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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…
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100 Words on Revenge
I’m doing another one of Chuck Wendig’s flash fiction challenges. This time, it’s 100 words on the subject of revenge. And according to Microsoft Office, this is 100 words right on the nose! Untitled When you’re gone, I sit down to write the list of all the ways I will get my revenge, pending…
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Flash Fiction Challenge – Plucked From the Pages of History
Chuck Wendig is hosting another of his excellent flash fiction challenges. I haven’t participated in a long time due to various other projects, but I’m trying to get focused on writing flash fiction again. So here is my effort for “Plucked from the Pages of History.” The person (well, people) I chose are more famous…
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Infinite Summer – Halfway There! (Early!)
This evening, after work and a haircut and dancing, I sat down to read a bit of Infinite Jest. A few minutes ago, I reached the section break of page 507, which, according to the Index, means I am just over 51% of the way finished with the book. Also according to the Index, I…
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Infinite Summer, Day Whatever
So the whole plan to blog about the entire Infinite Jest reading process clearly fell apart. Blame it on life. But just because I haven’t been blogging doesn’t mean I haven’t been reading. In fact, I’m well ahead of schedule. I’m currently on page 434, and I only need to be on page 295 if…
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Weekend Adventures
It’s been quite a weekend! Friday started out with dinner at Kerby Lane Cafe, where I met with some dance friends to help plan a competition that’s taking place in October. After dinner, I met up with Jon and we went out for beers at the Pourhouse Pub, and then turned in a little early.…
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Two Recent Poetry Publications!
Although I haven’t been devoting much time to poetry lately, some of the pieces I sent out earlier this year have been accepted and published. First, a poem called “Awake at All Hours” appeared in the most recent issue of Ardent! The piece was inspired by reading Eavan Boland (though is not an attempt at imitation),…
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Infinite Summer, Day 3
I got up to page 55 today. In recent months, I’ve complained quite a bit about literary fiction. Much of what I read in literary journals bores me. It’s beautiful, elegant – and nothing happens. I’ve gotten quite enamored with well-written genre fiction which, as one person put it, has both action and ambiance. Given that…
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Infinite Summer, Day 2
Finishing out today on page 42. Reading this was a lovely way to spend my lunch hour. Assorted thoughts: Forget the footnotes. I can’t read this book unless I’m in the presence of a dictionary! Not that I’m complaining. This will be the most work I’ve done to expand my vocabulary since I stopped being…