A few weeks into this "entry points" prompt idea I had & I can't say I'm writing great things, but I am writing consistently: For essays – start with a question For poetry – start with an image For fiction – a problem For memoir – a memory For a blog post – an offering

Super excited to share my review of natalie tombasco’s MILK FOR GALL (SIR Press) in the new issue of Diode Editions 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸! This is such a gorgeous, smart, & timely book, & you definitely want to read it! Thanks to Diode for making space! 💜 Read the review here: diodepoetry.com/leary_susan-l-…

KHD I sometimes advise this--take the lesson the poem gave you and move on.

megan nichols I wonder if you could swap them too! Starting a poem with a question or an essay with an image.

Join MJ Gomez and Qetsi’ah Joachim-Baggott for Birdsong, Wildfires, and Faith: A Poetry Reading hosted by Variant Literature, Sunday, June 22 - 10 a.m. EST / 3 p.m. BST. Live on Zoom Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… mj gomez | LOVE LETTERS OUT NOW! Q kith books

reading and speaking with Q this sunday :) register!!

This Sunday - listen to two poets read their work and answer author questions. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Tomorrow morning!

Summer At The Movies! A Writing Practice Inspired by Classic Summer Films - Starting August 2nd. Sign up for freeeee: lemongrovewriters.com/summer-movies

happening soon!

This will be my third public reading in as many years. I plan to share a mix of old and new favorites before returning to my regularly scheduled avoidance of the camera. Would love to see you there

3 new poems up at the incredible Lunch Ticket! Here’s “Mid-Trauma Sonnet.” It’s a beautiful issue, friends, edited by one of the kindest: Jessica Ballen. So very glad to be included! 💙 Check out the entire issue here: lunchticket.org/archive/issue-…

It Doesn’t Always Work, But It’s Nice When It Does open.substack.com/pub/whatweaimt…

My lecture "30 Ideas About Writing Nonfiction" is up at The Creative Independent today. Includes thoughts about structure, scale, tone, authority, titles, surprise, and what the word "interesting" means (it's one of my favorite words): thecreativeindependent.com/essays/30-idea…

Tonight:

30 rejections so far in 2025 and 0 acceptances. I am not spiraling out...yet! but boy oh boy would it be nice to be externally validated. All this internal validation is tiring

Have been wanting to place a poem in Pedestal Magazine since I started submitting, so it means a great deal to have “Lilacs, Music, Boy” featured in the new issue. Big thanks to John Amen and the editorial team for this joy, this kindness! Read the issue: thepedestalmagazine.com/issues/issue-9…

For the last 6 months I've co-hosted free Writing Sprints. We meet on Zoom, engage with provided prompts (or not), we write for 2 hours. No critique, no pressure to share (though it's exciting when people do). We next meet on July 12th at 11am Central via Zoom