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Do you ever get the feeling that you are exactly where you’re supposed to be? I was lucky enough to experience that twice this past week. The first time was when we got our new cat. The second time was when I walked into the Shambhala Center on Wednesday night. They have open meditation from . . . → Read More: Sit Still  Leave a comment  Posted on November 13th, 2011 in Spiritual, Writing  Austin Shambhala Center, how to meditate, self care, showing up I spent this weekend at the Writers’ League of Texas Agents & Editors Conference. You know the best part about it? I wasn’t pitching a book. I wasn’t walking around feeling nervous, practicing my one-line description in which I give the genre, title, and a catchy synopsis, or my 30 second pitch in case the . . . → Read More: Looking for a Long-Term Relationship 2 comments Posted on June 12th, 2011 in Publishing, Writing agents and editors conference, getting published, platform building, the state of publishing, wlt Yesterday I received a long attacking comment, the equivalent of a mail bomb really, from my ex-husband’s girlfriend on the post What I’m Not Missing. Of course she has opinions about this post. I don’t begrudge her those opinions. But I won’t air them here. This blog isn’t for her or about her–or my ex-husband. . . . → Read More: No Combat Zone 20 comments Posted on February 28th, 2011 in Divorce, Writing censorship, Divorce, grief, self-censorship, Writing In my pre-parenting life, the first word I used to describe myself was writer. Though mama has moved to the top of the list, writing (this blog and more) is still one of my biggest loves and at the core of my identity. I’ve been working on a new website that combines mamaTRUE with what . . . → Read More: Writers, Join Me My friend Jennifer has been emailing with Anne Rice all night! How does that even happen? She follows Anne on Facebook and Anne’s recent announcement that she was leaving the Catholic church prompted Jennifer to put her relationship with the church into words. Jennifer posted her letter “Dear Anne Rice” on her blog and then . . . → Read More: Emailing with Anne Rice 5 comments Posted on September 4th, 2010 in Writing Anne Rice, Jennifer Hill Robenalt, the Catholic Church Last night, I stayed out later than I have since sometime in early 2006. Considering I’m staying at my mom’s house and anticipated questions like, “What time did you get home?” and “What were you out doing so late?” I felt like a teenager as I drove home around 2 a.m. Throughout the night, I . . . → Read More: Love Me While I'm Gone 5 comments Posted on August 7th, 2010 in Divorce, Intellectual Self Care, Self Care, Single Parenting, Writing art, creative collaboration, life, life after kids, single parenting What would you pay to go back to high school, just for a night? Last night it cost me a $10 cover charge to see a band that my friends and I used to dance to in junior high and high school. But I saw so much more than a band. I hung out with . . . → Read More: Reuniting 8 comments Posted on July 17th, 2010 in Divorce, Emotional Self Care, Mindfulness, Parenting, Physical Self Care, Self Care, Writing Divorce, reunion Lately, I haven’t been much living in the land of poetry. I met my sometime-to-be ex-husband at a poetry open mic. I earned a Master’s in Fine Arts Degree in poetry, performed and competed in poetry slams for years, have more friends that are poets than maybe anything else. But when I got pregnant, poetry . . . → Read More: Getting Ready for National Poetry Month My favorite definition of “revision” is “to see again.” You are likely to envision the poem, over and over again, maybe with broad changes or simple tweaks, in the process of turning a freewrite or draft into a crafted work. Once you’ve used 10 Easy Tips to Revise Your Poems to make a first pass . . . → Read More: 5 Strategies to Take Your Writing from Draft to Poem This guest post in the Writing After Kids Series is by Andre Jackson, the father of four very intelligent children. He is also a twenty-year Active Duty Navy Veteran and finally a reader that loves to write and occasionally perform. He and I worked together for the 2007 National Poetry Slam in Austin, Texas. He . . . → Read More: Writing is Like Fishing One comment Posted on December 16th, 2009 in Parenting, Writing After Kids andre jackson, entering the land of what if |
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