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May 8, 2015
Enjoy Some Prose Poetry
In lieu of an actual blog post this week, I wanted to share my latest publication with you. My prose poem entitled “Graveside Wedding,” was published in the May/June issue ofUnbroken.This is the first poem I’ve published since my high school literary magazine days, so for obvious reasons I’m pretty excited. My poem is on […]
April 24, 2015
Elegy on WordPress
Two days ago Daisy, a dear friend of the family lost her 7-year battle with cancer. This woman, my mother’s best friend, has been in my life since I started Kindergarten. She’d been at every birthday party, graduation, and religious ceremony I’d ever had. I could describe our relationship to be of the aunt/niece variety, […]
April 10, 2015
To Burn or Not to Burn: The Case for Journal Destruction
I read an article in Poets & Writers recently (albeit a few issues late) about successful poets and their usage of the personal journal. The women featured, Lisa Fay Coutley, Claudia Emerson, and Anna Leahy, were all in agreement that the journal is a helpful tool for writers. After all, it is both a means […]
March 13, 2015
I’m Back in Business
It doesn’t matter how much one writes or publishes: the excitement of an acceptance letter never diminishes. I realized that last week after learning that one of my poems was accepted by an online journal. I’ve been trying to find a home for this poem, entitled “Graveside Wedding,” since I finished its last revision back […]
February 27, 2015
Poetry and Unidentifiable Fruit
It’s amazing how seemingly mundane things tend to give me the greatest amount of fodder for my writing. Most recently, it was my trip to the grocery store that flicked the light bulb. Perhaps the fact that it was a 2am trip wasn’t very ordinary, but the act of shopping is one of the most […]
February 13, 2015
Seeker: A Review
I received an uncorrected proof of this book through the publisher. I am not being compensated in any way for this review. All of the opinions expressed here are my own. I always worry when new books are compared to bestsellers with a cult-like following. After all, shouldn’t writers strive to find their own voices […]
February 6, 2015
The Case for Paperbacks
I love my local library. This past Summer, I spent every Friday afternoon there slowly browsing the shelves. I would check out a stack of books each visit and have them all read in time for the following week’s trip. Then I had to join the real world, and my weekly library visits (and my […]
January 9, 2015
Book Review: Publishing, A Writer’s Memoir by Gail Godwin
As the title of this post indicates, I’m reviewing a memoir this time around. And, as always: I received an uncorrected proof of this book through the publisher. I am not being compensated in any way for this review. All of the opinions expressed here are my own. Gail Godwin would fit the definition of […]
December 19, 2014
A New Novel and A Whole Lot Of Accountability
Any time someone finds out that I’m a writer, the conversation is usually followed up with, “Oh, I’ve always told myself I’m going to write a novel someday, when I have some more free time.” No, seriously, that’s the response. If I got paid every time someone told me they were planning on writing a […]
December 5, 2014
Book Review: Since You’ve Been Gone by Mary Jennifer Payne
Disclaimer: I received an uncorrected proof of this book through the publisher. I am not being compensated in any way for this review. All of the opinions expressed here are my own. I hate to give negative reviews of anyone’s published work. I know the amount of effort that goes into writing and the […]
