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Making it in Changing Times Conference Notes
I made my way up to Portland (soon I won’t have to travel so far, yay!) on January 26th for a writers conference, Making it in Changing Times. Lidia Yuknavitch was the keynote speaker and the event was...
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Very Inspiring Blogger Award!
Oh boy! Much to my surprise (looooove surprises!) Maggie Madly Writing nominated little ol’ me for a blog award! This my second blog award and I’m absolutely, 100% shocked and honored. I mean, I was...
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Conference Notes: An Editor’s Wishlist
“An Editor’s Wishlist” presented at Making it in Changing Times by the dashing Jessica Morrell * I really tried to take these conference notes word-for-word–but naturally something will be lost or...
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Villains
It was a big house but it was ugly. The house had inky-colored energy and smelled like old-people ass and chewing tobacco. True stench is thick. When you breathed you swallowed the stench. I had a...
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Blue–An Unexpected Love Poem
I thought I had it all figured out Thought that I had no doubt I thought I knew black from blue Thought I knew me from you I thought I had you to choose Thought I had nothin’ to lose I thought I had...
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Walking With Our Love Woes
We all have our love woes They come in their own unique shapes and sizes Often lopsided Old married couples have big love woes that make for strong foundations Things to fall back on Like joint...
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Conference Notes: Kick Start Your Writing in 2013
“Kick Start Your Writing in 2013″ presented at Making it in Changing Times by Polly Campbell a.k.a ‘the guru’ (that’s what I’ve dubbed Polly due to her amazing zen-like approach to the writing...
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Music Inspiration–When I Can’t Write, at Least I Can Listen
Feature O’ the Day: Van Morrison: Astral Weeks If I ventured in the slipstream Between the viaducts of your dream Where immobile steel rims crack And the ditch in the back roads stop Could you find me?...
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My Self Lately
My mind is a machine in need of a tune-up My heart a dilapidated thing, again And who damaged it but me The only calm I come by is dawn, even my dreams are exhausting I am a sterile girl with a...
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Villains Part II–The Rose Tree
On either side of the front door to the inky, smelly, dilapidated mansion were two hedge plants, taller than a very tall man and as wide as our pick-up. Now, hedge smells a certain way. Hedge smells a...
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Hello Goodbye
Vanished You did Into the day When by night I arise You are gone A man who cared Would have said goodbye Or would he?
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Spirit Reigns
My Spirit is wild for loveIt knows what it likes within secondsThere is the bodyThere is the mindAnd then there is the SpiritSpirit reigns
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Bear Mountain
In life, I like hills that are mountains but not so large the average person can’t climb ‘em. Mountains not so large they get glaciers and avalanches. Not so high you need special gear. No, in life I...
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Blog Hop!
I’m participating in The Next Big Thing Blog Hop–it’s a way to connect writers and readers and raise awareness about newly released or upcoming books or e-books. Lennon Sundance, who is basically the...
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Blog (Flop) Hop Reminder–Fri 3-15
A few days ago I invited you to hop on the Blog Hop, though I’ve heard from only a handful of you…a very…small…handful. I imagine that you, like me, are confused. I’m still confused! This is Blog Hop...
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Blog (Flop) Hop Simple Instructions & Questionnaire
-3-Step Instructions- 1. Copy and paste the following Blog Hop Blogger Questionnaire into a post (Post Friday or within one week) 2. In the post, invite your readers and fellow bloggers join the Blog...
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Blog Hop–Poems by a Horny Small-Town Gal
Welcome to Blog Hop! What’s Blog Hop? It’s a way for readers to discover new authors who have books coming out soon, have one or more books currently available on Amazon.com or available for purchase...
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Blog Hop–Fine, Just Fine: A Memoir
1. What is the working title of your book? Fine, Just Fine: A Memoir 2. Where did the idea come from for the book? In JR High and up until college (when I started writing my memoir) I would tell my...
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Doors
For more than one year I’d not acknowledged the doors Now I see there are 6 Now I shut them behind me Close off the world and separate me from you Now there are barriers in our home Borders Lines in...
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Seabreeze Blues
First day of Spring. March 20th, 2013. I was trying for a full circle story. And I found a full circle in my story. I really did. I just doesn’t have much girth. I only made it as far east as Arizona....
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