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Friends and Writers,   As you may have heard, this spring, I’m celebrating the selection of my first poetry collection for publication–that lovely book over there to the right! It’s set to come out in September 2015. The best way to show your support for my poetry, and for the […]

Friends, Spring is definitely in the air! The birds are chirping, the bees are buzzing en masse around my baby Indio mandarinquat and Mexican lime trees and their buds, and the days are lengthening, filling me with energy to write! I hope you, too, are feeling the call of your […]

Hello Friends, It’s hard to believe my running mates and I made it through this crazy poetry writing marathon! I want to give a last shout out to Carol Willette Bachofner, Mackenzie Carignan, Sarah A. Chavez, Ryder Collins, Clare Louise Harmon, Patty Joslyn, and Carlene Kucharczyk. These truly inspiring writers […]

Hello Friends, It’s hard to believe my running mates and I are already in the final stretch of our month-long, daily-poem-writing marathon! Thank you to Julie Woodside for generously donating this week to Tupelo Press on behalf of my month-long poetry writing “marathon”! Julie kept the energy going and donated […]

Hello Friends, This round up is coming a smidge late, due to some logistical factors outside of my control. But that doesn’t mean the poems won’t be delicious! Thank you to Jennifer Basye Sander, Susan Kelly-DeWitt, Barb Barnes, Dawn (and Carly) Wessale, Ellen Johnson, Pat Nichol and Raquel Ruiz for […]

Hello Friends, It’s been a manic week of poetry writing over here in my world! Thank you to Kathy Les and R.J. McComish & Peter Brown for breaking the ice and being the first to donate to Tupelo Press on behalf of my month-long poetry writing “marathon”! I want to […]

For the month of March 2015, Kate is participating in the amazing 30/30 Project, an extraordinary challenge and fundraiser for Tupelo Press, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) literary press. Each month, a new group of volunteer poets runs the equivalent of a “poetry marathon,” writing 30 poems in 30 days, while their […]

Dear Writers, Ah, well, best laid plans…I have a secret strategy for new awesomeness for this blog, and life just seems bent on derailing it! So I have been pretty quiet. But I am ducking in for a short moment because I do NOT want you to miss out on […]

Hello, Writers! The new year is right around the corner. What are you planning to support and strengthen your writing practice in 2015? Consider writing and/or revising with me! Registration for my 2015 workshops has been open for a few weeks now and they are filling. This year, I am […]