One of our Albuquerque DimeStoriers passed away on January 25, 2016. Mopsy had become a semi-regular attendee (in between her international travels) at our monthly open mic events and a couple of her stories had been selected as a Best Of. Mopsy had also been attending my Monday Writers drop-in group. I hadn’t seen her…
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Duke City DimeStories Anniversary Showcase 2016
DUKE CITY DIMESTORIES CELEBRATES SIXTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY EVENT: DimeStories Anniversary Showcase DATE: 3 p.m. Sunday, February 21 LOCATION: Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW Albuquerque, NM 87107 Duke City DimeStories, Albuquerque’s only open mic for prose, will celebrate its sixth year with a showcase of DimeStories selected from the best of the past year’s monthly…
Tips for Reading at a DimeStories Event
Select the proper piece of PROSE. It should be a story 500 words—or less. Really, you don’t have to use all three minutes. Nothing wrong with leaving your audience wanting more…. Edit with a razor. Look at every word. Does it belong? Does it contribute to the meaning? Is there a strong narrative voice? Vivid imagery?…
December 2015 DimeStories
San Diego DimeStories took place on a cold and rainy night the 2nd Friday in December at the home of San Diego Writers Ink down in Liberty Station— you’ll hear the planes landing at nearby Lindbergh Field in the recordings… but the sound of those planes didn’t stop the readers from sharing their stories. The…
Heard in Albuquerque: December 2015 News
November’s Duke City DimeStories featured some amazing creative stories and the three favorites were: Kim Adonna’s “Casette Tape Poem” Terri Klein’s “Food Thief” Jess Atcherly’s “If Only I Could l Meet Oprah” In the spirit of Thanksgiving, however, I’m posting the other stories, which includes Susan Paquet’s call-and-response story and the second…
DimeStories November 2015 News
Upcoming Open Mic Events for DimeStories San Diego, CA: Friday, November 13 7:30pm Location: The Ink Spot, 2730 Historic Decatur Road, Barracks 16, Suite 204, San Diego, CA Cost: $5 donation at the door is requested… and if you’d like to contribute a little extra towards food and wine, that’s much appreciated! Albuquerque, NM: Thursday, November 17, 7pm…
DimeStories represented in The Best Small Fictions 2015
Two DimeStories were selected to be in this new anthology from Queensferry Press, The Best Small Fictions 2015: “By Heart” by Dee Cohen and “Mama Says” by Casandra Lopez. Both stories were originally published in DimeStories: California, New Mexico, and Beyond! a celebration of 10 years of DimeStories. From Queensferry Press: It takes many small things…