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Comment by Lorraine Duffy Merkl on June 9, 2011 at 7:39am
If you think a Sweet 16 shouldn't resemble a wedding, read:http://ning.it/lIYVSQ‘sweet’-in-sweet-16/#more-12803
Comment by Joan Hanna on June 7, 2011 at 7:37am
My new blog post: Poster Women

http://ning.it/j6PpHO
Comment by Liane Carter on June 6, 2011 at 12:08pm

@Meg,

I've never done a multiple submit for op-ed either, and like you, I've wound up putting work on Huff Po because of the timeliness factor. Would love to know how others deal with this.

Comment by Julija Sukys on June 6, 2011 at 7:29am
The Malahat Review is accepting submissions for its Creative Nonfiction Prize ($1000). Details here: http://julijasukys.com/
Comment by Julija Sukys on June 6, 2011 at 7:19am
Thanks Anna! I think editing is the most mysterious and surprising part of the process for green writers. Inspiration and creation are only half the story, in my experience. Editing is the other half.
Comment by Anna Leahy on June 5, 2011 at 5:12pm
Julija, I liked your post on editing. I find taking editorial responses seriously is important, even if you don't sway with every comment. I'm revising an essay for anthology because the editors want it to start further in and end up 1000 words shorter and because I can see how tightening it up might work.
Comment by KiKi Walter on June 3, 2011 at 10:09am

I wrote a piece about my feelings regarding a certain F-word, memories of my Grandpa--the breaking wind type noises he'd make at the table, comforting me during lightning storms, sneaking donuts, his death, and how he taught me to fight. Like a big black bear.

 

It's an essay about life, love, strength, and fear: In My Life.

Comment by Julija Sukys on June 2, 2011 at 12:58pm
Ah, editing! If your ego gets too big, here's the thing to nip it in the bud. A new blog post on the editing process and humility: http://julijasukys.com/
Comment by Lorraine Duffy Merkl on June 2, 2011 at 7:28am
Yes, you can -- and sometimes should -- say, "NO!" to your mother. Read "Baseball Granny, You're Out." http://ning.it/j6NuXu
Comment by Julia Munroe Martin on May 30, 2011 at 2:09pm

New blog posting telling the story of how we came to buy an old house on the coast of Maine and then what?...in "The Ghost of Mr. Able, Part 2":

http://www.wordsxo.com/2011/05/ghost-of-mr-able-part-2.html

 

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