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Midmonth Link Roundup
Looking for a new job? Resumebaking.com is a pretty nifty resume-building site. Gillian Flynn on being a bad girl (or woman). Chris Hallbeck has a Maximumble comic about those of us who get annoyed by too many photos of kids on social networking sites, and then post way too many pictures of our pets. Guilty…
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Poet About Town (Houston Edition)
Just a reminder that this month, I’ll be joining a group of amazing poets for the first in a series of readings for the 2013 Texas Poetry Calendar. Scott Wiggerman reports that all of the readings look to have spectacular attendance this year. This reading will take place at Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston, Texas. I…
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Haiku up at Extract(s)
I have an haiku up today at Extract(s). The photo that accompanies it is an original one, taken while standing at the top of Enchanted Rock on a cloudy day. This haiku came out of my small stones practice. Not all of my small stones are haiku — in fact, most of them aren’t —…
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Feminist Friday: Kimberly Chapman and Feminist Romance
As a former romance editor, one of the things that frustrated me was a lack of feminist aspects to the genre. Sexism, either explicit or implicit, ran through nearly every book I read. And what frustrated me most is that I felt that it didn’t have to be that way. Romantic love and feminism are…
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July Reading Report
June was an interesting month for reading. Since I was drafting so intently, I didn’t have as much free time, and I honestly didn’t really have an interest in reading fiction, since my creative mind was mired in it. But while I didn’t get around to any novels or story collections this month, I still…
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July Accomplishments
As I mentioned yesterday, July was a pretty wild ride, at least for my writing. Here’s a rundown of what I accomplished. Drafted 39 poems Sent out my chapbook manuscript Submitted 10 poems (and admittedly did not send out work the last week of July, but will make up for it with a double submission…
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Full House
I haven’t been blogging much lately. Work has been busy, and the bulk of my writing life has been spent drafting Cutting Teeth (I finished the first draft on Sunday; more about that later in the week). In addition to the career-related business, we have another canine addition to the family. Over the past few weeks, we’d…
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Summer Adventures: Foundation Graffiti
Austin has had an unusually rainy week, which means cloudy skies and cooler temperatures. When the heat is (slightly) less intense, that means more exploring. A few weeks ago, Jon went to lunch with a friend, and they happened upon Foundation Graffiti. A vacant lot just off of Lamar (if you’re heading southbound on…
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Fun Flash Fiction Win
Chuck Wendig frequently hosts flash fiction challenges over at his blog. Two weeks ago, the challenge was to tell a story in three sentences. There were just over 160 excellent entries. It’s amazing what people can do with so few words**. I checked back in the comments section yesterday morning, and lo and behold, I…
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Feminist Friday: 100 Million Girls
Austin attorney and poet Sheree Rabe is using her writing to raise awareness about a cause that is only getting marginal attention (at best) in American media: over 100 million female babies being fatally neglected in China, India, and other countries. (Link opens to a PDF.) While China’s one-child policy and its effects on the…