Apr 18, 2024 | Writing Life
On Thursday, April 18, I had the exceptional good fortune of hearing former United States Poet Laureate Rita Dove speak at ETSU in Johnson City, TN. Dove spoke twice that day, first in an interview scenario with Dr. Jesse Graves and Valencia Robin Grice at the Reece...
Apr 14, 2024 | Writing Life
The past few weeks have been busy on the writing news front. Since my last blogs, I’ve found out about several contests and publications. I will have three poems in the new issue of Jimson Weed, the literary publication through UVA at Wise: “After Moonlight Shadow by...
Apr 11, 2024 | Writing Life
Recently in our 7:00 a.m. writing group, our prompt was to define what success as a writer meant to us. This was also a prompt we used in our Imposter Syndrome presentation at the Tennessee Mountain Writers Conference. It’s tough to define success for me, but here...
Apr 7, 2024 | Memoir, Writing Life
Another Tennessee Mountain Writers Annual Conference has come and gone. It was another great one, but that doesn’t surprise me. The TMW Board always produces a top-notch event, and I come home both exhausted and exhilarated, wonderful ideas and information in hand to...
Mar 24, 2024 | Publications, Writing Contests, Writing Life
Here’s a quick update of writing activities since last month’s blogs.Upcoming Events:– TMW Conference, April 4-6. I’m co-presenting a panel discussion on Confronting Imposter Syndrome with two of my amazing writer friends, Sharon Shadrick and Sharon Waters. It...
Feb 16, 2024 | Writing Contests, Writing Life
I’m staying really busy with writing activities so far in 2024. I don’t feel like I’m producing much at the moment, but I’m taking classes, preparing for conferences, and submitting like crazy. Some days, I question if I’m expending energy towards the right (write?)...
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