"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.” James Baldwin A [...]
Tag: the writerly life
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.
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Monthly Meter: November
Not much to see here folks. But this is what it is. The writerly life is not all moody coffee shops, snaps, and moleskins. fellowship/publication submissions: 2 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 2 books: Aww, you know the story. Bleh. Secret Shame: If I talked to other people like I talk to myself sometimes, I would [...]
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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 [...]
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Monthly Meter for December
fellowship/publication submissions: 4 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 2 books: I'm a writer--I don't read. Apparently. Secret Shame: See above. Mantra of the Moment: Don't wait for opportunity, make opportunity.
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Start Here
Charlotte's Web - E. B. White (1952) I had to read this novel as a kid and of course, we watched the movie on the big projector in the school gym as the capstone to the unit. Those were the good old days. If you've never read the young adult novel, it's worth your afternoon. [...]
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A Found Poem…
...that I have no business sharing because it's new and should not be out in this cool air. Just building up its immune system is what I would tell the elders and well-meaners if they asked, "Do you really think she's ready? Shouldn't you wait?" But they probably wouldn't ask. They would just hiss at [...]
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Monthly Meter: November
fellowship/publication submissions: 3 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 5 (+1 we don't like the rest of this s*?@ but we think we're kinda feeling this one piece. Let us check it out a li'l longer. Yeah, it's a new kind of rejection for me too--or is it an acceptance? I'm going with acceptance, like a [...]
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Top Ten (so far)
Ten months: Done. Two more left: cool. ________________ My top ten for the first ten months of this year. 1. The Lion King (finally), Fela!, and Aida (my first opera). 2. publishing (more in a year than I have in the previous 2 years combined) 3. Kindred by Octavia Butler & The Four Agreements by [...]
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Monthly Meter: October
fellowship/publication submissions: 0 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 2 books: 0 Secret Shame: 1. This month's meter. 2. My truck is still dingy and the tires need air. Mantra of the Moment: All things are in perfect order.
darlene anita scott 