Tag Archives: writing
Need Something to Read?
Real posts coming soon, I swear. Wednesday! I wanted to give you all a link to the FanBridge page for my novel, Freaks and the Revolution. If you sign up (to be notified of the release date), you’ll get a … Continue reading
Freaks and the Revolution
Adrienne graduates on Tuesday, I have bronchitis, my house looks like a whirling dervish had a party in it, and on Monday it will be full of guests sleeping on every available horizontal surface. I’ve decided to save regular updates … Continue reading
What’s in a Name?
Oprah had some past Saturday Night Live cast members on yesterday. Jane Curtin and Chevy Chase were among the guests. When Chase started to say that there were some problems for women writers in the first year of the show … Continue reading
Dancing With Unicorns
The triple-whammy of all of my classmates starting school today without me, talking to that lady about her health program yesterday and being over-tired enough to have reached that point where ideas sometimes seem more brilliant than they are has … Continue reading
The Art of Endurant Defiance
I’ve written three novels. I’m really proud of all of them. And not just in the ‘you have to be proud of me, you’re my mom’ way, either. I think they’re good. I’d read them, even if I didn’t write … Continue reading
The Hard Stuff
I came across this picture today. This girl is walking into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. She was one of nine chosen to desegregate that school. The president, Eisenhower, had to intervene so that the principal … Continue reading
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What do I want to write?
I think one of the most exciting and terrifying things about working on a BFA in creative writing for the next two years, is that I’m going to have to decide what kind of writer I am. One thing that … Continue reading
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Scared
I leave for my Goddard College residency on April 7. I have to buy my tickets this Friday when I get paid. I’m flying into New York City and then taking an Amtrak train, the Vermonter, to Montpelier which is … Continue reading
Acceptance
I picked up the mail today and found this letter: “Dear Shaunta, On behalf of the Admissions Committee and the faculty I would like to congratulate you on your acceptance to Goddard’s Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program … Continue reading
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My Freelance Gigs
I thought I’d spend some time today talking about freelance writing, and what does and doesn’t work for me. Some background: Ten years ago I was a single mom. I saw an ad for a newspaper reporter in an obscure … Continue reading
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