Interview with Writer Mike Arsuaga (Twitter Short Story)

July 17, 2019 matthewtoffolo Uncategorized, writer, writing Mike Arsuaga, twitter short story

Matthew Toffolo: What gave you the idea to write this very short story?

Mike Arsuaga : It’s two chapters from my novel COME FIND ME. The full-length novel is at https://www.iheartbookpublishing.com/come-find-me.html

2) How many stories/screenplays have you written?

Sixteen books published. Maybe six short stories. Two feature-length screenplays and a pilot for a TV series.

3) What movie have you watched the most times in your life?

Terminator, Lifeforce, Me Before You.

4) What’s your favorite thing about twitter? What’s your least favorite thing about twitter?

Favorite: Expanded character allowance. Least fave: Ad pop-ups.

5) Who would you really like to have dinner with? (dead or alive)

HG Wells

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ABOUT WEENA by Mike Arsuaga

Another time traveler crosses eight hundred thousand years to discover that Weena survived the forest fire. She is the only Eloi patient enough to learn fire-making and defeat the Morlocks. World rebuilding isn’t so simple. He takes her home to get help.
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Interview with Writer Rick Danford (Twitter Short Story)

July 17, 2019 matthewtoffolo Uncategorized, writer, writing Rick Danford, twitter short story

Matthew Toffolo: What gave you the idea to write this very short story?

Rick Danford: I’ve always been a big fan of Vampires and with just 240 characters, I thought this would be the easiest subject matter.

2) How many stories/screenplays have you written?

I’ve written well over 30 or 40 scripts and countless stories since i was a kid.

3) What movie have you watched the most times in your life?

Probably Shaun of the Dead. It seems every time i watch it i catch something new.

4) What’s your favorite thing about twitter? What’s your least favorite thing about twitter?

It’s convenient and everyone is on it.
The character limits.

5) Who would you really like to have dinner with? (dead or alive)

Steven Spielberg for sure.

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CARPE NOCTEM by Rick Danford

With glazed eyes she tilts her head back. My razor sharp fangs find purchase in a throbbing vein just beneath the soft flesh of her neck. Ecstasy as her life force courses through my body and leaves her own. But she will be reborn. Another hungry soldier for my growing army of the night.

Interview with Writer Micki Hogan (Twitter Short Story)

July 17, 2019 matthewtoffolo Uncategorized, writer, writing Micki Hogan, twitter short story

Matthew Toffolo: What gave you the idea to write this very short story?

Micki Hogan: I have always enjoy short fiction. The idea of writing within the guidelines was intriguing.

2) How many stories/screenplays have you written?

I have been writing fiction and poetry most of my life. I have works on Amazon and featured in magazines like Shadows and Light.

3) What movie have you watched the most times in your life?

Annie with Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney and Carol Burnette with always be my favorite movie. I knew it so well I would preform reenactments in my living room as a child.

4) What’s your favorite thing about twitter? What’s your least favorite thing about twitter?

My favorite thing about Twitter is the ability to advocate and interact with fellow writers. My least favorite thing would be the harsh negativity often unleashed by fake accounts

5) Who would you really like to have dinner with? (dead or alive)

To dine with my husband in a quiet setting in peace without the eyes of others on us would be my ideal dinner. He suffers from Ankylosing Spondylitis and has a service dog. We do not get out as often as we should and when we do it is hard to just relax.

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She was the Queen of Lava and Fire. She lived alone on her island. She felt isolated. She never knew love. He was the King of Water and Ice. He lived in a frozen land feeling seclusion. It took centuries for them to meet. It was her fire that drew him close. It melted his heart.

Interview with Writer Angela Brown (Twitter Short Story)

July 17, 2019 matthewtoffolo Uncategorized, writer, writing Angela Brown, twitter short story

Matthew Toffolo: What gave you the idea to write this very short story?

Angela Brown : – #metoo

2) How many stories/screenplays have you written?

– I co-wrote a screenplay with a friend several years back. But we didn’t really know what to do with it so it languished. Had we known how to get it to the right people, EVERYDAY PEOPLE could’ve been a pretty good TV drama. I’ve written several stories, self-publishing a few and have a few pubiished by small presses. My fave is my Fable Ranger duology, Summons and Return. If I ever decided to take one of my stories and turn it into a TV or movie screenplay, Fable Ranger would be it. As a fairy tale mash up, it was a fun read and would make an enjoyable screen experience.

3) What movie have you watched the most times in your life?

– Oh goodness…The Color Purple, The Lion King…it would be hard to define.

4) What’s your favorite thing about twitter? What’s your least favorite thing about twitter?

– While I enjoy Twitter for it’s fun chance for banter, it is also a place where pretty meaningful messages can get loste in the “white noise” that is high-speed Twitter feed traffic.

5) Who would you really like to have dinner with? (dead or alive)

– Oprah Winfrey, beyond her pearls of wisdom, she seems like a cool person to sit and chat with, on the back patio, discussing whatever beneath a sky full of stars and dreams.

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What We Find by Angela Brown

Twitter short: AJ hated visits from Uncle Tim. He was probably right that no one would believe her, so she never told. Her mother hunted down a strange noise late at night during his tenth visit (AJ counted) to their home, seeing AJ’s pain with her own eyes. He had a quick funeral a week later
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Interview with Writer Connie Wilson (Twitter Short Story)

July 17, 2019 matthewtoffolo Uncategorized, writer, writing Connie Wilson, twitter short story

Matthew Toffolo: What gave you the idea to write this very short story?

