26 November 2021
Finalist
I was informed by my publisher that tumbling: poetic thoughts from an anxious mind was a finalist for the Poetry: Narrative Best Book Award by American Book Fest!
24 November 2021
#WIPWednesday
That's right. The #WIPWednesday titles are back!
I think.
For now, at least.
Since my pandemic break, I haven't been writing enough to warrant the weekly posts. I'm still not (to be fair, we're still in the pandemic), but, I think I can ease back in with a monthly update.
So, it's the last Wednesday of the month. Let's give this a try!
The response, last month, to my long and extremely personal essay, "Authenticity," provided inspiration for a couple more essays.
On the 1st of this month, I published "'Who Cares?!?'," in direct response to some of the reactions to coming out as bisexual. It turned out to be another long read.
Then, a couple weeks later, I wanted to make a graphic to share on Instagram but I couldn't fit all I wanted to say in the image. So, I decided to write a caption but I couldn't fit all I wanted to say in the caption. So, I turned it into an essay, "Check Your Bias," the point of which was to condense some of what I had said in my previous essay into a shorter, less personal (and therefore more sharable) format.
I did still have the graphic for Instagram:
Also, this month was tumbling's book birthday! I hosted a giveaway on Instagram to celebrate.
I'm still going slow with social media. And I still prefer Instagram to the other platforms, at the moment. Right now, I'm most active in my Instagram Stories – while I usually only make actual posts when I have new work or a significant milestone to share, in my Stories you can catch a glimpse of what's on my mind from day-to-day (like this week's saga of the dead microwave and subsequent kitchen mess just before hosting Thanksgiving).