I Heart Miss Piggy
During the holidays I was channel-surfing when I stumbled across a commercial-free airing of The Great Muppet Caper, one of my three favorite Muppet movies- the others are The Muppet Movie and Muppets… Yes! I’m reblogging myself from two years ago because this is one of my favorite pieces and I reallllly want to see …
Mousechief
My Picasso There’s a mouse in my apartment. I don’t hate mice, but I’m certainly not going to invite them over for tea and crumpets either. This isn’t the first time a mouse has taken off its fedora, tweaked its whiskers and unpacked a suitcase in a guestroom I didn’t know I had. The well-behaved …
Taking a Stand
These plants look far more alive than the long-suffering one in my story. Fiction class assignment: write about a relationship with a carbon-based thing, but not a human or animal. This was where my imagination took me… Taking a Stand Sammy didn’t like her name, because she was a girl and Patricia either refused to …
On Twitter Helping My Writing
Suddenly I understood.. …Twitter has made me a better editor! Of course my ongoing work in my MFA in Creative Writing program is vastly useful but Twitter really keeps me on my toes. Do I really need to add that word, oops I’m in the negative characters zone, what’s gotta go? Let me tell you …
Writers & Artist submit to Welter! Tomorrow, 10/1, is the deadline. Details here: http://www.ubalt.edu/cas/about-the-college/schools-and-divisions/school-of-communications-design/welter/
Last Call to submit to Welter Literary Journal!
Writers & Artists polish that piece you’ve been meaning to submit; tomorrow, 10/1, is the deadline. Details & Submittable link: http://www.ubalt.edu/welter
Why the Sparkly (Baltimore) Remembrances?
So my whole ‘how I started living in Baltimore’ ditty (see below post) began because I was reading the City Paper’s annual “Best of Baltimore” issue. Gliding through the issue I began laughing at the sheer ridiculous loveliness that is this city. Highlights follow. “Best Brand Mismanagement” (“The 21st century’s corporatization of undergraduate higher education is …
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Baltimore: Sparkly Remembrances of My First Solo Apartment
This is my tenth year living in Baltimore and my feelings remain complicated. Born and bred in Harford County I grew up in rural-suburbia. I went to college right outside New York City which is more urban-suburbia, then I migrated to Los Angeles which is posh-suburbia with urban options (i.e. fantastic music scene and every …
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Calling All Writers & Visual Artists! Welter Literary Mag Accepting Submissions
Welter 2014 cover Welter Literary Journal is open for submissions for the 2014/2015 journal. We accept the following: poetry, fiction, non-fiction & visual arts. Entries open to all so feel free to share. October 1st deadline. Submit and check out past issues here: http://www.ubalt.edu/cas/about-the-college/schools-and-divisions/school-of-communications-design/welter/
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