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My Poem is Mostly Accepted and More of The Harvest

5/6/2018

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This morning, I was surprised to find a response to my poem submission.  You may recall that I grew a pair of balls and finally submitted a short work a few days back.  The poem is "Lo Tierno", and the editor thought it wasn't done at the last line.  I emailed her, and told her it was, but I guess if she thinks it's not done, I could try to add more to it, besides a period.  The only problem is, I am not sure what I would add to it because it's done.  I do have some pieces on my site, that I don't think are complete like the social justice piece, but we will see.  I am open to ideas.  

Today, I also wrote a short section of The Harvest Draft in the afternoon because I had a Faculty Contract meeting early in the morning, and I expended most of my mental energy helping to draft counter-proposals.  But, I made myself sit and write for an hour because these last two days, I have been so focused on writing my syllabus for English 101 that I haven't had the mental space to work on my novel.

On another downer, my creative writing class didn't make, according to the cut-off.  I had ten students on Friday, and even though classes don't start until tomorrow, I missed the mark by two students.  However, I hope to start an informal creative writing group with my former students, so we all keep writing through the summer.

I hope your energy is way higher than mine.  

Keep writing, even if your routine gets out of whack.  #Resist 



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    MARIA J. ESTRADA is an English college professor of Composition, Literature, and her favorite, Creative Writing. She grew up in the desert outside of Yuma, Arizona in the real Barrio de Los Locos, a barrio comprised of new Mexican immigrants and first-generation Chicanos. Drawing from this setting and experiences, she writes like a loca every minute she can—all while magically balancing her work and family obligations. She lives in Chicago’s south side with her wonderfully supportive husband, two remarkable children, and a menagerie of animals.

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