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Goals for 2013–February Update
Poems read: 385/365 Poems written: 48/365 Short stories read: 114/365 Short stories written: 5/24 Submissions: 1/12 Videos made: 5/100 Sketches made: 187/365 Art pieces made: 21/52
Novel notebook…finished!
I worked at Seed yesterday and finished the sketchbook I’ve been using for Charlotte’s novel. Now comes the typing. And revision. And art. I am so excited to take this draft to the next level.
Goals for 2013–January Update
Poems read: 115/365 Poems written: 46/365 Short stories read: 25/365 Short stories written: 1/24 Submissions: 0/12 Videos made: 2/100 Sketches made: 165/365 Art pieces made: 18/52 And I worked on my novel.
Goals for 2013
My 2012 goal of Create was a success. I made more paintings. I didn’t make much progress on the music quilt, but maybe 2013 will be nicer to it. Wrote several poems and letters I am proud of, finished NaNo, and worked on short stories. My 2013 word for the year is Productivity. I already …
The Letter Project–Letter to Whitney
My latest letter to Whitney includes art, Halloween greetings, and a story via stick figures.
Prompt–Sunday, February 12
I finished reading “Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence” by Nick Bantock. It is a novel in letters. One of the lines that caught my attention was in one of Griffin’s letter: “Art for art’s sake is best quarantined here in the old world. I crave an art that passionately transcends the mundane instead of being a …
Grendel–John Gardner
For my contemporary fiction class we read “Grendel” by John Gardner. What strikes me most about the novel is the language and why we tell stories. Some of my favorite lines: “Stars, spattered out through lifeless night from end to end, like jewels scattered in a dead king’s grave, tease, torment my wits toward meaningful …
Prompt–Monday, January 23
The novel “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Safran Foer uses photographs to accompany the story. Pick a project you’ve been working on and make a list of at least photographs or pictures or art that would enhance the story you’re trying to tell. For my April Novel: magnolia tree phoenix museum painting stars …
Suzanna and Writing 