Monthly Meter: December

fellowship/publication submissions: 5 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 3 books: 12 Years A Slave - Solomon Northrup Secret Shame: My dusty passport. Mantra of the Moment: No risk, no reward.

Monthly Meter (July, September, & August editions)

I am ridiculously behind on posting my stats. So for all 10 of you who keep track of my publication oohs and oh-ohs, here they are: July fellowship/publication submissions: 0 fellowship/publication acceptances: 1 fellowship/publication rejections: 3 books: Sister Outsider - Audre Lorde Secret Shame: I am in a love/hate relationship with Sleep. Mantra of the [...]

Monthly Meter: April

fellowship/publication submissions: 0 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 3 books: __________________ Secret Shame: My fingernails which have resisted Nailtique, multivitamins, and nightly hypnosis.  I'm really considering biting them again so I'll have an excuse for their appearance.  Mantra of the Moment: ...but I can write a mean sentence you faster runner, better dancer, mathematician with abs [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]