He looms over the edge of a window frame, 35 stories above the City; clad in black, an urban bat on a precarious perch. Salt, swept up in a cold November gust, sweeps his cape, hits his face, his nos...
An “I-wish-I-could-be-there ” moment caught by Sophie Windsor Clive and Liberty Smith. I’d love to hear just the lap of the waves, the flutter of the birds’ wings, and their la...
He looked comfortable in the big-boned wooden seat, making some sounds I tried not to understand. He snatched up the papers as the waiter placed our drinks in front of us. A latte for me, a double es...
Every once in a while, I need a reminder of how important it is not to conform, not to settle, not to fit into a certain mold. Today I have to thank the sculptor Zenos Frudakis(and admittedly Faceboo...
This week’s Indie Ink Challenge comes from Wendryn. The challenge: “Vignettes: the difference between ‘in love’ and ‘love’” I really liked this challenge, an...
It’s been quite some time since my last post, and since I’ll be responding to an Indie Ink challenge this week, I thought it might be a good idea to address my absence these past couple o...
To VONA and all the writers, poets, artists that I can now call family – THANK YOU! Thank you for an amazing, insightful, life-changing week. A very special thanks to: Evelina, for giving me th...
I just got back from the most powerful evening I think I’ll have at VONA. Tonight, the faculty had their readings at the Berkeley City College. A packed auditorium came out to listen to some ve...
I’m going to try to keep today’s post short because I gots homework due mañana!! Okay, honestly, I’m probably not going to work on it anymore tonight (def tomorrow AM), but I want ...
Today was good. Real good. I had a few memorable moments courtesy of Team Galang, other VONA writers and the children sharing our Berkeley space. It was humbling to hear that a fellow VONA writer wit...
As part of the residency with Evelina, we received reading assignments that we discuss as a group during lunch. Unlike the workshops, the residents do not critique each other’s work. Instead, w...
Today was the first full day of my residency at VONA. There’s a lot I can write about, but as I’m trying to be on an internet diet this week, I’ll keep the posts brief. I’ll k...
Tonight, I’m flying out to California, a few days before I start my residency with M. Evelina Galang at the Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation. I’ll spend a week at Berkeley with other...
This week’s Indie Ink Challenge comes from Catherine at Creative Cat. The challenge: “Begin your story with, ‘I wish someone told me…’” This prompt made me think o...
This week’s Indie Ink Challenge comes from RunawaySentence. The challenge: “eggshell skull” An eggshell skull is a legal doctrine that basically means you take your victim as you fi...
This might not seem like much, but it really is a major milestone for me. I just completed 20,000+ words on the WIP! I wrote 1,514 words today, and managed to hit the 20,000+ mark. There will be some...
I recently wrote a post on a NYC Bar event on parenting, writing, and “having it all.” I zeroed in on the advice for writers, but now you can watch portions of the panel discussion on You...
Last night, the New York City Bar Association hosted a panel discussion on lawyering and parenting in the age of “having it all.” The panelists were lawyers-turned-writers: Amy Chua, auth...
This week’s Indie Ink Challenge comes from Dean. The challenge: Last two minutes. Needless to say, I had trouble with how both limiting and limitless this challenge could be. It reminded me of ...
Aspiring novelists dream about being published and financially sustaining themselves with their writing. But how do we achieve this with the family, financial, and other demands in our lives? I thou...
This week’s Indie Ink Challenge comes from MyPlaidPants. The challenge: “The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescr...
This week’s Indie Ink Challenge comes from Jules over at Mean Girl Garage. The challenge: The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later,...
This week’s Indie Ink Challenge comes from Supermaren. The challenge: go to the Shops at Columbus Circle, take a picture of a bronze sculpture, and write a piece about it. The sculptures are ac...
This morning, the awesome Rebecca Clare Smith tweeted about an interesting promise she made on her blog. The pledge: to write a book in 2011. It’s a great way to support yourself and other writ...
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