I've a new piece on mindful writing at Mindful.org: Free Yourself from Reader Ghosts for Deeper, More Mindful Writing mindful.org/free-yourself-fr… #mindfulness #mindful #writersblock @SalemState

If you're near your radio at 5:44 PM EST this evening, I'll be talking with @JuliaFurukawa, host of NHPR All Things Considered, about mindful writing. #NHPR #mindfulness #mindfulwriting #writerslift

Teen writers from around the globe! Just one more day to send to the fiction and street poetry contest at Under the Madness Magazine! underthemadnessmagazine.com/… #teenwriter #writingcontest

My new creative nonfiction, "Sleeping with Knick Knacks" (about growing up w/out connection to my German family in #Pforzheim) is in Arts & Letters' 25th Anniversary Issue w/ writers including Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate. artsandletters.gcsu.edu/issu… #family #Immigration

Teen writers! Just 13 more days to send yr work to Under the Madness Magazine's fiction & poetry contests! Submissions for Issue 6 also ends on Jan. 15! underthemadnessmagazine.com #WritingCommunity #teens #poetrycontest #fictioncontest @NHArtsCouncil #publish

The full version of my poem, "The Pforzheim Quartet," about the ramifications of the February 23, 1945, bombing of my mother's birthplace, is published at Consequence: consequenceforum.org/poetry/… #pforzheim @Pforzheim @stadt_pforzheim #war #peace4humanity

Calling teen writers! Deadline of January 15 for two cool writing contests at Under the Madness Magazine: Short Fiction $200 prize first place Street Poetry $200 first place underthemadnessmagazine.com/… #teenwritingcontest #teenagers #WritingCommunity #writerLift

2 More Spots Available Opportunity to study mindful writing (virtually or in-person). I'll be teaching a HyFlex grad course, Jan-May 2024 at Salem State University. For full course description & how to enroll: prolificmoment.com/2023/10/o… #WritingCommunity #Mindfulness

For all the writers out there struggling with endless waiting to hear back from magazines & publishers, here's a short piece I recently published at Author Magazine, "On Mindful Waiting": authormagazine.org/articles/… #WritingCommunity #writersoftwitter

Announcing publication of Issue 5 of Under the Madness Magazine! Issue 5 focuses on teen writers ages 13-15 from around the globe with a special half issue on Indian authors (ages 13-15). underthemadnessmagazine.com

Interested in taking a mindful writing class? My spring semester 2024 graduate course is now open to the public. It meets ONLINE and IN-PERSON. (I'm teaching it HyFlex.) For more info on the course and how to enroll: prolificmoment.com/2023/10/o…

Interested in taking a mindful writing class? My spring semester 2024 graduate course is now open to the public. For more info on the course and how to enroll:prolificmoment.com/2023/10/o… #mindfulwriting

Under the Madness Magazine announces the winners of our Flash Creative Nonfiction Contest (For Writers Ages 13-15)! Essays will be in Issue 5. ‍1st Place: Ahja Hawkins (Louisiana) 2nd Place: Melinda Wang (California) 3rd Place: Sol Lee (Pennsylvania) "Untitled"‍ #teenwriter

"The Mindful Storyteller in You" is coming to NH communities, starting 9/20 in Laconia: Learn mindful writing techniques to start a story you've contemplated telling. Discover unexpected stories waiting to be told! nhhumanities.org/mindful-sto… @NHHumanities @NHArtsCouncil

A request for a love poem from a man making an album for his wife--a request for an educational video--a request to help fundraise for a library. All in one day. That's what it can be like to be a state poet laureate, in case anyone's curious. #whatdoesapoetlaureateactuallydo

Check out our newest interview with a teen author at Under the Madness Magazine! P.S. We're running two contests (no fee for teens) right now!

Issue 5 (Summer 2023) of Under the Madness Magazine is a special issue on teen writers ages 13-15 from India! We close submissions once we've reach our caps, so send poems/stories/essays soon! underthemadnessmagazine.com #india #indiateens @IndiaWritesTGII @IndiaStudentHub

Issue 5 (Summer 2023) @utmmagazine spotlights writers 13-15 years old from around the globe. We'd love to consider yr poetry, creative nonfiction & short fiction! We close submissions once we've reached our caps, so send soon! #WritingCommunity #middleschool #teens

Under the Madness Magazine was covered in the Boston Globe! bostonglobe.com/2023/06/21/m… @utmmagazine @nhcfoundation #WritingCommunity