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A few brief updates: teaching, publications, a reading, and a corgi in the snow!
Hello All! January was one of those blink-and-you’ll-miss-it months. We’re back in session for the spring term, and I’m teaching some of my favorite things–History of the English Language, the Medieval Literature seminar, the senior capstone in English, and a … Continue reading
Posted in poetry, Teaching, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged amwritingpoetry, Capricon, Capricon42, corgi, poet, poetry, publication, snow, snowday, teaching, writing
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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
Posted in fiction, Publishing, writing
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
Posted in Publishing, writing
Tagged amwriting, amwritingpoetry, poet, poetry, publication, publishedpoem, speculativepoem, speculativepoet, speculativepoetry, StarLine, writing
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My first craft essay
Hello all! One of the first questions people ask you as a writer is “where do you get your ideas from?” or, “How do you come up with things to write?” or, “How do you write/ what’s your writing process?” … Continue reading
Posted in Arthurian Things, writing
Tagged Arthurian Legend, Arthurian Things, craft essay, craft of poetry, medievalism, poet, poetry, poetry writing, writer, writerlife, writing
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A Lesson Learned
The only truly enduring aspects of my life, the only through lines linking my earliest childhood memories to the present moment, have been curiosity–a drive to know, to ask Why? Yes, why? But why? What now? what comes next? and find the answers–and a burning urge, a need, to write, to make, to create. Continue reading
Posted in work-life balance, writing
Tagged Covid-19, life lessons, pandemic, self-awareness, self-reflection, teaching, writer, writing
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It’s Been a Hot Minute, Hasn’t It?
Hello, Blogosphere! So, I just logged in to this space for the first time in . . . a while. Reading through my last post, written in July of last year, I find it truly resonates with me, and I … Continue reading
Posted in End of the Year wrap Up, Uncategorized
Tagged blogging, corgi, pandemic, personal goals, professional goals, reading, teaching, writing
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Pandemic Poem #35
Pandemic Poem #35 came after I overheard several angry neighbors loudly discussing how the government needs to just cut out the nonsense and reopen everything because you can’t hold the economy hostage for a disease. There was a lot of … Continue reading
Pandemic Poem #33
(Reading tip: if you are reading this on your phone screen, turning the screen sideways will result in a correct placement of each line; otherwise, they are broken up in unusual and not especially poetic fashion.) Lanes I got … Continue reading
Posted in poetry, writing
Tagged amwriting, amwritingpoetry, pandemicpoetry, poem, poet, poetry, poetrycommunity, poetrylife, poetrynation, writercommunity, writerlife, writing
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Pandemic Poem #32
Pandemic poem #32 is one of the ones that went dark and twisty immediately–but in the end, just a hint of hope, maybe. Maybe. If enough people want the cure badly enough to fight together for it instead of continuing … Continue reading
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Tagged amwriting, amwritingpoetry, authorlife, pandemicpoem, poem, poet, poetry, poetrycommunity, poetrynation, responsepoem, writercommunity, writerslife, writing
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Pandemic Poem #31
What are you dreaming about and loving fiercely today? (Reading tip: if you are reading this on your phone screen, turning the screen sideways will result in a correct placement of each line; otherwise, they are broken up in unusual … Continue reading
Posted in poetry, writing
Tagged amwriting, amwritingpoetry, Author, authorcommunity, authorlife, pandemicpoem, pandemicpoetry, poem, poet, poetry, poetrycommunity, poetrylife, poetrynation, writer, writercommunity, writerlife, writing
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Melissa Ridley Elmes 