Concise. Moving right along...Dear Writer:
We regret that the manuscript you submitted does not fit
our current editorial needs. Thank you very much for
sending us your work.
Sincerely,
The Editors of Ploughshares
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Rejection: Ploughshares...of course
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Won't be in New York this summer!
The New York Summer Writer's Institute didn't offer your girl a scholarship. Gonna keep truckin' though. Of course.
Sweet Acceptance!
So the North Central Review took my poem, "Crushes on White Boys"! Yes!!! Yes!!! Yes!!!!
That is all.
Yes!!
That is all.
Yes!!
Friday, March 14, 2008
Submission: Cave Canem Fellowship
So yesterday I mailed off my application for Cave Canem's summer retreat. This one is special because it's specifically for African-Americans/minorities. It would be GREAT to be in an environment like that. I don't often get to be immersed in that way and I'd love it. BUT...of course it is highly competitive and I don't expect to get it. I'm just saying though...at least I submitted. Once again.
We shall see!
We shall see!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Honorable Mention
Found out today that I'm a runner-up in the Student Literary Awards at my university! My professor pulled me out in the hall to tell me! I was so excited...so was she...she hugged me! I love that woman! Love her!!!
Anyway, there's an award ceremony on April 3 that I won't get to read at but I'll get to go and accept an envelope...I think with a little money...maybe? I really don't care. I needed some validation. Especially with the poem that won. It was a piece that I felt wouldn't be accepted. It was my most authentic voice though. So to have that particular piece selected just makes me feel like my voice works!
Alright...enough.
Yay!
Anyway, there's an award ceremony on April 3 that I won't get to read at but I'll get to go and accept an envelope...I think with a little money...maybe? I really don't care. I needed some validation. Especially with the poem that won. It was a piece that I felt wouldn't be accepted. It was my most authentic voice though. So to have that particular piece selected just makes me feel like my voice works!
Alright...enough.
Yay!
Monday, March 10, 2008
Speaking of Submission
So...I don't think it's healthy to fully submit to love. Like to totally give yourself over to the goal of being with someone. That's where I've gone wrong in the past and it hasn't gotten me anywhere in the companionship department.
I'm still healing from the end of a 2 year relationship and every time I've tried to start dating someone else, I can't go through with it and it's been almost a year. I guess I'm just not ready. I want to be ready for when I'm ready though. So here's a list of my ideal partner's traits:
1. He's honest
2. He treats me how he wants to be treated
3. He's in pursuit of his passions. Goes after what he wants, including me
4. He is independent
5. Oh he's GOT to have a GREAT sense of humor.
6. He has to laugh at my jokes lol.
7. Self-aware
8. Trys to better himself.
9. Not afraid to show me how he feels.
Blah.
We shall see.
I'm still healing from the end of a 2 year relationship and every time I've tried to start dating someone else, I can't go through with it and it's been almost a year. I guess I'm just not ready. I want to be ready for when I'm ready though. So here's a list of my ideal partner's traits:
1. He's honest
2. He treats me how he wants to be treated
3. He's in pursuit of his passions. Goes after what he wants, including me
4. He is independent
5. Oh he's GOT to have a GREAT sense of humor.
6. He has to laugh at my jokes lol.
7. Self-aware
8. Trys to better himself.
9. Not afraid to show me how he feels.
Blah.
We shall see.
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