fellowship/publication submissions: 7 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 1 books: 0 Secret Shame: See "books" above. Mantra of the Moment: Action reveals priorities. --Mahatma Ghandi
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Monthly Meter: April 2012
fellowship/publication submissions: 3 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 3ish (semi-finalist for 1) books: 0 Secret Shame: Puberty's angst and awkwardness refuses to leave me alone. Pretend not to notice--that's what I do. And trail mix with white chocolate chips. Mantra of the Moment: Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient [...]
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Monthly Meter: March 2012
fellowship/publication submissions: 4 fellowship/publication acceptances:0 fellowship/publication rejections: 1 books: me and Nina Monica A. Hand Secret Shame: I really might, well probably would, for a Klondike bar. Ice cream is definitely one of my weaknesses. Mantra of the Moment: "Even those who appear fearless are afraid and just live fully anyway." (Antoinette Brim in an [...]
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Monthly Meter: February 2012
fellowship/publication submissions: 10 fellowship/publication acceptances: 1 fellowship/publication rejections: 1 books: 3 Teeth Aracelis Girmay Blood Dazzler Patricia Smith Like Trees, Walking Ravi Howard Secret Shame: Running nightmares. Seriously. I have them. Why can't I be faster with killer abs? Because I like white chocolate chips, ice cream, and sleep--the latter of which I cannot seem [...]
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Monthly Meter: January 2012
It's ba-yack! The Monthly Meter returns this year. It might be better named my accountability log; my Dar-get-on-the-stick statistics. Because that's really what all these numbers and records are about. Follow me on the journey. Or walk beside me. Well, run with me--I'm picking up the pace! Come back every month to see how goes [...]
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Stall **crickets**
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl Woman - Age 35 If you've ever checked out my Monthly Meter on here, you will see my stops and starts--lurching then full speed to a putt-putt and altogether stop. 35 was one of those times. I point you to a post I wrote almost exactly a [...]
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My bad…
So I was watching Jeopardy the other night. The contestant offers a response to the question on the board. Alex Trebeck is, like, "Yes, select." Gasps and disorder come from the peanut gallery. Another contestant buzzes in to answer. The other contestant pronounces the response correctly. Alex directs his eyes to Other Contestant, "Yes, the [...]
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Monthly Meter
My log for the month of : June Writing/Residency/Fellowship Submissions: 1 Writing/Residency/Fellowship Acceptances: 1 Writing/Residency/Fellowship Rejections: 2 Books: 0 Secret Shame(s): A 38 minute average still? Word? Bleh.
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Monthly Meter
My log for the month of : May Writing/Residency/Fellowship Submissions: 0 Writing/Residency/Fellowship Acceptances: 0 Writing/Residency/Fellowship Rejections: 4 Books: The Book of Night Women - Marlon James Secret Shame(s): I like punctuation marks way-y-y-y too much. (Dr. Gomez: you were right). I didn't submit or write anything this month. I conjure witty Facebook statuses while I [...]
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Monthly Meter
My log for the month of : April Writing/Residency/Fellowship Submissions: 4 Writing/Residency/Fellowship Acceptances: 1 Writing/Residency/Fellowship Rejections: 1 Books: Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie Secret Shame(s): I feel like a charity case. And several tawdry tunes that shall remain unnamed, but, gosh, they are so terribly danceable.
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