@KrisRayAuthor

Fiction writer. Words in Mystery Tribune, Ocotillo Review, Exposition Review Flash 405, Typehouse, and more. Former lawyer and Italian teacher. She/her.

 Minneapolis, MN
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Joined June 2019
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Yarn-bombing, thought to have originated in Texas USA, instigated by clothes-shop owner Magda Sayeg and her group Knitta Please, who began the "knit graffiti" movement to brighten up public spaces in a form of street art popular with women particularly #WomensArt
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Writing Battle has a couple of fall contests I'm thinking about entering - one 500 words and one 2000 words. Anyone else a fan of their competitions?
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I'm lucky to have found an online book club that reads books in Italian and discusses them, also in Italian. We just read an excellent short novel called "L'Arminuta" (The Returned One) by Donatella di Pietrantonio. It's so satisfying to read a book in its original language.
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We've had two gray days of off-and-on rain in Minneapolis. Good writing weather!
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I submitted a rhyming story today to the NYC Midnight contest. It was so much fun to write.
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Kristen Ray retweeted
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Ann Sotheran, contemporary UK Stained Glass artist #WomensArt
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I wrote a little romance story for a flash fiction contest. It was published today by Micromance Magazine on Substack. Here's the link: micromancemagazine.substack.…
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Kristen Ray retweeted
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'St Ives Beach' by contemporary Welsh painter Sarah Evans #Womensart
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I wrote and submitted my story for the NYC Midnight #FlashFictionChallenge2026. What a great way to spend the weekend - binge writing. Now, we wait to see who moves on to the finals next month.
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Everything is a spiritual act. Art as a form of devotion is an act of resistance against consumerism & a reaching towards the transcendent, towards awe & wonder.
Vincent van Gogh@vangoghartistJul 8
Van Gogh used repetition not as habit but devotion—wheatfields, trees, skies—the same subjects prayed through in different colors. #artbots #vangogh
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I made it to Round 2 of the NYC Midnight #FlashFictionChallenge2026 - I'm writing a mystery this weekend. Not the easiest genre and not the hardest. It's hot here, good weather for staying indoors and binge writing.
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My fantasy story placed third in my group, so I'll be competing in Round 2 this weekend. Excited!
NYC Midnight
@nycmidnightJul 9
The 1st Round results for the Flash Fiction Challenge 2026 are up at nycmidnight.co/44RTLoH! Congratulations to the top seven in each group for advancing to the 2nd Round, which kicks off this Friday, July 10th. Best of luck to them, and thanks to all who participated!

1st Round Results — nycmidnight

The 1st Round results from the Flash Fiction Challenge 2026.

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“i take my glasses off” by Lucille Clifton, born #OTD in 1936. Read more poems: poets.org/poet/lucille-clift…
Black text on a white background displays the poem "i take my glasses off" by Lucille Clifton as follows: it is the hard edge of things i am avoiding the separations so that i can take my glasses off and then i cannot tell which are the leaves and which the angels like blake like that man who lived with the lepers not noticing what was sin and what was grace visioning visions vision i take my glasses off so i can see

ALT Black text on a white background displays the poem "i take my glasses off" by Lucille Clifton as follows: it is the hard edge of things i am avoiding the separations so that i can take my glasses off and then i cannot tell which are the leaves and which the angels like blake like that man who lived with the lepers not noticing what was sin and what was grace visioning visions vision i take my glasses off so i can see

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I just finished reading an incredible novel called What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell. I loved it. The opening scene is a master class in how to begin a story. It won the National Book Award for YA several years ago.
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I actually read the opening to this novel several years ago in a writing class and I always remembered it - the two characters, where they were, and the mood. That's one sign of a strong opening - it sticks with you.
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It's been a while since I've been to a writing conference. I'm excited to be going to one again in July. @MidwestWriters
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I use Duotrope to find places to submit short fiction. I especially like the list of themed submissions that comes out every Tuesday. How do you find places to submit your writing?
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Last week, I read my entire novel to myself out loud to catch missing or extra words, overused gestures, inconsistent descriptions, etc. I'm surprised how many little things I caught. So glad I did this before querying. It works!
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Excited that a little romance flash fiction I wrote was recently accepted for publication. Will post the link when it's available.
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We all need an occasional reminder, so listen up. Write that book. Send that story. Query that agent. Ask for that blurb. Maybe it doesn’t work out, but there’s a chance it will, and that chance—however small you think it is—is all you need.
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