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*This piece is my second publication, originally in Penning the Pandemic: An Anthology of Creative Writing from the Beginning of the COVID Era. Many thanks to the Monadnock Writers’ Group for including me with such wonderful pieces.

I have a unique relationship with my fourth child. She is too much like me. Some would call her strong willed. Some would call her hard-headed. Most would call her prickly. But she hides a tender filling. She was the first of my children to cry for roadkill. S...

For me the new year is a time for exploring new things, not so much dwelling on what has gone wrong thus far, but what new things I can muck up fabulously. Preferably with glitter.

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.

Because if you are making mistakes,

then you are making new things,

trying new things,

learning, living,

pushing yourself,

changing yourself,

changing your world.

You’re doing things you’ve never done before,

and more importantly,

you’re doing something.”

~ Neil ...

Penning the Pandemic

This international anthology of memoir, poetry, drama and short stories captures the impression of writers in the early period of the COVID pandemic. Creative writing applied to the sudden global crisis of 2020 shares the shock, the agony, the courage, and the resilience of humanity in extraordinary times. After science and politics have had their say, art is left to record what the survivors felt and what they learned at heart.

My piece How Do You Birthday During A Pandemi...

2020 Hugo Awards Nominees

Here are the nominations you can read free from the 2020 Hugo Award Nominees for Best Novelette and Best Short Story:

The Archronology of Love by Caroline M Yoachim Lightspeed Magazine

For He Can Creep by Siobhan Carroll Tor.com

Blood Is Another Word for Hunger by Rivers Solomon Tor.com

Away With the Wolves by Sarah Gailey Uncanny Magazine

A Catalog of Storms by Fran Wilde Uncanny Magazine

As the Last I May Know by S L Huang Tor.com

And Now His Lordship...

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The Backstory:
Over the past several years I have had medical issues. It started with just not feeling right, then feeling awful all the time. But I was working so much I just pushed through, I didn’t have time to pay attention to what my body was telling me. Then I started missing out on things because I didn’t feel well, and struggling to meet my obligations. At this point I have three different conditions, each battling to mess with my body more.

One of those conditions is IBS, which ba...

“Hopepunk says that genuinely and sincerely caring about something, anything, requires bravery and strength. Hopepunk isn’t ever about submission or acceptance: It’s about standing up and fighting for what you believe in. It’s about standing up for other people. It’s about DEMANDING a better, kinder world, and truly believing that we can get there if we care about each other as hard as we possibly can, with every drop of power in our little hearts.”

–Alexandra Rowland

Hopepunk 8×10 printable

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“Hopepunk says that genuinely and sincerely caring about something, anything, requires bravery and strength. Hopepunk isn’t ever about submission or acceptance: It’s about standing up and fighting for what you believe in. It’s about standing up for other people. It’s about DEMANDING a better, kinder world, and truly believing that we can get there if we care about each other as hard as we possibly can, with every drop of power in our little hearts.”
–Alexandra Rowland

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Tank Girl is a scifi comedy from 1995, based on the graphic novel.
“A girl is among the few survivors of a dystopian Earth. Riding a war tank, she fights against the tyranny of a mega-corporation that dominates the remaining potable water supply of the planet.”
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Thread by @mdflynwriter: “Imma rewatch Tank Girl and live tweet it. I watched this movie many times in the back when. I am now The Old and don’t remember any of it. I […]”

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*This piece is my first publication, originally in The Mud Chronicles anthology. Many thanks to the Monadnock Writers’ Group for including me with such wonderful pieces.

Nori gathered interesting people as so many pearls, valued for their own merits. I was one such pearl in her long strand of friends, keeping company with a vast array of shiny people.
It took me decades to find a kindred spirit, but in one afternoon we developed a relationship strong enough to make up for the time we missed....

I’m feeling this graphic enough to post on the site as well as social.

“Resist much. Obey little.” Walt Whitman

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