January 31, 2009
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Why blog? When there is so much to do, why add another thing? Especially when so many others do it so well. The same can be said, I suppose, of anything. Why write? Why bother when the likes of Lydia … Continue reading
January 30, 2009
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“Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears.” Italo Calvino While the towers stood, I had never visited Trinity Church or stepped inside the cemetery’s wrought iron fence. The hole opens up other options. The elimination of … Continue reading
January 27, 2009
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Back on January 13th, I was struggling with too many choices. One resolved itself simply: Disney trip cancelled for lack of market share. Oh. Well. The boy will never know what he’s missing. The other, whether to continue one affiliation … Continue reading
January 25, 2009
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My honorable mentions were in the following categories: Carolyn A. Clark Flash Fiction Prize for Homework homework1 and Creative Nonfiction Prize for Turpentine and Color, which was also a first prize winner in the 2008 Bazzanella Awards. I guess I’ll keep … Continue reading
January 13, 2009
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I just received an e mail notification that I have “won one or more awards in the 2008 Soul-Making Literary Competition. All winners and honorable mentions of the 2008 contest are invited to read from their winning works on Sunday Afternoon, March … Continue reading
January 7, 2009
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An expert in the field has enlightened me to the concept that one perhaps cannot/should not be a “Press” without in some way being, well, a press, a publisher, of some kind. Is this really true? I have become quite … Continue reading