My Own Thoughts

Category: Writing

  • 2017 Poetry Awards

    The Sigma Tau Delta Poetry Awards were held in the Brown Library Atrium on October 12 at 7:30 pm. Print outs were made of the poems submitted to the contest between September 11 and October 2. These were laid out on three large tables so that everyone could read them. In addition, pens and post-it…

  • Writing

    I’ve been writing a lot of poetry this month–inspired by Barbara Rollins’ Facebook publications of NaHaiWriMo poetry. Some are haiku. Some are quick, rhythm based songs. Some are alliterative artistry. Some are hints, unfermented in the casks of my mind. Many of them are very good, but except for “Tumbleweed Wrangler” I have no idea…

  • Relief… Satisfaction.

    I had a chapter turned in this summer for a book which was turned down wholesale. I thought I had gotten it just right, but I missed the audience (1 of the 3), and so the time was potentially wasted. This caused me a bit of depression and frustration, since I did spend a lot…

  • Song from God

    In the shadow of the cross, I leave my fear and woe. In the radiance of his love, I let my anger go. He is my Savior. He rescues me. He is my lord for eternity. He is my shepherd. He comforts me. He is my love for eternity. In the shelter of his wings…

  • My Poem

    I have been working for three or so hours each over the last two days to create audio and a video of a poem I wrote for National Poetry Month. TYCA is having a contest, which was supposed to be finished. But they did not get sufficient entries, so they solicited more. I hope that…

  • When is rape not rape?

    When the rapist is your friend, I guess. But it’s still rape. I don’t want to listen to this video of Whoopi Goldberg. I just want to put it somewhere I can find it. Polanski pleaded guilty to sex with a minor. The charges were less than rape. But Polanski raped the girl. PERIOD. Yes,…

  • Editing

    I wrote a piece for a journal. It was intended to be a rah-rah personal memoir. That’s what the journal seemed to me to be looking for. I have rewritten it three times and it is still not what they want and I am not sure that I can fix it either. To some extent…

  • Papers

    I am not working on a paper this evening. I finished the one that was due today and sent it off. Who knows if it will be accepted? God alone. I am a little worried that it’s an “oh, duh” paper, especially after having read the reader reviews on the Chronicle forums tonight, but, you…

  • AAGGHH

    I have seven days from now to finish the Shakespeare paper. I thought I had two weekends, this one which is shot because I am with my parents the whole time, and next one. No. I have this one. I have one week. I am getting in gear as fast as I can. (While surfing…

  • I missed two deadlines.

    I was so focused on the two papers that are due next, I missed two deadlines for papers that I could have written in my sleep. I am not too happy about that. Both were vampire papers, which isn’t what I wanted to be my forte, but I could have done them easily and it…

  • Anglo-Saxon Hoard Found

    It’s the biggest ever. And it has a bracelet that Jeska would love. I really need to send Dielli’s book out again. The picture is from the Guardian.

  • Frustration

    I sent out a creative nonfiction piece yesterday. I am very happy with the piece overall, but after I sent it I realized I should have changed the dates to make them more recent… If I had just moved everything ten years forward it would still have been creative nonfiction. The “creative” part would just…

  • 9/11

    Eight years later. I confess to having forgotten the devastation that day brought to the United States. I am not sure I understood it that day. I am not sure I understand it now. God, please, bless the country that I love. God, bless America. For remembrance.

  • Thoughts on wheelchair access

    after talking with Jill. Don’t want to sit in front because if you need to leave, everyone is watching you. The back is preferable because you need a deeper space for the wheelchair. A good idea to fix the problem of wheelchair people not being able to see the words is to hand out copies…

  • Vocabulary: chthonic

    related to Greek mythology, specifically of or about the Underworld I found the word in an article on the differences between Greek and American heroes. I am looking at the hero in Angel, perhaps even the extent to which the story is an epic story.

  • Poetry Reading

    R found a poetry reading, First Friday, for us to go to. I took poems and read one. I talked too fast, though. He didn’t really enjoy the evening and I am not sure I did either. But I do want to go back. Though I am not sure I want to read any more…

  • Publications

    Exactly what have I been doing to get my publications up, since I mentioned that I needed publications “desperately” in my last post? I wrote and had published an online review of a book of poetry from a small press. The review had two grammar errors in it. (Oops.) I wrote three articles on themes…

  • Half way done

    I have a chapter due next week and I am halfway done. I wish I were completely finished and just revising, but I am not. I am hoping to write some more tomorrow and this weekend. I’ll be at my folks’ house, though, and that generally keeps me busy. But I’m going to try to…

  • Too much to say, too few words to say it in.

    I am working on a paper which is supposed to be published next year. The stated length was 3,000 to 5,000 words. Presently I have 6,300 words. In addition, there is at least one other section that I want to add (though I think I should add two). I could make it a bit shorter…

  • Goals for this year:

    I know you think this is about 2009, but it isn’t. It’s about 2008. There are eleven more days in the year. I want to do well at salsa class Monday night and have fun. I want to finish a first draft of my paper by Wednesday. Then do a rewrite by Saturday. Then send…