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Honors Project…Complete!

For the last two years I’ve learned how to play Edward MacDowell’s “Woodland Sketches” for the piano. Since January I’ve studied his biography, reading anything I could get my hands on about MacDowell. And today I printed the final copy of my project. I wrote ten poems, each inspired by a piece in “Woodland Sketches.” In total, …

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Prompt–Saturday, September 24

Make a list of your favorite short stories, poems, and/or novels, whatever you want. Add to it as you discover new ones. Short Stories: A Good Man is Hard to Find–Flannery O’Connor Porque no Tiene, Porque le Falta–Robert Stone The Oldest Story–Emilia Pardo Bazan Barn Burning–William Faulkner Poems: When I have fears–John Keats Fire and …

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Acceptance!

Tuesday afternoon I received an acceptance letter for two of my poems to be published in the October issue of “Heavy Hands Ink.” I am very excited to share these poems! Here is the link to the website if you want to check out the magazine before then: http://heavyhandsink.wordpress.com/

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Poetry versus Fiction

Whew. That was a long week. Yesterday I researched several literary magazines for submitting my work. If you aren’t already familiar with http://www.duotrope.com, you should definitely check them out as a source to help you discover markets for your work. They have been immensely helpful with my journey to navigate the Internet and find magazines. …

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