Serendib Writing

I’m awake! This is a big accomplishment for me today, because after the red-eye on Saturday night, I wasn’t able to nap, so I did yesterday’s speech basically on adrenaline. I managed to stay mostly awake until 10 p.m. (dozing off briefly during a re-watch of an old episode of Vera), and then finally went

I took my dad to the South Asia Institute to see the Testimonies on Paper exhibit, with my poems up on the walls; we were lucky enough to also catch the last poem of a Faisal Mohyuddin reading upstairs (about pizza)! Such fun!

Some pics from the OPALGA+ potluck. So lovely to have a full house — I miss hosting! Maybe it’s time for the potluck / board games to come back. I need to put together a new post-COVID invite list for that, I think. It was particularly nice sitting out on the porch, which I’ve been

My publisher is ordering my author copies of Perennial and Tornado now, woot! Progress is being made! I will soon hold them in my hot little hands… Perennial is available on Amazon right now, and Tornado very very shortly…and yes, you will also be able to order signed and/or personalized copies directly from me, paperback

Trying hard to set good new habits up for the summer writing time. It’s so easy for summer to drift away in an unstructured way, and then it’s August and the semester’s starting and you’re filled with bitterness and despair at having wasted a summer. Let’s avoid that, yes? ***** I have a few goals:

Oak Park area writer folks — I’ve been feeling a need for local community. Would anyone be interested in getting together in person on occasion (maybe monthly?) and/or making a FB group for us? Goals: • socialize with writers • hear about writerly opportunities (anthologies, etc.) • commiserate about the market • celebrate each others’