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Dear lovelies: As many of you know, I am writing a new YA novel......! 🌸 In honor of #writingwednesday I’m going to start sharing things— week after week— about the book. I’m so excited! ✍🏻🌼 So today, on this first WW, I present a little aesthetic I made for my story... Love, me ☀️💕 #amwriting #mynewbook #ya #summerreading #summerwriting #writingcave #allthebrightplaces (at Los Angeles, California)
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Countdown until my solo show -Yowza!
If you're in Chicago, you can come see my new solo work debuting at Steppenwolf's Lookout Series August 13-15 @7:30PM. It will be a fun ride. #steppenwolflookout #thisismymoment
Tickets: https://www.steppenwolf.org/tickets--events/lookout/26-summer/this-is-my-moment/
About the show:
Blending “theatricalized” essays, satirical songs and poetic prose, This is My Moment features the real life story of a woman who has experienced the best life has to offer: a kingpin lover from the past, a jail adventure that tests her faith and a comedy career that teaches the gift of saying, “Yes.”
Dionna Griffin-Irons returns to the stage with longtime collaborator and acclaimed musician Alexander Burke to debut this new work about discovering that the best moments in life are found within those unpredictable moments when everybody is watching.
Finish the year strong, 6th graders! This summer, get creative. Journal your adventures, write a story, or create a comic. Keep those writing skills sharp and have fun!
last night
the idle unideals of my sick day yesterday only cemented in me this desperation for summer air. I need to live in a world with less responsibilities, even if only for a little while. I need to feel upright but not too upright. I need the sun to hit my body and create little patterns from the spaces where light cannot hit directly and where it hits just so on my skin. I have to climb out of my cozy spot inside and run into the water only to run out again some minutes later. I am in desperate need of some summer nights by the fire, drink in hand, radiating this heat that we don’t truly understand in and among a wilderness of our wildest imagination as the suspended sun sinks further and further behind the rolling hills leaving nothing but rainbow haze that stars poke through, craftily and steadily. I want to fall asleep reading a serious book and wake up hearing the sounds of laughter and dishes and coffee being made and served. I want to wake up with you.
Pide un deseo
Esa noche era oscura, las luces se habían apagado para poder ver la luna resplandeciente. Era una noche de verano, un 15 de agosto, “Ferragosto”, no podía ser más verano de hecho… Pasaban las 22:35, hora de ir a dormir, pero ¿Qué tienen esas noches de verano, que la energía no gastada durante el día, nuestro cuerpo pide consumirla a como dé lugar? Sobre todo, si tienes 8 y 9 años.
Era el segundo día que inspeccionábamos la luna con el nuevo telescopio. La luna se había ya escondido detrás de la colina, pero niñas querían seguir jugando, sin embargo, empezaban a prepararse psicológicamente para el ritual de la hora de irse a dormir. De pronto la más pequeña, y yo, casualmente, vimos una hermosa estrella fugaz, la cual, no era discreta, quería ser vista. Mi hija la mayor, viene hacia mí, y con sus ojos grandes me dice desanimada;
- Mamma, ¿sabes?, yo nunca he visto una estrella fugaz. Y se encoje de hombros, y sigue poniendo en orden el juego de ajedrez que habían utilizado ella y su hermana.
Yo le respondí:
- ¿En serio mi amor?, lo siento mucho, sucederá algún día.
Y le di un beso en la frente.
Pero las estrellas fugaces aparecen para ser vistas, si no, no aparecerían, y se llamarían estrellas invisibles. Entonces decidí que nos podíamos quedar despiertas media horas más. Trajimos dos toallas que habíamos usado ese día para la piscina, y las colocamos en el pasto, en la parte del jardín que nos permitía ver el cielo mas amplio, y apagamos todas, todas las luces del jardín. Pasaron 2 minutos. Las únicas expresiones que se escuchaban eran: “Wow”, “que hermoso”, “mira ese es un satélite, sirve para analizar el clima de mañana”, “las estrellas verdaderas no son de 5 picos”, etc.
