{"id":374,"date":"2019-01-04T10:58:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T10:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/host2021.temp.domains\/~nationo0\/?p=374"},"modified":"2019-01-04T10:58:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T10:58:10","slug":"introducing-the-official-nffd-artist-in-residence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/04\/introducing-the-official-nffd-artist-in-residence\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the new NFFD Artist in Residence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re delighted and excited to welcome <strong>Jeanette Sheppard<\/strong> to the team as National Flash Fiction Day&#8217;s official <strong>Artist in Residence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did Jeanette provide some images for one of last month&#8217;s Flash Flood Advent Calendar <a href=\"http:\/\/flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com\/2018\/12\/flashflood-advent-calendar-2018-day-22.html\">writing prompts<\/a>, but she has also produced the stunning skyline that now graces our website.<\/p>\n<p>Where is this city and what is its flashy significance? More about this image will be revealed in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, here&#8217;s a little more about the artist&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-357 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/host2021.temp.domains\/~nationo0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_2593-PNG-PHOTO-OF-JEANETTE-FOR-NFFD-WEBSITE-150x150.png\" alt=\"Jeanette Sheppard\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Jeanette Sheppard<\/strong> is a short fiction writer and sketch artist.<\/p>\n<p>Her most recent flash fictions can be seen in T<em>he Nottingham Review, Ellipsis Zine<\/em> and <em>Flash Fiction Festival Anthology: Two<\/em>. Other stories have been published in a number of literary magazines, including <em>Bare Fiction, Litro<\/em> and <em>The Lonely Crowd<\/em>. One of her stories flies through the air courtesy of a vending machine at Edmonton Airport in Canada. She has been published in two National Flash Fiction Day anthologies and shortlisted in TSS Publishing\u2019s Flash400 competition. She has also been a winner of the <em>Mslexia<\/em> Flashcard.<\/p>\n<p>Jeanette\u2019s art revolves around sketching on streets, in buildings, cafes, fields, train stations, anywhere that she happens to be, in ink and watercolour. Every month she runs Sketch Coventry, a self-led open meet up. Recently, she has provided the artwork for Diane Simmons\u2019s collection of flash fiction about grief, <em>Finding A Way<\/em>, due to be launched in February 2019.<\/p>\n<p>You can enjoy more of Jeanette&#8217;s artwork and writing by visiting her website at <a href=\"http:\/\/jeanettesheppard.com\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/jeanettesheppard.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1546679964706000&amp;usg=AFQjCNERPhPE8qZ-afccSSD3HdG-OFTLGg\">jeanettesheppard.com<\/a> or following her on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InkLinked\">@InkLinked<\/a> (writing) and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JinnySketches\">@JinnySketches<\/a> (art).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re delighted and excited to welcome Jeanette Sheppard to the team as National Flash Fiction Day&#8217;s official Artist in Residence. Not only did Jeanette provide some images for one of last month&#8217;s Flash Flood Advent Calendar writing prompts, but she has also produced the stunning skyline that now graces our website. Where is this city &#8230; <a title=\"Introducing the new NFFD Artist in Residence\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/04\/introducing-the-official-nffd-artist-in-residence\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Introducing the new NFFD Artist in Residence\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist-in-residence","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}