Holly Walrath's Blog, page 25
May 11, 2018
2018 Events (Updated!)
Below is a list of events I'll be participating in this year! Hope to see you around. Please come say hi - I love meeting other writers.
May:
Comicpalooza (Panelist and hosting the SFPA Poetry reading May 25th)
June:
I'm the 2018 SFPA Contest chair. Submissions open June 1!
June 26, 6:30pm: Reading Fix Coffee Bar hosted by Mike Alexander
July:
Readercon (Panelist)
August:
Flash Fiction Retreat Breckenridge
August 22nd-September 12: Writespace Writing Life 101 Workshop
August 25: Writespace Poetry of the Fantastic Workshop
September:
September 29: Reading, Art & Words Show hosted by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
May 2, 2018
Writefest 2018 Schedule
I'll be paneling at Writefest this year. Here's my schedule if you want to come say hi! I'm also volunteering so you'll probably see me around putting out fires. Check out the full schedule of events here and don't miss the Saturday night social!
April 30, 2018
GlimmerGlass Girl Early Reviews
Whew, deep breaths. I am really pleased to share with you some early reviews for my forthcoming chapbook, Glimmerglass Girl (Finishing Line Press 2018). It is so exciting (and a bit terrifying) to see that people are already engaging with this book. 
My chapbook was reviewed by VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts. This is such an honor, as VIDA is a very important organization working to expose gender parity issues in literary journals and the writing world. This is a mission that means a great deal to me so to have them review my work gives me a lot of feels. Read it here.
My chapbook was also reviewed by two bloggers, Melissa Jennings and Morgan Boyer. Thanks for the reviews fellow bloggers!
My chapbook was reviewed by VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts. This is such an honor, as VIDA is a very important organization working to expose gender parity issues in literary journals and the writing world. This is a mission that means a great deal to me so to have them review my work gives me a lot of feels. Read it here. My chapbook was also reviewed by two bloggers, Melissa Jennings and Morgan Boyer. Thanks for the reviews fellow bloggers!
April 28, 2018
NaPoWriMo Day 29
This one has a pretty dark message, but I think it was just reflective of how I was feeling that day, after dealing with a lot of people.Sometimes people aren't perfect, and that's okay.
This is the last #NaPoWriMo post. I didn't get as many poems as I wanted written this year, but I think it was still a fun month of poetry. I'm working on promo for my chapbook, which is exciting but also a lot of work. So I'm still getting things done even if I'm not writing every day. It's fun to play around and see where my poems are evolving or even backsliding. If you want to read more of my stuff, follow me on Instagram.
April 27, 2018
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April 24, 2018
NaPoWriMo Day 25
No idea where the idea for this came along, other than I wanted to write about an island. This is a prompt I used for the Weird Circular for May. I think it's interesting to think about what inanimate objects think, or how they might feel. We forget that we are part of the natural world and it is part of us.
April 23, 2018
NaPoWriMo Day 24
I was traveling over the last two weeks so I didn't get a chance to upload my #NaPoWriMo pieces. While I'm traveling, I find it easiest to make short poems that I can write on my phone. I find poetry everywhere, it seems. This one I wrote while on the train into San Francisco. What compelled me to this topic, I've no idea.
