps and prompts for the writer to draft at least five prose poems of their own. View on Amazon - [35 Tips for Writing a Brilliant Flash Story](https://kayelinden.com/35-tips-for-writing-a-brilliant-flash-story/) - A step-by-step interactive approach to writing successful flash fiction and nonfiction stories. View on Amazon - [A sprinkling of stories and poems](https://kayelinden.com/short-stories/fractured-parts-and-other-stories/) - Durango: an acrostic Dead women walk across prairies in Durango. Unburdened by their purgatorial in-between, they roam the Animas, the river of lost souls, grateful for a bridge back. Ancestral voices accompany their whispers across the never- never lands of Durango— ghosts of miners who once quarried coal and silver offer their histories in shattered - [Giveaways](https://kayelinden.com/giveaways/) - Goodreads Book Giveaway Tales from Ma's Watering-Hole by Kaye Linden Giveaway ends in 3 months (November 01, 2014) 4 copies available, 91 people requesting giveaway details » Enter to win Book Giveaway For Prasanga: In the Underground World - Book One Prasanga: In the Underground World - Book One by Kaye Linden - [Contact](https://kayelinden.com/contact/) - [Intocable](https://kayelinden.com/short-stories/intocable/) - Cuando se desata el huracán estoy en el armario, con las manos cerradas, quieta en meditación. Las paredes se deforman, crujen, respiran humedad. Me abrazan. La casa resiste a la intensidad de la tormenta. Respiro el aire denso, pegajoso, y me mantengo en calma. Los avestruces, desorientados por el temporal, chillan mientras esconden su cabeza - [Saving Face](https://kayelinden.com/short-stories/saving-face/) - I stumble into my bathroom at five, turn on the light, start the shower. When I look into the antique mirror my mother’s face stares back. What the hell? “You’re supposed to be in bed,” I say. “I don’t feel like sleeping.” She reveals two crooked front teeth in a raggedy smile. I grab a - [She Wears Hot Pink Jeans](https://kayelinden.com/short-stories/she-wears-hot-pink-jeans/) - My soul has kidnapped me and is in the driver’s seat. She looks like me but wears hot pink jeans with rhinestones and her hair flies around the steering wheel like Isadora. She flashes iridescent sparks in the twilight and smells of rosewater, sweat and coffee grounds. “I’m the one who should drive,” I shout - [Shadowing the Shadow](https://kayelinden.com/short-stories/shadowing-the-shadow/) - I saw my shadow today. 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