Tag: Creative writing
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New Publication!
I’m excited to announce that my poem Confessional appears in Issue 5 of the Orange Couch, which dropped today! Please go check it out, along with all the other awesome contributors! Additionally, I have two more pieces forthcoming this summer, “Way of the Dragonborn” in the inaugural issue of a dreamy little mag called Snoozine,…
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Scaling the Cliff: Submitting to Literary Journals for the First Time
A friend asked me today about getting published in literary journals and magazines, and I want to share my response with all of you. I love helping people get started with getting published, and talk about it often with my friends, so this blog post almost feels past-due. Luckily, the friend who reached out to…
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Writing Prompt #46
Hullo fabulous folks! Grab a pen and a notebook! To celebrate the resuscitation of this blog, Prompt #46 is going to be all about rebirth, rejuvenation, and recovery. When was the last time you sat down and thought about something you overcame in life—college application statements don’t count! It’s time to do a little appreciation…
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Writing Prompt #45
It’s a Tuesday Chooseday! I’m back with another choose-your-own-adventure kind of prompt 🙂 For today, we’ll recycle a prompt from my Spoken Word class that I’ve been enjoying playing with. For an extra challenge, try writing your response with a spoken performance in mind, whatever genre you choose! Apocalyptic The day the world ended I……
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Exciting News!
So excited to announce that my flash fiction piece “Honey Hibiscus” appears in Volume 6 of Spare Parts Lit! Please head on over to check out this awesome issue! Thank you Oak! Also… I have a piece forthcoming in Defunct Magazine soon, keep an eye out! On a less exciting note, I owe all of…
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Thoughts About “You, An Apocalypse Survivor, Lie in the Grass to Watch a Comet”
In this three stanza poem, Gordon Smith evolves his use of punctuation to help evolve the flow of the poem to suit the context of the words. The first stanza is one sentence, the only period appearing at the end. The second stanza breaks four lines in with a period, the last line standing alone…
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Daily Prompt #44
Welcome to another Fantastic Monday! Eventually, I will convince myself not to hate Mondays. For today’s prompt, we’re going to go mythical! We’re also going to work on messing around with form. Instruction Manual For today, put together some instructions from one person (or group) in a fantasy world to another person (or group) in…
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Daily Prompt #43
Are you as excited as I am for Flash Friday? Flash is my favorite genre to write, so this is my favorite day of the week! (nothing to do with it being Friday, promise.) Today, I am anticipating Spring Break more than ever. Finals will be over, and I will step out of the in-between…
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Daily Prompt #42
Ready for some Thursday Thoughts? Going into spring break, what’s on your mind? Someplace warm? All the weather in California? Is it still snowing at home? Work tomorrow? This is the time to reset before diving back in for the students and teachers among us, but it’s just another week for some others. Resetting Still…
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Daily Prompt #41
Hi all! I hope you are having a wonderfully Wacky Wednesday! Today, we will err on the silly side of the surreal and strange. Have you ever noticed that many fables have a sort of rhythm to them? They roll and undulate–perfect for speaking out loud. One tool that can create that effect is repeating…
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