Not long ago I came across the flash fiction blog, The Rose City Sisters. I’ve always liked the idea of flash fiction so I looked at the guidelines and started writing. Included in the parameters was, “a Pasadena connection.” (This makes sense given that the blog is out of Pasadena.)
The problem with this was that I knew precious little about Pasadena, except for a few random cultural things like a parade and a football game. This became what interested me. What do you write when you don’t know what you’re writing about? The answer was in my dictionary’s definition of fiction: “… literature in the form of prose, esp. short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people.”
In other words, make it up. So I did. It’s called, I’ve never been to Pasadena.
By the way, with regards to the question of moose in Pasadena, Answers.com says there are no moose in California. On the other hand, thebackpacker.com suggests otherwise.
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