Monthly Meter: November

I forgot to post this... fellowship/publication submissions: 2 fellowship/publication acceptances: 2 fellowship/publication rejections: 0 books: are nice. To read and stuff. Secret Shame: My triceps Mantra of the Moment: If your dreams aren't scaring you, you're not dreaming big enough.

Monthly Meter: October

fellowship/publication submissions: 4 fellowship/publication acceptances: 1 fellowship/publication rejections: 1 books: are nice. to read and stuff. Secret Shame: Hello Good Morning - Dirty Money Mantra of the Moment: It's all temporary.

Throwback

Throwing it back real quick right here... #yesallwomen_____________________________________________________ BEYOND EVERY CEILING IS THE SKY she came in peace, left pretense at the door let her baggage lose itself on his secret closet’s floor. among the baggage and the skeletons, she knelt to say her prayers, but no matter how she tried to sort them her [...]

Monthly Meter: September

fellowship/publication submissions: 3 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 1 books: The White Boy Shuffle - Paul Beatty Secret Shame: my driving persona Mantra of the Moment: Keep going.

Monthly Meter: August

fellowship/publication submissions: 0fellowship/publication acceptances: 0fellowship/publication rejections: 2books: The God of Small Things - Arundhati RoySecret Shame: Let's just say schmoozing is not my strength. And Big Freedia (you already know)!Mantra of the Moment: Ohmmmmmmmmm dingleberries.  (And namaste).

Monthly Meter: July

fellowship/publication submissions: 3 fellowship/publication acceptances: 1 fellowship/publication rejections: 2 books: Blood Colony - Tananarive Due Secret Shame: Jim crack corn and I don't care. Mantra of the Moment: Intention.

Monthly Meter: June

fellowship/publication submissions: 5 fellowship/publication acceptances: 2 fellowship/publication rejections: 2 books: Black Mamba Boy - Nadifa Mohammed Secret Shame: My b-girl alter ego. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2isZtjIOVRo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkoeNLuMbcI Mantra of the Moment: "Graves grow no green that you can use.  Remember that green is your color.  You are Spring."  --Gwendolyn Brooks, "To the Young Who Want to Die"

Monthly Meter: May

fellowship/publication submissions: 3 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 2 books: Etude - Tiffany Austin How To Read the Air - Dinaw Mengestu Secret Shame: Averageness. Mantra of the Moment: Like there's no tomorrow.

Monthly Meter: April

fellowship/publication submissions: 1 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 0 books: 0 Secret Shame: I see Stupid all around me which could very well be arrogance. (Or maybe evidence I'm in the wrong place at the wrong time). Mantra of the Moment: 11 Seconds