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March 3, 2012March 3, 2012

This.

My first reading. January 5, 2012 at the Natsoulas Gallery in Davis.

Posted in memoir, poetry, writing. Tagged adoption, gallery, memoir, poetry, poetry night in Davis, reading. 1 Comment
July 8, 2011July 8, 2011

Blossom

A perennial flower, blossoming, blooming, thriving, then dying; going to seed, returning to earth, waiting a season or three, then blossoming, blooming again: let’s say that’s why my portfolio is so slim, so sporadic. I’m a late bloomer. I didn’t think it was going to happen that way. I was 9 or 10 when I […]

Posted in adolescence, memoir, writing. Tagged adolescence, memoir, poetry, writing. 1 Comment
June 29, 2011June 29, 2011

Debut

Last fall, I gave myself a deadline of September 14, 2011 (my 33rd birthday) to write a book– a memoir in 33 short essays or vignettes. In January, I enrolled in a proper Creative Nonfiction course, and I’m now in my second session of that course. Last week, I submitted my first essay for publication […]

Posted in branding, memoir, writing. Tagged blog, branding, creative nonfiction, memoir, meta, titling, writing.
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