Category Archives: The Writing Life

State of the Challenge Update

I told myself that I would update the blog more often…so, of course I haven’t. But I have been busy. 🙂 As some of you may remember, I have an ongoing challenge this year to submit at least one piece … Continue reading

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Whew! Busier than I Thought :)

I’ve been updating the pages under “My Work”, and I’ve had a lot published in the three years since I started pushing myself. More than I realized! Currently, I don’t have a page for non-collected poems, but I really should. … Continue reading

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Very Sweet Music…for Alistair and Jo

My friend Daniel Bernardo, who is a very talented composer, has written two variations on a theme for Alistair and Jo.  They are both simply splendid, and I am in love with both of them. I hope to create a … Continue reading

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Meet the Pirates! (Part Three)

Into the home stretch! (Typing on my tablet in the Dealers Room. This should be interesting…  Had to go and get the laptop when the Tablet wouldn’t cooperate. Sigh. See the things I do for you?!) As before, Part One … Continue reading

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Meet the Pirates! (Part Two)

Ahoy, Mates! Here we are back for Part Two of our scurvy crew. If you missed Part One,  you can catch up here.   7) Rie Sheridan Rose — “Hooked” — Rie Sheridan Rose is the author of the Steampunk … Continue reading

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Meet The Pirates! (Part One)

  So…Blogging 101 didn’t work so well, because I have been so busy with the anthology. But THAT is going swimmingly. In fact, here–as a special treat–is a little bit about the Pirates themselves. For the sake of brevity, I … Continue reading

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2 Down, 363 to go…

I know that I probably WON’T get a submission everyday this year, but I figured it is a good goal to have. Yesterday, I wrote a new poem for a call, and today I sent one of the orphans back … Continue reading

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Let It Go……

I am a terribly disorganized person. Ask anyone who knows me. But sometimes, I come up with an idea that really helps save my sanity. Not a new idea, by any means, but an idea that works. In 2013, when … Continue reading

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Looking Back…Looking Forward

         This has been an interesting year. I’ve had pieces in numerous anthologies–prose, poetry, flash…a little of everything. I’ve published a few experimental pieces on Amazon–both as Rie and as Tysche. I’ve been in magazines online and … Continue reading

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Putting Things in Perspective

It had been awhile since I updated the “My Work” pages. (I still don’t have a page for the individual poems or update on poetry period.) Looking over the list of anthologies I have stories in — now up to … Continue reading

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