Me in 1976, graduating high school (with honors) after Smartening Up
2014 was a busy year for me! So pardon my belated post on the Honorable Mention I won in November, in a writing contest sponsored by Spruce Mountain Press.
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My Father Is A Barn #2, oil on canvas, 1987
While editing a frequently rejected essay entitled “The Jezebel” (that is not receiving the attention it deserves) I received notification that I will have another autobiographical essay, entitled “Thematic Development“, published in Botticelli Magazine’s upcoming issue.
Rejections are part of a creative life, but one never gets used to them. It is a good thing, however, that acceptances so successfully wipe those rejected feelings away!!!