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Delphi Quarterly is Live--a space for many voices

"You have to allow yourself to fall into the Void, stripping yourself of your cherished certainties. Only then will you begin to see what there is to see. " --Neil Shepard, Delphi Quarterly"There’s a rule I call “Only use what is in the room,” meaning never introduce a character or object into a novel or scene if you can use what is already there." --Justin Sirois, Delphi Quarterly"Sometimes the sheer talent of our students inspires me to write. A workshop, even if you are…See More

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"Thank you so much Aife, for taking the trouble to write this article--I loved hearing about Emily's creating. Stopping to read always helps for me too--walking's a big one though, and finding a new place to walk seems to open up new places…"

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Launching Delphi Quarterly in Jan 2013--a journal of writer-interviews

Sometimes an idea gestates for ages and blooms on seeming impulse--in October, talking with Neil Shepard, poet, founder of the Vermont Studio Center Writers Program, and long-time senior editor of the Green Mountains Review, about his new book Vermont Exit Ramps, which I had just started to read, I asked to interview him, possibly for my own blog Afterviews, and simultaneously decided to take the plunge instead and start up this journal for interviews, this idea brewing forever at the back of…See More

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"I'm sorry Nichole I am just catching up with She Writes. Hope you've found the community useful and thx for the friend request! Ramola"

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Ramola D commented on the blog post 'Creating a Literary Space Vs Building a Platform'

"Best to you too Nichole and I'm so glad it got you to join She Writes! Oh, and in another life, I too would be a travel writer!"

Oct 14, 2012

Ramola D commented on the blog post 'Dad To Daughter: "Your book is 'for women.'" Daughter to Dad: WTF?'

"Kamy, you are brave and fearless to have confronted your Dad later and chatted openly with him on the subject. Thank you for an inspiring post, and for speaking openly of a base prejudice which continues to permeate our culture. Joanna Russ has a…"

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A tea to rev up your writing life...

Posting a link to my blog--where one of the things I aim to do these days is post one herbal focus or recipe each week especially intended for those of us who slave away at words while roots seem to grow out from our nether regions :)If you're experiencing a flagging of energy by midday or mid-afternoon, if you feel at times separated from your once-alive burning drive and the ambition and energy you might have experienced in your teens and twenties, if you'd like to wake up every day with…See More

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Feed Your Tiger...

that's the name of the book by Letha Hadady on how to rejuvenate and lose weight and gain vitality, which I'm currently reading, along with Asian Health Secrets--not writing-related except in the sense that we all need vitality, don't we!Anyway, I've recently revived my blog (Afterviews) with a first post on Letha Hadady and Sebastian Faulks and James Salter. For anyone who's disappointed with the invasiveness and inefficacy of…See More

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Where Are the Women Writers?

Great article (from Mother Jones) and interview with VIDA's founder on women writers and how we're Still missing from the magazines--and lit journals--& hello David Remnick, we do submit! Does anyone at the New Yorker read unagented fiction--or poetry? http://ning.it/IaoSMB See More

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Creating a Literary Space Vs Building a Platform

It’s no secret, this mantra we often hear from agents, publicists, publishers, about the need to “build a platform” to attract attention to one’s work—but how many of us are attracted to this idea? ... Might it be possible there’s another way instead, of connecting with possible audiences while staying essentially true to ourselves as writers? Three fiction writers offer their takes on creating a meaningful literary space that attempts to do just that. Please visit the Los Angeles…See More

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Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:: Temporary Lives
(short fiction collection; winner of the AWP Grace Paley Short Fiction Award 2008; forthcoming, University of Massachusetts Press, November 2009)

Invisible Season
(collection of poems; winner of the Washington Writers' Publishing House award; WWPH, 1998)

Puss in Boots
(Script for children's play; Adaptation; for Classika Theatre; In Process)

Anthologies:
Stories in:
Best American Fantasy 2007 (Prime Books, 2007)

Enhanced Gravity: More Fiction by Washington DC Area Writers (Paycock Press, 2006)

Poems in:
Literal Latte: The Anthology: Highlights from Fifteen Years of a Unique “Mind Stimulating” Literary Magazine (2009)

WINNERS: A RETROSPECTIVE OF THE WASHINGTON PRIZE (The Word Works, 1999)

Best American Poetry 1994

My writing is:: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Memoir, Plays

Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:: Would like to!

