Category Archives: Group Writing Project
One Chapbook Submission: SENT
Down to the Wire
At 17:26 CST, I emailed my chapbook submission to Robert Lee Brewer for the 2009 November PAD Chapbook Challenge. It culminated the month-long fits and starts through this morning, to edit and revise, to make better the stuff I’d posted.
I knew what I was in for when I took this on: I [...]
November Activity Results
I finished the month only on a partially successful note. Both ventures were a great deal of fun, and brought me some valuable insights. I even learned from trying to do them in the same month. One thing I took from November’s activities is that they are do–able in the same month.
NaNoWriMo: My Incomplete Success
First [...]
What’s Up for November 2009
I was all set to tell you about my new adventure when something happened! While surfing and tweeting, I came across some great tweets from someone I just started following, @inkyelbows. And I found a new adventure.
What I was going to tell you before my distraction was that I’m going to try NaNoWriMo again this [...]
Lessons from a Mountaintop Experience
Death in the Family
My grandmother died March 30, 2003. It was painful and breathtaking. And then…
Maybe ten days later, my father was rushed to the ER. Blood clots were killing him. By the time I got to the hospital, dad’s heart had stopped and he’d been resuscitated twice.
The doctor working with him asked if we [...]
