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On Editing and Revising
Why does the written word trick us into thinking our work is finished before it is? A sculptor would not mistake a rough for her sculpture. Perhaps it’s because words can be polished before the piece is. Rewrites are the writer’s chisels and pumice. I have been enjoying Brick Literary Journal’s YouTube Series, The Craft…
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Building Community!
I love the wordpress community! Such great writing and encouraging words. I’ve also been working in building community in other platforms. There’s a growing community of writers on Twitter. Common hashtags include #Writing, #WritingCommunity #WritersLift #AmWriting. If you are on twitter, I would love to connect! My twitter handle is @teresaberkowitz Because I am also…
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One story a day for 30 days…
I just signed up for this #shortstory challenge. One story a day for 30 days in June. Working those discipline muscles. 🙂 https://www.theliteralchallenge.com/liketheprose
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Open for Submissions
Tangled Locks Journal is seeking submissions for our June publication. We are looking for short stories, poetry, memoir essays and creative nonfiction. For more information, check out our submission page. Submit – Tangled Locks Journal
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Launching new literary Journal
Okay friends. Here we go. I am launching Tangled Locks Journal. We will be accepting submissions starting April 21st and will publish our first issue on June 21st. https://tangledlocksjournal.com
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A slowly sipped coffee
I have a routine. I rise before the sun. I sit and sip my coffee slowly until it’s lukewarm while I tell time by listening to the traffic change on our street. A quiet time in a family of night owls. Gracie the cat stares at me until I set her breakfast down and then…
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New anthology by Maine Writers
I am honored to have a new flash fiction piece included in an imperative press anthology to document the pandemic and raise money for the United way of Eastern Maine’s Covid-19 relief fund. My work was inspired by the incidental meetings of neighbors as we tried to break the isolation of social distancing. I hope…
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Hoping publishing will alway make my heart sing!
I just had a new work accepted in an anthology. My heart skipped a beat when I found out. This is my second piece that will be published. I am a long way from being jaded or bored with people reading my work. I can barely contain my eagerness when I ask family, friends and…
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Birth, balance and death
Everything is a young fresh green telling us that we can forget the icy winter. What’s above is below.
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Getting un-lost
The world is reminding me of my life in San Francisco in the 1990s. Along with that has come a longing for the creative life I once led. A time of writing, painting, and drawing. So I am sprinkling seeds for the future all over the place. I don’t know what will take root or…
Teresa Berkowitz 