Services I offer to other writers:: I teach creative writing to undergraduate students at George Washington University and to adult continuing-ed writers at The Writer's Center, Bethesda. I am a playwright in residence at a children's theatre, Classika Theatre, Shirlington.

I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:: Part of two writer's groups

My professional associations:: Dept. of English, George Washington University
The Writer's Center, Bethesda
Classika Theatre, Shirlington

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Delphi Quarterly is Live--a space for many voices

Posted on January 16, 2013 at 11:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes

"You have to allow yourself to fall into the Void, stripping yourself of your cherished certainties. Only then will you begin to see what there is to see. "

--Neil Shepard, Delphi Quarterly

"There’s a rule I call “Only use what is in the room,” meaning never introduce a character or object into a novel or scene if you can use what is already there."

--Justin…

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Launching Delphi Quarterly in Jan 2013--a journal of writer-interviews

Posted on December 18, 2012 at 10:00am 0 Comments 1 Like

Sometimes an idea gestates for ages and blooms on seeming impulse--in October, talking with Neil Shepard, poet, founder of the Vermont Studio Center Writers Program, and long-time senior editor of the Green Mountains Review, about his new book Vermont Exit Ramps, which I had just started to read, I asked to interview him, possibly for my own blog Afterviews, and simultaneously decided to take the plunge instead and start up this…

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A tea to rev up your writing life...

Posted on October 5, 2012 at 9:55pm 0 Comments 2 Likes

If you're experiencing a flagging of energy by midday or mid-afternoon, if you feel at times separated from your once-alive burning drive and the ambition and energy you might have experienced in your teens and twenties, if you'd like to wake up every…

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Feed Your Tiger...

Posted on September 28, 2012 at 9:42am 0 Comments 0 Likes

Anyway, I've recently revived my blog (Afterviews) with a first post on Letha Hadady and Sebastian Faulks and James Salter. For anyone who's disappointed with the invasiveness and…

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At 5:16pm on June 21, 2010, Kamy Wicoff said…: Hi there -- just wanted to drop by your page and invite you personally (or at least virtually) to our first-ever She Writes Washington D.C. meetup, celebrating our first-anniversary! We are so grateful to the event's organizer, Ananda Leeke, for taking a risk and stepping up to host. I hope you will support her and bring yourself and other women who write (no need for them to be members) to the Washington D.C. gathering. At the meetup writers will take part in the She Writes "Book Communion," where attendees arrive with one book, their own or another She Writers', new or gently used, and leave with another book as a meaningfully way to support one another's work. We will also be blowing out a candle and making a wish for our upcoming writing year -- along with She Writers gathering in 16 cities around the country. I hope you will be part of this historic (well, at least kind of cool) occasion, and RSVP now to Ananda here.

At 9:15pm on March 25, 2010, Lori Osterman said…: Hello and welcome to the Mother Writer group! I see you've already posted in the forums, but feel free to browse also. We look forward to hearing from you. When you have a chance stop back by and let us know a little more about, you.

Lori

At 4:41pm on March 18, 2010, Kelli Swearingen said…: Welcome to Mother Writer,Ramola! I know this is a little belated but we like to personally welcome each new member. I hope you are enjoying our forum and are finding them helpful. Again, welcome to Mother Writer.
take care
kelli rodin
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At 9:11pm on March 17, 2010, Eugenia Kim said…: Ramola, you're welcome to join the DC group. I think you have to click on a different request button though, to have it link through to the group. See if you can find that in the DC Group page, and I'll be happy to make it so!

At 6:45am on March 9, 2010, Phoebe Wilcox said…: Did I say book tour?! LOL (I hate these abbreviations but I use them anyway.) So far it's a somewhat circumscribed tour of sorts. Hoping in will mushroom out of control and engulf the planet.

At 1:35pm on December 31, 2009, rrr said…: Hi Ramola,

Welcome to the Bloggers: Let’s Make it Work! group. So glad you joined. If you haven't already, please visit the discussion New Members Visit Here First, tell us about your blog so we can list it on the members blog index.

I hope you will find, as I did, a great sense of community, loads of information and resources, and an incredible amount of talent. Jump in on ongoing discussions or start one if there is an issue you would like to discuss.

Also, let me, or Julie Jeffs, the group administrator, know if you have any questions.

I'm looking forward to reading your posts.

Happy New Year!

Rochelle Ritchie Spencer
www.rritchiespencer.com

At 7:30pm on November 30, 2009, Kate Craig said…: Thank you for your suggestions!

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