books

  • Podcast Episode: Reflections On Life And Change

    Pip: Born To Write — where daily prompts meet flash fiction, and occasionally Benjamin Franklin shows up to remind you what century we’re in. Mara: chris chonos has been busy this week — we’re covering personal wisdom and hard-won advice, resilience in the face of real storms, the reading life that shapes a writer, and…

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  • Wednesday Thoughts-My Reading List

    Last night I finally got an app to track my books and be able to organize them so I don’t buy double or triple of what I already have, and you know what I found a book I had three of and 4 more that I have doubles of. I guess that a donation is…

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  • Podcast Episode: Writing, Memory, And Meaning

    Pip: Born To Write — where the writing prompt meets the real thing, and sometimes the real thing is considerably more interesting than the prompt. Mara: Today we’re working through posts from chris chonos covering personal promises and life’s interruptions, the books and characters that shape a writing life, and a lyric tattooed on skin.…

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  • Podcast Episode: Writing, Time, And Inner Worlds

    Pip: Born To Write — where the same person who writes a knife-fight origin story also has opinions about Instagram and Staffordshire terriers. Mara: That range is exactly what this episode is about. chris chonos covers everything from creative struggles and flash fiction to screen habits and poetry. Let’s start with the writing life itself…

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  • Short Story Rough Draft-The Last Train

    I have been working on a rough draft for a short story for my book that contains flash fiction and short stories. Here is a few lines of what I’ve completed. Keep in mind it is a rough draft. It’s working title is The Last Train. This story follows a man that lost his child…

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