Connie Wilson: A close friend I was a cheerleader with in high school (6-girl squad) had “brain bleeds” that were addressed by the University of Iowa Hospitals. Everyone thought she was “okay.” She dropped dead in her front yard while mowing the grass. She had just gotten married.

2) How many stories/screenplays have you written?

I have 3 books of short stories entitled “Hellfire & Damnation,” (I, II and III, http://www.HellfireAndDamnationTheBook.com). I also have 3 paperback volumes of “Ghostly Tales of Route 66” and several e-book versions. (www.GhostlyTalesofRoute66.com). I have won 38 screenplay competitions since March, 2018, for a screenplay based on the first book in my 3-novel series THE COLOR OF EVIL. Prior to that, I had won a screenplay competition sponsored by Writer’s Digest.

3) What movie have you watched the most times in your life?

Hard to say, since I review film for http://www.TheMovieBlog.com and my own blog, http://www.WeeklyWilson.com. One that I’ve seen a lot is “Animal House” and a second one I periodically revisit is “Dr. Strangelove, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.” (Kubrick).

4) What’s your favorite thing about twitter? What’s your least favorite thing about twitter?

I don’t spend much time on Twitter. Recently, Twitter has been billing me $99 a month (April AND May) for Twitter Ads that I did not order and am not running. I tried to call them, but there is literally no way to reach them. I went to their “customer service” website and it was like a bad version of “Who’s on First.” I kept typing (all in capitals): QUIT BILLING ME $99 A MONTH FOR ADS I AM NOT RUNNING!!! The little bot would say, “I’m sorry. I don’t understand what you are trying to say. Could you please select one of these categories.” If I have the complete interaction, I’m going to copy it and paste it here. It is absolutely one of the most frustrating experiences I’ve ever had. I finally had to call my credit card company to make them stop billing me $99 for NOTHING on a monthly basis (so my advice is NOT to give Twitter access to your credit card numbers!

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Fate by Connie Wilson

The sound. Thudding. Pressure.
Blinding pain. She grabbed her head. Swayed. Fell.
Too late.
Heartbeat crescendoing. Mounting echo within her head.
“Sorry, Sir. Cerebral aneurysm. Nothing we could do.”
Dead at 21.
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Interview with Writer Delores Christian Liesner (Twitter Short Story)

July 17, 2019 matthewtoffolo Uncategorized, writer, writing Delores Christian Liesner, twitter short story

Matthew Toffolo: What gave you the idea to write this very short story?

Delores Christian Liesner: Actual PMS and Menopause incidents!

2) How many stories/screenplays have you written?

Stories – hundreds (31 in book Be the Miracle)

Children’s plays 3

Screenplays – less than one

3) What movie have you watched the most times in your life?

Walk Don’t Run starring Cary Grant

4) What’s your favorite thing about twitter? What’s your least favorite thing about twitter?

Favorite thing about twitter – quick access to a wide community

Least favorite thing – condensing my thoughts 🙂

5) Who would you really like to have dinner with? (dead or alive)

Corrie Ten Boom, Melania Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu

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Disturbing the Piece

Delores Christian Liesner

Murder by Menopause attempt, the judge laughed. I understand the cops pulled you off the dining-room table, still yelling, I am woman, hear me roar. But, since neither of you recall who hid your supply, Bailiff, get this woman the chocolate bar from my desk! Dismissed.

Interview with Writer Mary Kennedy Eastham (Twitter Short Story)

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 matthewtoffolo Uncategorized, writer, writing Mary Kennedy Eastham, twitter short story

Matthew Toffolo: What gave you the idea to write this very short story?

I saw your call for Twitter stories and I literally sat down and wrote Dazzle Ray Pearl in I think ten minutes!

2) How many stories/screenplays have you written?

I have written so many stories – close to two hundred I would say and that’s not counting Haikus and poems. I have two books published The Shadow of A Dog I Can’t Forget – Poems & Prose and Squinting Over Water- Stories. I’m working on a third book of flash fiction stories called Little Earthquakes.

3) What movie have you watched the most times in your life?

I lost my Mom young and she loved The Sound of Music. So that’s the movie I’ve probably watched the most times in my life. Runner up would be Breakfast at Tiffanys. Second runner up would be Something About Mary.

4) What’s your favorite thing about twitter? What’s your least favorite thing about twitter?

My favorite thing about Twitter is the vast reach it gives us. The dark side is Trump’s use of it for his own self-aggrandizement.

5) Who would you really like to have dinner with? (dead or alive)

I would love to have dinner with Van Jones and former President Obama, someplace intimate in LA. That would be a perfect evening for me.

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DAZZLE RAY PEARL
by
Mary Kennedy Eastham

‘I’m scared staying at the motel,’ she said.
‘I’d rather be here
in this hot summer school class with you.’
She was found dead, out back by the empty motel pool
her school paper with the A+ I’d given her,
covering her big, sweet heart…
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Interview with Writer Mike Arsuaga (Twitter Short Story)

Interview with Writer Rick Danford (Twitter Short Story)

Interview with Writer Micki Hogan (Twitter Short Story)

Interview with Writer Angela Brown (Twitter Short Story)

Interview with Writer Connie Wilson (Twitter Short Story)

Interview with Writer Delores Christian Liesner (Twitter Short Story)

Interview with Writer Mary Kennedy Eastham (Twitter Short Story)

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