I’m staying as busy as ever with writing. I’ll list the activities I’ve had in August through mid-September, plus any awards or publications I’ve been notified about. Listing is the easiest way to do it and have it make any sense, trust me, lol!

Activities:

  • August 5 – Salvation South Writing Circle
  • August 6 – Tennessee Mountain Writers Board Meeting
  • August 10 – Hippocampus Magazine Minis – 5 Creative Nonfiction Flash Speakers – Doug Van Gundy, Jenny Hill, Jiordan Castle, Maryann Aita, and Molly Bilinski
  • August 10 – Poetry Society of Tennessee, Speaker Annie Woodford (AMAZING!)
  • August 19 – Write Or Die Zoom “Author Marketing Fundamentals Craft Chat,” with Guest Speakers Abigail Oswald and Gage Saylor (SplitLip Press)
  • August 20 – NC Humanities Zoom with David Joy (PHENOMENAL!)
  • August 21 – Personal Essay Bootcamp Preview with Katie Bannon (VERY INFORMATIVE – would have loved to have done Bootcamp, but I’ll be out of town with no Wi-Fi)
  • August 26-30 – Table Rock Writers Workshop (DA BOMB!)
  • September 2 – Lost State Writers Guild Board Meeting
  • September 3 – Tennessee Mountain Writers Board Meeting
  • September 10 – Abbreviated Version of Imposter Syndrome Presentation for Appalachian Authors Guild

 

Publishing/Contest News:

  • “Before the Dawn” – 1st Place, Poetry, Appalachian Authors Guild Golden Nib Local Chapter Contest
  • “Tickets” – 1st Place, Fiction, Appalachian Authors Guild Golden Nib Local Chapter Contest
  • “Meeting Neil Gaiman” – 2nd Place, Nonfiction, Appalachian Authors Guild Golden Nib Local Chapter Contest

(1st Place Winners will go up against other local chapter winners in the Virginia Writers Club statewide contest this Fall)