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Tag Archives: encouragement
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
Posted in bad advice, creative process, creative writing, creativity, Encouragement, Experimental Literature, Experimental Prose, fiction, Literary Journals, process, Publications, short story, submitting, Timber Journal, writers, writing
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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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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Prompt-a-thon
Whoever came up with the abhorrent idea that January first is invigorating? Post-holidays, I am not invigorated, I’m exhausted. Resolution is not in the air. Days are dark, dreamy. Nights feel right cozied up with family. Mornings feel like a … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, art, creative process, creative writing, creativity, Prompts, Writing prompts
Tagged advice, art, artists, Arts, Creative process, creative writing, creativity, encouragement, writing prompts
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Permission
Have you ever heard sage warnings about how hard it is to make it in the arts, about how many dues you have to pay and how unlikely it is that you have the goods (read: talent) to pay them … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, art, artist, bad advice, creative process, creative writing, creativity, Encouragement, process, submitting, writers, writing, writing community
Tagged caution, cautionary tales, encouragement, good advice vs. bad advice, submitting, support, writer, writers, writing, writing community
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