Writing
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“I cut green apples into fourths and then eighths. I slice them into smaller and smaller pieces, the flesh slippery in my fingers. I arrange them in a careful line on the plate, counting as I go—one through twenty-four. So far, twenty-four is the smallest I’ve been able to get them without slicing my finger.…
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“Holly lays in bed, one leg bent over the edge, the other bare foot resting on the cool creased pillow. Pink toes. Avon Pink Minx. She idles the morning away, watching cartoons and smoking cigarette after cigarette. Charlie would not approve but Charlie is not here. Holly throws an arm behind her head and stares…
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Eric Scot Tryon, writer and editor of Flash Frog interviewed me about my story Carhartt Brown (published in their July 2021 issue of Ghost Parachute) for his FLASH on the FIVE series. “Ultimately, I wrote it with one goal: to find the truth of my reaction to a certain subgroup of men of whom I…
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Note: This craft article was originally published at The Review Review. This is the second in a series of throw-back articles. This one is dedicated to my friend Becky: runner, writer, mom, teacher – sometimes jerk in text messages. As a runner, I am unimpressive. Slow. Not middle of the pack slow – back of the…
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Note: This craft article was originally published at The Review Review. This is the first in a series of throw-back articles. When my siblings and I were little, our father would drive us over the Dizzy Hill. Of course, it isn’t really called that. It’s just a hill on a country road on the way…
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Men Stop Me Running published at Catapult | 29 | Men yell at me from car windows. My stride is slow and steady. I’m training for the American Tobacco Trail Half Marathon, my first real race. Before now, I’ve never attempted anything over 5k. “Hey!” a man yells and it sounds like he’s falling…
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My newest short story, A River, Breaking is now available at The Masters Review: New Voices. Please take a moment to check it out! https://mastersreview.com/new-voices-brianne-kohl/ I am really proud of this story and had such a great experience working with the folks over at The Masters Review. Check out their blog for great writing advice…
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Today, I am thankful for all the disappointments that broke my heart in 2013 but ultimately led me in new and exciting directions. Sometimes, when people or things let us down, it makes room for us to see all the other truly kick ass people and things we really need in our lives. Rejections, loss…
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Get 35% off Spark: A Creative Anthology Volume IV featuring my short story Quicksilver by going here: Spark: A Creative Anthology Volume IV and using this coupon code: KOHL-FRIENDS. If you do, we really will be friends. And, you can never have enough friends, am I right? Offer ends on January 31, 2014. *** I…
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I was supposed to be working today. I had planned to work. I was actually looking forward to the Christmas Quiet that falls over my office. Really. No lie. My inbox is in desperate need of a scrub. But, I had to send my work laptop off for a Holiday Break upgrade and that really…
Brianne M. Kohl 