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I choose to focus on what is right with this world rather than what is wrong. There are a whole lot of both, the good and the bad, and a...
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Diana Joy
- Dec 21, 2018
- 1 min
Winter Solstice
The equinoxes are nice, heralding the ebb of Fall and the flow of Spring. The summer solstice is fine, marking the longest daylight of...
Diana Joy
- Nov 6, 2018
- 2 min
Progress on the Rejection Trail
Hello Dear Reader. Well, bad news and good news on the rejection trail. Total number of rejections since I started reporting this to you...
Diana Joy
- Jun 1, 2018
- 1 min
Self Doubt
Do you think this pretty creature doubts herself? Of course not. She is a deer. All she has to do is be a deer. She knows what deer do,...
Diana Joy
- Mar 20, 2018
- 1 min
First Spring
Here in the pine forest the outdoor activity is transitioning from shoveling snow to raking pine needles. The interlude between these...
Diana Joy
- Nov 7, 2017
- 1 min
Gratitude
I lost a friend yesterday. A good friend. Cancer found her and I lost her. She was good and loving and kind and honest. My heart breaks...
Diana Joy
- Oct 27, 2017
- 1 min
Gone Fishing
Who is always telling you "Just do the work"? Yeah, that would be me. Who has not been doing the work? Yeah, that would be me. Sometimes...
Diana Joy
- Jul 15, 2017
- 1 min
Work, work, work
Yes, you are allowed to stare out the window. As a writer, it is part of your job. Just keep your pen on the paper while you are doing...
Diana Joy
- May 6, 2017
- 1 min
Back on Track
Yes, another rejection: Thank you for sending us "The Furnace". We gave it careful consideration but unfortunately have decided it is not...
Diana Joy
- Mar 16, 2017
- 1 min
Rejection #3
Thank you for allowing us to spend time with your poems, which were among ~700 other poems we received and read for the spring 2017...
Diana Joy
- Feb 7, 2017
- 1 min
Number One
Yes! Success! Rejection letter #1 received on January 29th. I was so excited when it came, because it meant that I had been working. I...
Diana Joy
- Aug 11, 2016
- 1 min
We Are Newton!
Hello Reader! Just a quick note to say, check out my "News & Events" page to find out about a cool new project I am involved in. If you...
Diana Joy
- Jul 25, 2016
- 1 min
Writer's block?
I have been in a slump. I've hardly written a creative word since April (NaPoWriMo, so hard, didn't think I'd get through it). My...
Diana Joy
- May 9, 2016
- 1 min
Birthing a Book
Hello Reader! Welcome back to the regular Monday post. I am in labour. Gestation has been two years. And the baby is only twenty pages...
Diana Joy
- Mar 29, 2016
- 1 min
NaPoWriMo
Good Tuesday Readers and Writers! I'm sorry I missed you yesterday, but as it was a semi-holiday, I slacked off. But none of that for the...
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