This piece is part of a memoir that has been 30 years in the writing…in my head and in my heart. I am delighted to finally start putting it down on a paper and ecstatic that it found a home at the wonderful X-R-A-Y Lit Magazine.
to carry me away
For the next 10 days, I’m taking Kathy Fish’s famous ‘Fast Flash’ fiction writing workshop. Kathy is well known in the short fiction writing world and I’m ecstatic that I finally secured a spot. Over the years I’ve taken a variety of writing classes and workshops but what drew me to this one is Kathy’s…
Fighter Bomber Jacket
I wrote this poem ages ago, got it published and completely forgot about it. Then one day while searching for another article I had written, I found this online. The magazine is no longer operating from what I understand but the archive is still online. Fighter Bomber Jacket by Jamie Etheridge I’m not sure where…
The great rainbow loom band hunt
By Jamie Etheridge It started like any other weekend. Breakfast with friends at an outdoor cafe, our kids playing quietly on the grass nearby. Only when the quiet extended beyond the typical five minutes did I look up to see the entire lot of them, sitting in a circle, heads bent, mesmerized – up to…
Best of the Net nomination
This week I found out that I have been nominated for the Best of the Net by the Wild Word magazine for my short story, Vacuum! To say I’m gobsmacked is an understatement. Honestly I had no expectation or even hope of having one of my short stories nominated and certainly not one of the…
For the love of a good pen
By Jamie Etheridge I am addicted to pens. Or rather, not addicted exactly, more like fixated. I want; I need a very specific type of pen. My preferences are absolute: extra fine point (7.0); rollerball ink; variety of colors (I’m especially partial to blue, orange, purple and green and my daughters both like pink). The…
The weight of waiting
This week several initiatives that I’m working on remain in limbo. Limbo is one of the hardest places to be – slow moving, circular and lacking in time pieces. To manage the impatience and the concomitant anxiety, I decided that the universe is telling me to wait, reminding me to practice the art and craft…