New poem accepted at The Rye Whiskey Review. Fun piece. Very LA. I'll let you know when it's up. Big thanks to the editors. #california #LAwriter #poetry @ryewhiskeyreview #Calartswriter https://www.instagram.com/p/BtwlysAHmML/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fixdp0qkkp6z

Read my new story next week. Support Burningword Literary Journal by purchasing a hard and e-copy on July 5th! My piece is titled "Assumptions." #shereelapuma #flashfiction #shereewrites #fiction #writers #published #journals #literary #shortstories #creatives #writerswrite #burningwordliteraryjournal #mysoulsings #followme @calarts #calartswriter (at California Institute of the Arts)

Well my night is planned. I have an alumni event @calarts. Fun times 😎😎😎😎 Check out the trailer for Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present, produced by Christine Beebe (MFA Film Directing '05) and directed by Tyler Hubby! Trailer: http://ow.ly/ygoK30ju9Sw #calarts #calartsalumni #calartswriter #shereelapuma #films #filmmakers #womenfilmmakers #screen #awesometown #SCV #fridaynight (at California Institute of the Arts)

I'm all ready for the academy awards. Got my game face on. #lol #myturnnext #academyawards #2018academyawards #gameface #letsgo #redcarpet #redcarpetfashion #hollywood #academy #party #CalArtsattheOscars #calartswriter #writersofinstagram #oscars #oscars2018 (at Hollywood)

Buena suerte to @PixarCoco for its multiple nominations at Sunday's #Oscars! The film was directed by @leeunkrich and co-directed and co-written by #CalArts alum @AdrianTheMolina. https://t.co/HYxMWVGpPa #CalArtsattheOscars https://t.co/SGrib0N9q6 #shereewrites #calartswriter #writersofinstagram #oscars2018 #oscars #filmmakers #directors (at Santa Clarita, California)

Just plugging my work. #writers #poets #shereewrites #websites #punkrock #memories #prose #poetry #creatives #sunsetbeachwriter #calartswriter @calarts

I know what it is to be a "dreamer." Some days are wonderful. Other ones hurt like hell. I will ALWAYS remember and THANK the editor that sent me a rejection letter when I was 18. He didn't mince words. "You aren't worth the air you breathe." I didn't have much air left in my lungs after that. First I screamed! Then I sobbed. Then I wanted to prove the MF wrong. Not matter what's happened, the criticism, rejection, struggles, poverty, success, I never gave up on my dream. I lost a lot, but I gained so much much more! I learned to love myself, my tenacity and I wrote my ass off, studied, read, and all these years later I'm ready to soar. For those who kicked me while I was down, I will walk into that coffee shop, biz, gas station, etc. and smile as you recognize my face. Not because I'm bitter, or an ass. I'll smile because I chose the hard path and I'm still standing pen in hand. Words are my joy, my god, my family and my passion. #writers #rejection #keeptrying #dowhatyoulove #womenwriters #womeninfilm #producers #calartswriter #poetsofinstagram #writersworld #thisishowwedo (at California Institute of the Arts)