i’m getting published

Look at that nerd.  With the proof of her book. God get a life

It’s been about a year since I started working with the Community Literature Initiative’s Poetry Publishing Class, and just…that experience is difficult to describe. Ups and downs. Frantic rewrites. Always support, love, encouragement from my wonderful classmates.

We all finished the class with proofs of our books in our hands. Look at these goobs:

But they only took me to the point of book proofing. The final step is the one I think most authors dread: submitting and putting yourself out there.

I could go in depth about the trials and tribulations of this, but the baby in napping, and I’m trying to finish up my website. I will say that when the single acceptance letter from World Stage Press hit my inbox, I was so, so, so relieved.

I’m excited to finalize this collection. It means so much to me and, to be totally and embarassingly trite, contains pieces of my soul.

I am excited for everything about this process! More details to come.