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Starting Over and Giving Up
Greetings from our new townhouse! After two-and-a-half years at one apartment (a nice change from moving every year while I was in school), it was time to leave. Management at our old place changed, we weren’t thrilled, and it was time to move on. Fortunately, we found a townhouse in our price range only 3/4…
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October Unprocessed Wrap-Up
As I mentioned yesterday, I successfully completed October Unprocessed. I went 31 days without a single processed food. Sometimes, it was difficult. Sometimes, it was frustrating. But it was also probably the healthiest thing I have ever done for my body. Mid-month, I complained about being busy, overworked, and not having energy to cook. I…
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October Accomplishments
I was slightly less productive in October than I was in September, but only slightly: Wrote 41 poems Submitted 7 poems Submitted my chapbook manuscript to two competitions Started assembling a folder of potential poems for my next manuscript Started a spreadsheet to keep track of writing guides and whether or not they helped me…
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Weekend Adventures
This weekend was theoretically a relaxing one. But it proved once again that I thrive on being busy. Last week was frustrating for a couple of reasons, the main one being that my wonderful friend Reesa is back in the hospital. She’s been battling a recurrence of breast cancer for pretty much the entire year,…
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October Unprocessed: A Little More Than Halfway There
I’m a little more than halfway through October Unprocessed. Despite the fact that I feel fantastic, this has gotten to be a genuine challenge, which I didn’t expect. I assumed that it would be really tough at the beginning, and get easier as the month progressed. Instead, the first week was easy, and it’s gotten…
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Weekend Adventures: Austin Rocks!
What a weekend! I really shouldn’t be blogging. I should be asleep. But this weekend was excellent, and I need to brag about it. This past weekend was the inaugural Austin Rocks! event, which is part of The Challenge. The fabulous Taletha Jouzdani (who just so happens to be my instructor), hosted the event. And…
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Houston Poetry Fest this weekend!
It’s almost the weekend! Which means it’s almost time for the Houston Poetry Fest. I’ve never attended before, so I’m especially excited to check the festival out and see the readings. I’ll only be going for Saturday, unfortunately, because I have things to do in Austin on Sunday, but I do look forward to seeing…
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October Unprocessed: Days 1-5
So far, October Unprocessed has been relatively easy. There have been a few frustrations here and there, like not being able to order any delicious snacks while watching Breaking Bad at the Alamo Drafthouse. And then I had to explain why I wasn’t eating any of the free Chinese food we got at work on…
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September Writing Accomplishments
I had a busy September! Here’s a look at what I accomplished writing-wise: Wrote 43 poems Submitted 10 poems (3 rejected, 7 pending) Received a poetry acceptance from a submission a few months ago Had a poem appear at A Handful of Stones Completed my chapbook manuscript, entitled We’re Smaller Than We Think We Are…
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The process of a chapbook
Last week, I completed the manuscript of We’re Smaller Thank We Think We Are, a poetry chapbook containing a variety of pieces written over the course of about two years. Just completing the manuscript was a huge accomplishment for me, and I had a lot of great help along the way. I’d been trying to…