I’ve been waiting for K.M. to finish this book. And it’s more than I expected. Way more. Easy to read. Fun to read. Organized. It overflows with practical tools and tips for plotter and pantster alike. Just take a look at the table of contents. I mean, really, doesn’t it make you want to dig […]
It Will Not End Up Here
How did I end up here wrapped in a circle of poets (I don’t even call myself a poet) where we showed up to taste peaches and wild grapes, to crush the flesh of nectarine and sing fig songs? How did I end up here in cedar-scented sacred breeze benched above a liquid mirror […]
I Have This Need . . .
They came back last year. Full and flowing and bubbling over like the Frio inself. The High Calling editors. Their words carved a hole in my soul. An aching yawn in my heart that longs to be filled with the beauty of a Texas canyon. To embrace those who have become like family. L.L., who […]
Walking Wooden
They’re at it again, these two. Claire and L.L. Asking us to stretch our “creative fibers.” To share our history symbolically. In photographic images. And poetry–a sonnet. Claire challenges us to find five photos that answer five specific questions. I didn’t realize how much my life has been shaped by wood. 1. Who Made Up Your […]
What If? (A Glass Slipper Sonnet)
And now for something a little light, a little fun, and a lot corny (pun intended.) L.L. Barkat and Tweetspeak Poetry have put out a glass slipper sonnet challenge. What If? (A Glass Slipper Sonnet) What if she hadn’t slipped slipper from foot? What if she’d hurtled headlong down the stair? Would an ungraceful girlfriend […]
Window on Writing: To Write a Poem–A Sestina
I’m late to the party. July was sestina month over at Tweetspeak Poetry, and I struggled with this. And I didn’t have the patience to sit down and write such a long poem. But finally I tried. It was a matter of pride. And now I can scratch it off my to-do list. I […]
Window on Writing: Where I’m From
She issued a writing challenge based on a poem by George Ella Lyon titled Where I’m From. She offered a template link. Here’s my attempt, but I think I deviated from the template. I am from black-and-white two channels antenna perched on post turned to fuzzy and not-so-fuzzy by hand in all weather window open. […]
Linda Yezak: One-Word/One-Line Interview
Today I’m super excited to have my favorite redhead (next to Lucy–okay, ahead of Lucy) visit to share some of her deepest, darkest secrets. Linda Yezak is the author of Give the Lady a Ride, her debut novel. You can find my review here. I don’t know when I first “met” Linda or how–except […]
Window on Writing: Whoa!
We head east, past the field, past the house. Dennis leads the way. Turk’s a buckskin, part American Saddlebred. I follow on Lady, his part-Shetland strawberry roan. She’s my age, and I think she’s jealous. She limps. And swings her head around to nip at my feet. I call ahead. I think she’s hurt. […]
Window on Writing: Ode to Yogurt
It’s another T.S. Poetry challenge. What can you find for 99 cents? Take a picture. Write a poem. Ode to Yogurt We met at the crossroads of the coolers in the middle of the aisle you so strawberry sweet thick and creamy smooth a ninety-nine cent bargain culture in a spoon.
