Jan M. Flynn

This is the view I see when I walk the dog. Welcome to the ‘hood. Would this landscape fuel your creativity? Disengage your writer’s...

So the unthinkable has become manifest, and we are all, willing or unwilling, live I have resisted writing about the presidential...

So the unthinkable has become manifest, and we are all, willing or unwilling, live I have resisted writing about the presidential...

SO excited, folks . . . one of my stories, “Itself”, is included in this new anthology from Lit Select! I am tickled pink to be among 15...

SO excited, folks . . . one of my stories, “Itself”, is included in this new anthology from Lit Select! I am tickled pink to be among 15...

Oy. Today was the first day of state standards testing week in eighth grade. I Nobody likes test week: not the kids, not the harried...

Oy. Today was the first day of state standards testing week in eighth grade. I Nobody likes test week: not the kids, not the harried...

I’ll get back to my regular Tuesday blog update on, well, Tuesday. But I can’t let today pass without comment. Today marks the 101st...

I’ll get back to my regular Tuesday blog update on, well, Tuesday. But I can’t let today pass without comment. Today marks the 101st...

Most classroom teachers, however, haven’t worked as substitutes, but since they typically have workloads that would stagger a pack mule,...

Most classroom teachers, however, haven’t worked as substitutes, but since they typically have workloads that would stagger a pack mule,...

We’re wrestling with some ugly concepts: anti-Semitism, dehumanization, racism. We’re looking at the systematic dismantling of Anne’s...

We’re wrestling with some ugly concepts: anti-Semitism, dehumanization, racism. We’re looking at the systematic dismantling of Anne’s...

As adults in the 21st century, we have to compartmentalize the reality that somewhere, some group is most likely carrying out a horrific...

As adults in the 21st century, we have to compartmentalize the reality that somewhere, some group is most likely carrying out a horrific...

It’s possible that I am the luckiest woman in the world. I’m not rich, I’m not famous, my daily life is nothing glamorous, and I am...

It’s possible that I am the luckiest woman in the world. I’m not rich, I’m not famous, my daily life is nothing glamorous, and I am...

Welcome to my site! I’m Jan Flynn, and here you’ll find my blog, on writing, reading and other things that matter to me. I’m always up...

Welcome to my site! I’m Jan Flynn, and here you’ll find my blog, on writing, reading and other things that matter to me. I’m always up...

One of the things I love about writing is entering competitions. There’s something about a contest that sets my jello and makes my socks...