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Goals for 2013–March Update
Poems read: 635/365 Poems written: 57/365 Short stories read: 176/365 Short stories written: 5/24 Submissions: 2/12 Videos made: 5/100 Sketches made: 303/365 Art pieces made: 27/52
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
Spectacle by Susan Steinberg
I finished reading “Spectacle” by Susan Steinberg. The experimental writing was refreshing. My favorite story? Universe. Favorite use of punctuation? The semicolon.
George Saunders and the Short Story
Check out this clip from the Colbert Report where George Saunders talks about why he writes short stories. One of my favorite short stories by Saunders is “Sea Oak.”
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 so far
I’ve read 100 poems, 11 short stories, filmed 2 videos (need to edit them), and made 34 sketches. Not bad for 10 days into 2013. One of my sketches in Corel Painter.
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 …
Forming better habits
I’ve been writing every day since January 2011. It is one habit I’m glad I have. On the other hand, I’m still working on forming the habit of reading at least one poem and short story a day. I’ve made progress where I will read at least one, maybe two, a week. So hopefully I …
The end of pumpkin bread
I used the last of my pumpkin puree, so no more pumpkin bread until the fall. I finished reading Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” and Matt Bell’s “How They Were Found.” The short story I’ve been thinking about for months is making progress. It’s nice to have something on paper. And there’s a nice short fiction making progress. …
Noodles!
I wrote part of the short story I’ve been meaning to work on for months. Almost finished reading Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral.”
Suzanna and Writing 