I've been thinking about relationship, dear reader. I've been thinking about what motivates me to keep creating. I've been thinking about the root of my writing dreams...no matter the shape or size of these writing dreams, you are in them as readers. So as I continue to write, as I continue to choose different modes… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 25
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POEM A DAY – January 14
Good morning lovelies! Today's poem is a three-fer! It is in response to a found poem (or found poetry book, in this case) written in the form of an abecedarian poem that is also an acrostic poem. I wrote this piece last year during a poetry marathon wherein myself and Cassie Caverhill wrote 12 poems… Continue reading POEM A DAY – January 14
LIFE UPDATE!
Friends, it's been a minute since I wrote a post about my life's happenings. Currently, I'm sprawled out on the sofa in our living room, laptop on my lap, fireplace crackling on Netflix (I'm loving all the fireplace options!), glancing at the blustering snowstorm outside between writing sentences. I have to venture out there soon… Continue reading LIFE UPDATE!
How to Survive Querying
In my last blog post interviewing Ainslie Hogarth, we talked a lot about writing query letters. I gave examples using the query letter that Ainslie edited that I was going to submit to an agent at a workshop. Soooo, the workshop was this past Sunday...and golly, did I learn a lot! First things first: we… Continue reading How to Survive Querying
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