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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-29

Posted by deborah

Thanks for stopping by! If you’re new here and want to keep up on poetry and 32 Poems, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.
Drinking a filthy martini with blue-cheese-stuffed olives. Yum. #
Hanging out in Orlando. On the ‘puter of course. #
Sky burnt with sunrise here in Orlando. #

Writing a Poem

Posted by deborah

This past week, something awful and interesting and intimate and emotional and fascinating (all at once) happened. I almost don’t know what to do with the experience.
Do I keep it to myself forever? Do I make it into art?
Writing about this particular experience is difficult because it happened too recently and also because I […]

More from Orlando…

Posted by deborah

There’s nothing like being in a group of flickering-web-2.0-loving marketing fiends. I have instant photos.
My friend checking her cell phone.

Here is my back. I am drinking iced tea and am the woman of mystery since you can’t see my face:

Talking with the lawyer-accountant for Marillion - a nice Aussie. I’m learning some Aussie by the […]

I took off the poetry hat

Posted by deborah

and am now wearing my internet geek hat at the Hard Rock Orlando. I am really suffering. Just look at the coffee setup:

Mah rooooom:

Twitter Updates for 2008-10-19

Posted by deborah

I’m wondering how many poems won’t be written due to Facebook addiction? #
Back from the babysitting brunch. Good conversation: French grammar lesson and bulb-planting tips! I love neighbors! #
#kidlit What is your fave kidlit book? #
I want to watch Sarah Palin’s SNL performance but writing poems comes first. #
@tayari Wow, Ghana! Have an exciting trip! […]

What Words Do You Dislike Using in Your Poems?

Posted by deborah

Certain words drive me bananas. You all could use them, and it would not bug me a bit. However, these same words drive me nuts when I find them in my own poems. I use them too much. Here’s my list:
white;
just;
sky;
light.
How about you? What words do you find yourself using too often? I went through […]

Twitter Updates for 2008-10-17

Posted by deborah

Getting the fall issue ready to go out for galleys. #
Fall 2008 Issue: Poems from Billy Collins, Dan Albergotti, Ken Cormier, Alison Pelegrin to name but a few. #
@tayari What is the adventure? Curious minds want to know. #
I blogged about my studio space on the Linebreak blog: http://tinyurl.com/4pfx27 #
32 Poems needs your opinion: http://tinyurl.com/58cdey […]

Creative Spaces

Posted by deborah

I blogged about my studio space over on the Linebreak blog. Stop by and read about it.

I Need Your Help

Posted by deborah

32 Poems is headed to the AWP Conference in Chicago next year. What would you like to see at our table — within reason! — to have an interesting experience?

Twitter Updates for 2008-10-14

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See my writing studio: http://tinyurl.com/4pfx27 #
@laurelsnyder Congrats on writing 2000 words! #
@libraryina I hope you feel better soon! #
@mamadharma Welcome to Twitterland! #