De pronto, una “fugaz” y discreta estrella, atravesó de norte a sur, por más discreta, parecía haber querido ser vista.
- Mamma, mamma, la vi, la vi, ¿tu la viste?, yo si la vi!! ¡Fue la primera mamma, la primera que veo en toda mi vida!
Fue su dulce expresión.
- Yo también mamma, yo ya había visto otras, pero esta también la vi, ¡y era muy especial!
- Lo sé, fue muy especial, ahora esperemos a ver otras. Estoy muy contenta de que por fin viste una, y que tu amor, pudiste ver una más!
Vimos otro par de estrellas fugaces, pero lo que me dejo sin aliento, aun mas que las estrellas fugaces fueron sus reflexiones. Y fueron las siguientes:
- ¿sabes mamma? Yo creo que las estrellas que están fijas en el cielo, o sea, las estrellas no fugaces, representan a las personas vivas. Las estrellas fugaces, son las personas que murieron hoy.
- Tengo una idea, en lugar de pedir otro deseo, para seguir viendo estrellas fugaces, pediré ver otra estrella fugaz.
Sin duda, valió la pena irse a dormir tarde.
17 agosto 2021
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☀️SUMMER SHORT STORY CONTEST ☀️ Summer is here. Can you feel it? Let’s heat it up even more with @indieitpress Summer Short Story Contest. Dust off your short story you placed in a drawer, pull out your inspiring notes, or write something brand new. It’s up to you! We accept short stories from all writers. We highly encourage new and emerging writers as well as those who identify as LGBTQIA2s+ writers, BIPOC writers, and disabled writers to submit to our contest. Prompt: Open Words: 1000-4000 Cost: $20 Prizes Awarded: 1st place $300.00 2nd place $200.00 3rd place $100.00 4th place $50.00 5th place $20.00 Finalist Judge: Top 5 Winners Ranked by Literary Agent Elizabeth Copps Elizabeth is drawn to fresh takes on timeless plots; stories that are thought provoking and discussion spurring. She loves complex characters who are brimming with personality and burst off the page. Who are irreverent and dark. Smart and sarcastic. Creative and wise. She specializes in middle grade, young adult, and adult fiction in the following genres: contemporary with a literary bent, historical, horror, magical realism, thriller/mystery/suspense, book club, and women’s fiction. In nonfiction, she seeks platform-driven memoir and biography. Judge: Britt Laux is a non-binary author, editor, and parent based in rural Ohio. They write fantasy and contemporary stories with queer representation and plenty of romance. Inspired by the woods they live in, you can often find Britt wandering among the trees thinking up the next story. You can connect with them via Instagram @brittlaux where they share snapshots of their real life and infrequent writing updates. 3rd Judge: TBA! We are STOKED about this contest! Get out your computer humans- Let’s heat it up! ☀️Link in bio. #do #summerwriting #indieitpress #shortstorycontest #writingcommunity #writinginspiration #defeatimpostersyndrome (at The Heart Of North Philly ! : )) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQhgOm-rqc6/?utm_medium=tumblr
Truth memory: When I decided to tell the story of my tumultuous 20’s I wrote a play bringing all the characters to life on stage - the sugar daddy crook, the women I met in Kentucky, and the good cop/bad cop who tested my faith. Writing the story unlocked everything. Story gave me permission to use everything. All of us have story and journey worth telling. The writing continues....#flasbackfriday #thefreedomshow #tellyourtruth #summerwriting #writenow https://www.instagram.com/p/CPuNmYVp6HW/?utm_medium=tumblr
Poolside writing. . . . #pool #pooltime #summer #summerwriting #writingcommunity #booksbooksbooks #read #writerlife #writer #sunshine #books #summereading #TheBloodSeries #thebloodquest #thebloodqueen #thebloodlands https://www.instagram.com/p/CChPUsDgB6L/?igshid=10vhirtqp4tja
