Allow Yourself to Fail
Turns out, failure is an option. A smart option!
Author: John Davis Frain
I write crime fiction. The details expressed do not necessarily represent portions of my life.
A Long Walk from Home
A look at life, through death.
Back-to-School Flash Fiction: Detention
Final chapter in our back to school series. Reading time: 1 min.
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Sunday morning is as good a time as any to fall in love again.
Back-to-School Flash Fiction: Homework
I told Ms. Griggs I left my homework at my dad’s house, and my mom refuses to let me go over there till the weekend. Somehow Ms. Griggs knows my parents aren’t divorced. “Strike Two,” she says. (Apparently she didn’t believe my grandma died yesterday either.) Tonight’s homework, stupid as always, is worse than usual. […]
Back-to-School Flash Fiction: P.E.
How to get out of P.E. class. Or, maybe not.
Back-to-School Week Flash Fiction: English
Comma sutra–Because punctuation is sexy
Back-to-School Week Flash Fiction: Math
What did you do with your algebra today?
Back-to-School Week Flash Fiction: Science
Is Schrodinger alive or dead?
Practical Lessons from Editing
Part 2 of an editing series Editing my manuscript has been a long process, mostly because I keep teaching myself things as I go along. Herewith, a cheap way for you to learn from my expensive lessons. 1. Specificity Outperforms Vagueness Specific words trigger your mind while vague words don’t. Want evidence? It’s all around […]
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