If you read last week’s blog, you know I recently discovered Flipboard. And it was on Flipboard that I learned about Hooked; a new and popular spin on the very short story genre (aka flash-fiction). Being a short story writer myself, it piqued my interest, so I decided to find out what all the hoo-ha was about. It turns out that Hooked is a hot app for smartphones and other devices that provides “chat stories.” In other words, stories played out in the format of text messages

Have you stumbled across Flipboard yet? If you have, I bow to your tech-savvy social media prowess. I’ve been subscribing for a month or two (it’s free), but have only recently been making it my go-to feed for news and information. Turns out, I shouldn’t be so impressed with myself. Researching the so-called ‘news aggregation’ company, it’s been around for over six years, so I guess I’m way behind the curve. But like any small child who has just stumbled on something shiny an

I have to admit, I had a bit of a crush on Zadie Smith, even before I’d read any of her work. Let’s face it, she’s impressive. She’s a literary world A-lister. She’s an academically acclaimed novelist who back in the day graduated Cambridge University with a double first (British equivalent of a 4.0 GPA). These days, when she’s not writing best-selling fiction, she’s jet-setting between her homes in New York and London and receiving accolades from the Royal Society of Literat