In late 2011, Jessica Bell and Dawn Ius founded Vine Leaves Literary Journal to offer the vignette, a forgotten literary form, the exposure and credit it deserves.The vignette is a snapshot in words, and differs from flash fiction or a short story in that
The stories in this collection run the gamut from playful to tragic, conservative to experimental, but they all have one thing in common: they are no more than 25 words long. Robert Swartwood was inspired by Ernest Hemingway's possibly apocryphal six-word
In this wonderfully creative retelling of the infamous—and torrid—love affair between Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII, history collides with the present when a sizzling romance ignites in a modern-day high school.Henry Tudor’s life has been mapped o
Jules Parish has screwed up.After three years of boosting cars, she got caught. She's too good to get caught, but she let her (ex)-boyfriend talk her into a questionable job. And now, she and her little sister, Emma, will be kicked out of their foster hom
Note: This cyberpunk/dystopian short story is an experimental work of fiction written in verse. Page count: 30. Word count: 2000.It's illegal to wear clothes. In some streets, it's also illegal to sing. Concetta, a famous Italian a capella singer from bef
Alternative cover editionISBN: 1480234478*Note: This is a pocket guide. Its trim size is 4" x 6"Have you been told there's a little too much telling in your novel? Want to remedy it? Then this is the book for you!In Show & Tell in a Nutshell: Demonstr
Alternative cover edition.ISBN: 1484080955*Note: This is a pocket guide. Its trim size is 4" x 6"Have you been told you use too many adverbs and clichés in your writing? Want to remedy it? Then this is the book for you!In Adverbs & Clichés in a Nuts
Alternative cover edition.ISBN: 0987593153*Note: This is a pocket guide. Its trim size is 4" x 6"Have readers told you that they can’t seem “get into” your novel? That could be because it lacks the sensory information required to effectively hook yo
*Includes fifteen BONUS! writing exercises that you will not find in the original series.In Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott says a writer needs to focus on short assignments to avoid feeling overwhelmed. She refers to the one-inch picture frame on her desk and
