New Work Out: Centerpoint
Actually this piece has BEEN out. I just didn’t know it. Someone at work was asking about my new book, Woman of a Certain Age, a story collection, and I said let me show you my website. I googled my name and up popped the piece, published online in Third Wednesday. Okay, that’s a surprise.... Continue Reading →
New Work Out at Lowestoft Chronicle
A creative nonfiction piece, commonly called The Essay—is out now! About a trip I took in 2007 to Albania, I know, no one goes to Albania. Albania is a weird mix of contradictions=cultural progress meets social mores, modernity butts up against resistance to change, hundreds of years of political upheaval. Versus. Versus. Turning towards. Against.... Continue Reading →
Out now at Hoot Literary Review
A piece that was accepted ages ago and is out now. Hoot Literary Review is a postcard, Sea of Lingerie is their November postcard, which yu can order--this from their website: The idea is: -to have stories and poems on a postcard, so that they can be displayed and shared easily. Stick it on the... Continue Reading →
I’ve been nominated!
My piece Circa 1984 has been nominated by Switch for the Best Microfiction 2026. Best Microfiction 2026 will be published by Pelekinesis in the summer of 2026. The Best Microfiction anthology series considers stories of only 400 words or fewer. Co-edited by award-winning microfiction writer/editor Meg Pokrass, and Flannery O’Connor Prize-winning author Gary Fincke, the anthology will have Pulitzer Prize winning poet Diane... Continue Reading →
More Jane Hertenstein (than you’ll ever want or need)
I have a new series underway at https://janehertenstein.substack.com/ What’s the difference between Freeze Frame (Substack) and Memoirous (the blog you’re reading)? I’m trying to build up the professional side of my writing and promote my Flash Memoir Workshops. Right now my Substack articles are FREE but would eventually like to use Substack commercially, a bit... Continue Reading →
All eBooks 50% Off at Smashwords
All eBooks 50% Off at Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/chicagojane All my books are currently 50% off—a great chance to pick up my two how-to books on writing flash memoir, plus 365 Affirmations for the Writer (bonus material with prompts). This is a book to take the writer into the new year with inspiration for EVERY day. Quotes... Continue Reading →
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More “new” work out
Riding Bikes at Night in October was accepted nearly a year ago and I had to wait until now for it to come out—But it is worth the wait. Riding Bikes is out in Ink in Thirds. Again, the piece was something not quite new and not quite poetry: A prose poem? Maybe. It is... Continue Reading →
New Work Out
“Three Doors” is a small piece, 1,321 words, included in an anthology put out by The Writers’ Journal. I saw a call for submissions in Duotrope, an online platform that allows users to access lists of publishers and agents and offers a handy submission grid to help you keep track of submissions. I pay a subscription fee... Continue Reading →
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