It’s Nomination Season
‘Tis the season when literary magazines nominate some of their favorite pieces they published over the last year to various anthologies like the Pushcart Prize, Best MicroFiction, Best of the… Read more »
Category: Everything Else
2021 Publications
I hadn’t planned on writing this post. Not having written or published much this year, I didn’t see the point of writing an entire post for just 5 publications. But… Read more »
NaNoWriMo’21: My Journey So Far
We’re five days in to the hallowed month of NaNoWriMo’21. I clocked a total of about 3500 words until Wednesday and then came zero-words Thursday. And now I have a… Read more »
Manifesting My Novel
In about 2 weeks, I’ll be participating in NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month to the uninitiated. This is a global event where a bunch of crazies attempt to write… Read more »
I’m in Wigleaf!
One of my writing goals for 2021 was to have a story published in Wigleaf–a magazine I’ve admired ever since I started writing flash in 2008. And then I wrote… Read more »
Look at Me
Her, for the 100th time : “Mama, look! Look at me, Mama! Look, I can do cartwheels/bend myself like a pretzel/the most difficult ballet pose in the world/hang upside down… Read more »
Zoom Families
Later today, I will get on a Zoom call with family–parents, uncles, aunts, and cousins. It’ll start with quick hellos. Everyone will talk at once and then go quiet until… Read more »
Lost
I wake up in the middle of the night, sweaty, heart beating out of rhythm. It’s my most recurring nightmare, in which I’m lost and desperate to find my way… Read more »
