MARCH WRITING CHALLENGE
Damn, it’s already nearing the midpoint of February. Where does all the time go? I don’t know.
My apologies for being absent as of late. I’m sure you know how it is. Work and life and everything in between.
My wife will be giving birth at any moment (My 3rd daughter. Very chuffed) but I’d like to try a theme in March if I can.
The theme is as the title suggests
“Find What You Love and Let It Kill You”
Bukowski wrote that line in a letter to Sherri Martinelli, I believe, correct if I’m wrong.
Anyhow, Bukowski was the one writer who inspired this North London dropout that didn’t know his alphabet until the age of 11 to start writing, and although my fiction has been severely lacking somewhat lately, I’m still in the ring, albeit in the corner for now.
I digress, take the title and the theme and do what you all do best — make it your own.
Word Limit: 300 words
Submissions Open: Now until February 25th
Stephen J. Golds
Stephen J. Golds was born in North London, U.K, but has lived in Japan for most of his life. He speaks the language pretty well and makes great takoyaki.
He writes primarily in the noir and dirty realism genres and is the editor-in-chief of Punk Noir Press. Some of his writing influences are Charles Bukowski, John Fante, James M. Cain, Tobias Wolff, Sarah Kane and Jim Thompson.
He enjoys spending time with his daughters, reading books, traveling the world, boxing and listening to old Soul LPs. His books are Say Goodbye When I’m Gone, I’ll Pray When I’m Dying, Always the Dead, and Shadows Slow Dancing in Derelict Rooms. His poetry collections are Poems for Ghosts in Empty Tenement Windows I Thought I Saw Once, and Half-Empty Doorways and Other Injuries. He also has a short story and poetry collection titled Love Like Bleeding Out With an Empty Gun in Your Hand.
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“Find what you love and let it kill you”. I'd buy that tshirt.