Sonya Fehér: In My Wrong Mind

Getting Things Done

This month’s guest post is from Moira Muldoon. She and I met in grad school when we were both seeking our MFA’s in Creative Writing. Then we had kids around the same time. I asked her recently how she’s managing to make time for writing now that she’s a mom. I think you’ll appreciate what [...]

Find Markets to Publish Your Poetry, Short Stories, and Creative Nonfiction

Once you’ve got your writing organized and ready to go, you need a place to send it. How do you find good markets for your work?
It depends on how you define good. Ultimately, you want markets that you would feel proud to have your work in. Early on, I submitted poetry blindly. What that means is that [...]

I Am A Fever

Had a poem published in Literary Mama today! Read it here.

Getting Your Poems Organized for Submission

When you’re submitting writing, especially when you’re a poet so you’ve got a lot of titles to keep track of, you need an organizing system. It ensures that you keep sending out all the poems that you’d like to have published, you know what is sent where and how long it’s been there, and you [...]

Ellis Paul’s Process

One of the singer/songwriters I find to be a most inspiring lyricist is Ellis Paul. With the release of his new album, The Day After Everything Changed, Paul is sending out “Musings” about his process through his email newsletter and on his website. They answer many of the questions I’m asking about writers thinking, arrangement, [...]

Writing Process September 16

Had one of my worst days ever with my son. We just had opposing wants today. When my husband took him this afternoon, I knew I was too aggravated to be productive or get out of my head, so I went to the movies. Can’t remember the last time I went to a movie by [...]

Writing Process for First Two Weeks of September

How do you write? When do you do it? How do you know what to do? I’m always curious to find out how other writers approach writing. It’s one of the reasons I love memoirs on writing –Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft is one of my favorites. While no two [...]

How to Focus Your Writing Time

I’ve been evaluating my writing process so that I can use my writing time more efficiently, but also so that I can help you figure out how to focus your writing time so that you can accomplish your goals. Maybe you’re just learning how to write, or you’ve switched from one genre to another. Maybe [...]

Last Week of August

So I just figured out a new focus for this site, which will include me recording my writing process so people who are trying to figure out their own process can see how someone else is doing it. I’ll go into more detail about things like submitting poetry in individual posts, but will keep short [...]