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| Melanie Faith |
Today I'm delighted to post an interview I recently conducted with author Melanie Faith, who writes both flash fiction and poetry. I first met Melanie a little over a year ago and she was my online instructor. In that class she introduced me to writing flash and I loved it. So today she's going to share about writing those types of pieces.
A little bit about Melanie: Melanie Faith holds an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte, NC. She has been a small town journalist and an ESL classroom teacher for international students. Currently, she enjoys teaching creative writing classes through WOW! online, as well as tutoring literature and writing at a private college prep high school, and freelance editing. Her writing most recently was published in Mason's Road (Winter 2012 issue) and Origami Poems Project. Her photos were published in Foliate Oak (May 2011 and forthcoming, March 2012), Epiphany Magazine (October 2011), Up The Staircase (Fall 2011), and Ray's Road Review (December 2011). Her poetry was a semi-finalist for the 2011 James Applewhite Poetry Prize, and an essay about editing poetry appeared in the Jan/Feb 2011 issue of Writers’ Journal. An instructional writing article is forthcoming from the British M
2 Comments on An Interview with Melanie Faith, Flash Writer and Poetess, last added: 4/15/2012
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I enjoyed reading the interview. As a non-writer, it was very interesting to learn exactly what flash writing is all about. It almost makes me want to take up the pen (or keyboard). :) I will be looking for some of Melanie's writings.
Colette Ledford
Thanks for reading the interview. I write a lot of flash and while it can sometimes be tough not to max out on word length, it always feels like a "doable" piece of writing.