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Author Archives: metonymicalpen
Returning from the Ghost Pile
I’ve been away for a long time. What makes that absence kind of strange is that I have a pile of writing, and specifically blog posts–those essaying conversations–never to see the light of day. I wrote them, but didn’t post … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogging, Creative process, erasures, Returning, writing
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May ’15 Meto-News: New Publication in Timber, Vol. 5
I am happy to share with you the publication of my short story, “Revival”, in Timber, Vol. 5. This piece is yet another of the upcoming—nearly there—Southern story collection I began working on in earnest during the final phase of … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative process, creative writing, creativity, editors, encouragement, Experimental Literature, Innovative Literature, Literary Journals, publication, publications, publishing, short story, submitting, Timber Journal, writer, writers, writing
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The Goddard Blog: rawboned in the News
Check out the Goddard Blog, here, for a great overview/interview/write up of our rawboned staff in its current configuration: Ginna Luck, who I think of as our soul-bearer of beauty and the aesthetic ideal. bevin, who is the persona of poetry–a … Continue reading
Posted in art, artist, blogs, creative writing, flash fiction, Goddard, Literary Journals, MFA, nonfiction, online journals, opinions, Publications, rawboned, writers, writing, writing community
Tagged art, artists, blogs, creative writing, editors, flash fiction, Literary Journals, MFA, writer, writers, writing community
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Meto-friendly news: rawboned live!
April rawboned is live! Congratulations to Trisha Winn, who decided to poke the bear and encourage others to do the same. I like bears, but this one will take its lumps for the sake of excellent reading. So how do … Continue reading
Posted in flash fiction, microwriting, nonfiction, online journals, Poetry, Publications, rawboned, submitting, writers, writing, writing community
Tagged creative writing, flash fiction, journals, Literary Journals, microwriting, nonfiction, online journals, poetry, publication, publications, publishing, rawboned, submitting, writer, writing, writing community
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Erasure Time
I’ve been erasing again. I am back on the Henry Van Dyke project pretty much every day, working steadily while also shaping the final projects in a short collection that began as my MFA thesis. On the whole, I have decided the … Continue reading
Posted in art, artist, creative process, creative writing, creativity, erasures, Henry Van Dyke, inspiration, painting, Poetry, process, writers, writing
Tagged art, artists, Creative process, creativity, erasures, Henry Van Dyke, old books, painting, poetry, writers, writing
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Things I Can Say about Spock, an Ex-Academic, and Power Now that They’ve All Bumped into Each Other in My Head
Of course it is sad, I am sad, to know that Leonard Nimoy is gone. With unashamed sentiment, I have read some lovely eulogies, tributes that address fully what a fan should say about the man and his body of … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, bad advice, creative process, creative writing, Encouragement, family, Helen, MFA, opinions, self-doubt, writers, writing, writing community
Tagged advice, Anger, Bad Advice, Creative process, creative writing, creativity, encouragement, Family, Leonard Nimoy, MFA, Mr. Spock, Power, Star Trek, writers, writing
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Meto-things: What’s Up
Here is where things are at: 1 My partner in all things of art and life, David L. White, has three poems up at The Knicknackery, “Low Tide”, “Crochet”, and “At Oven’s Door”, which I can’t even read because it breaks me. Intensity. I … Continue reading
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