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Life Gets Busy, You Know?
I try to keep a schedule for the blog posts but some weeks it just doesn’t fit comfortably. And comfort becomes important as I juggle two writing projects. (Not to mention planning a launch party for the third novel.) One of the current projects is genealogy. It’s been years in the making, documenting the lives of…
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Polemic or Political?
For decades, no, for millennia, critics have debated the uses of poetry. Plato, remember him? He would have banned poets from his ideal republic. Trouble makers, dreamers, realists instead of idealists. All true. Then a while later along came the US Constitution and the idea of free speech. Wahoo! Poets could make as much trouble…
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The Promise of Connection
You know my four words? The ones I use to describe the writing process? Commit, Discover, Create, Connect–those words? This week has been rich with the fourth word. I’ve connected with more writers and readers than I can count without boring you. And this morning I’m off to a workshop with Columbine Poets in Denver…
Karen Douglass, Author 