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Publication updates: new poems and CNF out; work long and shortlisted for prizes and forthcoming; latest news on Ethics in the Arthurian Legend!
Hello, all! I’ve been busily grading and getting the Spring semester concluded (and balancing that with cancer treatments) and so have been remiss in sharing some recent publications and good news. Without further ado, if you like what I make … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial work, fiction, poetry, Publishing, writing
Tagged AmEditing, amwriting, amwritingfiction, amwritingpoetry, Arthurian Legend, Arthurian Scholarship, Cathexis Northwest Press, Dark and Twisty With a Side of Optimism, DarkWinter Literary Magazine, Dream Visions, Eccentric Orbits 4, Ethics in the Arthurian Legend, Grendel's Mother, I'm In This Story and I Don't Like It, Miracle Monocle 20, Nailbiter, Rhysling longlist, Rhysling nomination, speculative fiction, Speculative poetry, Star*Line 42, The Quiet Moments, Three Haiku to Chill the Spine, What the Old Woman Knows
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Lost Notebooks and Second First Pages
About a year ago, I lost nearly 100 pages of drafting towards a project I had been trying to lay track for for many years, when the notebook I was writing it in went missing. (I know, I know. In … Continue reading
“When the Elves Are Gone” part two now up at World of Myth! And other writing updates
Hello! Last month, I shared the publication journey of my short story, “When the Elves Are Gone” along with the link to the first part, published in the August issue of World of Myth magazine. I’m happy to report that … Continue reading
“When the Elves Are Gone” Part One now out at World of Myth Magazine
I knew it was a weird little bird from the beginning, because it was designed that way–I never billed it as a traditional short story, because it’s just not. Continue reading
Posted in fiction, Publishing, writing
Tagged amwriting, amwritingfiction, Eco Fantasy, fantasy fiction, fantasy short story, fantasy writer, fiction, hybrid fiction, hybrid speculative fantasy, speculative fiction, speculative writer, When the Elves Are Gone, World of Myth Magazine, writer
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essay, memoir, poetry, flash: un peu de tout from me to you
I’m never going to be “Melissa, who writes X.” I’m always going to be “Melissa, who writes across the alphabet unapologetically and with great zest and vim and verve and joy.” Continue reading
Posted in fiction, poetry, Research and Scholarship, writing
Tagged amwriting, fiction, flash fiction, medieval literature, medieval women, medieval women's studies, memoir, poetry, scholarship, Speculative poetry, women in medieval literature, women's friendship in medieval literature, women's studies, writing
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“Weird Literature,” Third Graders, and Me-Now
Here’s a little story. When I was in third grade, we moved from Hawaii, where my father was stationed at Pearl Harbor, to Williamsburg, Virginia, in the middle of the academic year. I was put in Ms. Riddick’s class. Already … Continue reading
Microfiction “Crossing the Threshold” up at A Story in 100 Words
Hello World, and hope you’re doing well. I’m writing to you today from the confines of what professors sometimes jokingly, sometimes despairingly call “grading jail,” that period of time between the end of the academic semester and the due date … Continue reading
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Tagged amwriting, fiction, micro fiction, microfiction, postcard fiction, publication, Publishing, short story, short-short story, writer, writing
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Chipping away at dreams . . .
It’s finally official–the bio has been added to the roster, and I’m thrilled to be able to share that I am a Star*Line Magazine poet! You can read “Riding Down a Dream” in issue 44.4, available now! https://www.sfpoetry.com/sl/issues/starline44.4.html This was … Continue reading
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Tagged amwriting, amwritingpoetry, poet, poetry, publication, publishedpoem, speculativepoem, speculativepoet, speculativepoetry, StarLine, writing
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“Green” now published in In Parentheses 7.1
Just a brief update to share that I’m delighted my prose poem “Green” has been published in In Parentheses 7.1 (Summer 2021) and is available for anyone who would like to read it here: https://inparentheses.art/…/contributor-list-in…/ You’ll find the Green Man, … Continue reading
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