{"id":319,"date":"2017-10-19T01:44:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T06:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cjaiferry.com\/blog\/?p=319"},"modified":"2017-10-19T01:44:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T06:44:56","slug":"twitterflash-a-burst-of-99-word-flashfiction-stories-celebrating-ffrodeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cjaiferry.com\/blog\/twitterflash-a-burst-of-99-word-flashfiction-stories-celebrating-ffrodeo\/","title":{"rendered":"#Twitterflash: A burst of 99-word #flashfiction stories celebrating #FFRodeo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I am a little #hashtaghappy, but that&#8217;s because for the next 10 days I am working as a wrangler over at <a href=\"https:\/\/carrotranch.com\/2017\/10\/19\/flash-fiction-rodeo-contest-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carrot Ranch<\/a>, hosting a Twitterflash party. Curious? We&#8217;re challenging writers to tweet a 99-word story in 11 sentences that are exactly 9 words each.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to read some great stories, check out #Twitterflash on Twitter (and make sure you \u2665 anything you like &#8212; give the writers some love, please!). Also, look for the #FFRodeo hashtag to see even more challenges that are happening all month long over on the Carrot Ranch. And come join the fun (psst, there are prizes!).<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one of my #Twitterflash stories:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1<br \/>\nI inherited my mother\u2019s laugh but not her humor. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FFRodeo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FFRodeo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twitterflash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twitterflash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 C Jai Ferry (@CJaiFerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJaiFerry\/status\/920891609834762240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2<br \/>\nThe store went to my brother, an out-of-luck gambler.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FFRodeo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FFRodeo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twitterflash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twitterflash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 C Jai Ferry (@CJaiFerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJaiFerry\/status\/920891822670479360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">3<br \/>\nTo my sister, the upside-down mortgage and empty accounts.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FFRodeo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FFRodeo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twitterflash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twitterflash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 C Jai Ferry (@CJaiFerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJaiFerry\/status\/920891991185088513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">4<br \/>\nSo I chuckled when my brother, resentful, declared bankruptcy.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FFRodeo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FFRodeo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twitterflash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twitterflash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 C Jai Ferry (@CJaiFerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJaiFerry\/status\/920892296765296641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">5<br \/>\nAnd I giggled as the bank repossessed the house.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FFRodeo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FFRodeo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twitterflash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twitterflash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 C Jai Ferry (@CJaiFerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJaiFerry\/status\/920892422175035392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">6<br \/>\nMy laughter inspired stink eyes that burned my soul.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FFRodeo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FFRodeo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twitterflash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twitterflash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 C Jai Ferry (@CJaiFerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJaiFerry\/status\/920892619097559040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">7<br \/>\nStill I laughed and chortled and guffawed, cracking up.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FFRodeo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FFRodeo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twitterflash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twitterflash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 C Jai Ferry (@CJaiFerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJaiFerry\/status\/920893632927977472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">8<br \/>\nHad she planned her revenge from my first breath?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FFRodeo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FFRodeo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twitterflash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twitterflash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 C Jai Ferry (@CJaiFerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJaiFerry\/status\/920893870090661888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">9<br \/>\nMy mother worked 57 years to create comfort, security.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FFRodeo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FFRodeo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twitterflash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twitterflash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 C Jai Ferry (@CJaiFerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJaiFerry\/status\/920894195421929472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">10<br \/>\nA burst blood vessel snatched the illusion from us.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FFRodeo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FFRodeo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twitterflash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twitterflash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 C Jai Ferry (@CJaiFerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJaiFerry\/status\/920894800248868864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">11<br \/>\nHer last laugh was in ripping us all apart.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FFRodeo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FFRodeo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twitterflash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twitterflash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 C Jai Ferry (@CJaiFerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJaiFerry\/status\/920895014171037696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I am a little #hashtaghappy, but that&#8217;s because for the next 10 days I am working as a wrangler over at Carrot Ranch, hosting a Twitterflash party. Curious? We&#8217;re challenging writers to tweet a 99-word story in 11 sentences that are exactly 9 words each. If you want to read some great stories, check [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"#Twitterflash: A burst of 99-word #flashfiction stories celebrating #FFRodeo","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[15,16,18,9,20],"class_list":["post-319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing","tag-carrot-ranch","tag-flash-fiction","tag-social-media","tag-twitter","tag-writing-challenge"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.cjaiferry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Twitterflash.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4WVQN-59","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cjaiferry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cjaiferry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cjaiferry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cjaiferry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cjaiferry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cjaiferry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323,"href":"https:\/\/www.cjaiferry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions\/323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cjaiferry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cjaiferry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cjaiferry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cjaiferry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}