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Sunday, March 19, 2023

AWP 2023 From Home or SWAG in a Box

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As my regular readers know I did not attend AWP in Seattle this year. Instead, I did the Virtual Conference. The virtual conference for me t...
Sunday, March 05, 2023

Conferencing from Home This Time Hopefully With Improved Eye Sight

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  This is the week that AWP opens in Seattle . The Annual Writers Pilgrimage to whatever Mecca is selected for that year.  Seattle it is.  T...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Confession Tuesday - Joy and Sadness Issue

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 Dear Reader: Let's hurry to the confessional...  It's been one submission, a whole week of Grind Poems (if you don't know what ...
Tuesday, February 07, 2023

Confession Tuesday-- Introverts edition

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Dear Reader: It's been one rejection letter, three episodes of Shrinking on Apple TV,  another week writing poems for the Grind ( if you...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Confession Tuesday Loneliness Edition

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It’s Confession Tuesday – hurry, I’m off to the confessional.  Dear Reader, it’s been… it’s been. Oh. crap I don’t know how long since my la...
Monday, January 23, 2023

January - Birthday - Fountain Pen

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Pictured to the left is my new pen, MaJohn 800. It's lightweight with good balance and especially comfortable for long writing stints. I...
Saturday, December 31, 2022

Great P & W Issues Is Out

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 For untold years I have looked to Poets and Writers Magazine as a central source of poetry/writing-related craft information.  The most rec...