Jan M. Flynn

I carve out some time every morning to sit. Nothing special or mystical. I just sit there. Sometimes I listen to a guided meditation, or...

I carve out some time every morning to sit. Nothing special or mystical. I just sit there. Sometimes I listen to a guided meditation, or...

Recently my husband shared with me an article by Mike McQuade in the New York Times, the gist of which was that the cleaner we make our...

Recently my husband shared with me an article by Mike McQuade in the New York Times, the gist of which was that the cleaner we make our...

“Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up.” —  Ernest Hemingway reddit.com Hemingway made it...

“Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up.” —  Ernest Hemingway reddit.com Hemingway made it...

If you have yet to hear about Marie Kondo, then you’ve been hiding under a rock, or more probably, a mountain of clutter. Kondo’s...

If you have yet to hear about Marie Kondo, then you’ve been hiding under a rock, or more probably, a mountain of clutter. Kondo’s...

You know those hard-to-resist online tests that purport to uncover something about you? Like, what your first name says about you or who...

You know those hard-to-resist online tests that purport to uncover something about you? Like, what your first name says about you or who...

Don’t worry. This post is not 50,000 words long. It’s a shout-out to NanoWrimo, or National Novel Writing Month, which is in its last...

Don’t worry. This post is not 50,000 words long. It’s a shout-out to NanoWrimo, or National Novel Writing Month, which is in its last...

When I was a kid, sometime before the Punic Wars, Halloween was a modest and Halloween may have gone over the top, but it is fun to get...

When I was a kid, sometime before the Punic Wars, Halloween was a modest and Halloween may have gone over the top, but it is fun to get...

This year my story “Pause” is being read by one of Lucky Penny Production’s talented actors — Pause by Jan M. Flynn A figure leaned...

This year my story “Pause” is being read by one of Lucky Penny Production’s talented actors — Pause by Jan M. Flynn A figure leaned...

At our small town’s single transfer print shop, the owner hefts a large paper bag across the counter toward me. It contains a print-out...

At our small town’s single transfer print shop, the owner hefts a large paper bag across the counter toward me. It contains a print-out...

I’m late to the party again, but this month’s TMAT120 prompt from the lovely and talented Joelle at Two On A Rant is, “Tell me Being...

I’m late to the party again, but this month’s TMAT120 prompt from the lovely and talented Joelle at Two On A Rant is, “Tell me Being...