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Thursday, December 22, 2016 4:19:07 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled Throw Back Thursday: Suicide Hill:
Jane said, "From an earlier post:Wednesday, December 18, 2013Let It Snow Already this winter we’ve had a couple of snows with more predicted for this weekend.Yup. A White Christmas!!I was reminded in a recent conversation about a sledding hill I always..." more
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 4:40:55 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled NEW STORY up at Gival Press:
Jane said, "check out a new story out at Gival Presshere's just the beginningCheck out my new story posted at Gival Presshere's the beginning--Ordinary TimeI. One dayHe was waiting by the dock. Several thoughts competed for his attention. The heavy clouds and..." more
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 4:48:31 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled Buy! Freeze Frame: How to Write Flash Memoir:
Jane said, "tons of writing prompts, a way to flash forwardAmazon Apple Baker & Taylor Blio Baker-Taylor Axis360 Barnes & Noble Diesel Flipkart Gardners Extended Retail Gardners Library Inktera (formerly Page..." more
Monday, December 19, 2016 4:52:20 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled Unpresidented:
Jane said, "I do English. Been doing it for awhile. Readin’ writin’, you know. It’s not simply that I care (and I do), but others do too. If I submit a piece riddled with errors, it gets rejected. If I were a student handing in a paper, I would expect..." more
Friday, December 16, 2016 4:55:46 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled Flash Nightmares:
Jane said, "The other day I had a flash, a memory—and it still brings a chill over me. It’s one of those nightmare memories, along the lines of standing next to your high school locker naked. I needed help moving and a friend loaned me his car—just one..." more
Thursday, December 15, 2016 4:59:41 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled Throwback Thursday, December by James Schuyler:
Jane said, "I originally posted thisThursday, December 6, 2012“December” by James Schuyler Il va neiger dans quelques jours FRANCIS JAMMESThe giant Norway spruce from Podunk, its lower branches bound, this morning was reared into place at Rockefeller..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 4:59:33 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled In Wiry Winter:
Jane said, "In Wiry Winter - James Schuyler (1970)The shadow of a birdupon the yard upona house: it's gone.Through a pane abeam like a warm handlaid upon an arm.A thin shell, trans-parent, blue: theatmosphere in whichto swim. Burr. Acold plunge. The birdis..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 2:17:27 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled 365 Affirmations for the Writer:
Jane said, "Check out 365 Affirmations for the Writer, an eBook that will inspire you and keep you writing.*The link takes you to Amazon, but also available through Apple Baker & Taylor Blio Baker-Taylor Axis360 Barnes ..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 2:16:03 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled Places to Submit Flash:
Jane said, "Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest 2 A project of Geist AboutMake your own postcard using photos, drawings or images in the public domain, write a story inspired by that postcard, then send us the image and the story. The relationship..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 2:13:37 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled The Only Time I've Been Arrested:
Jane said, "The only time I’ve ever been arrested . . . . sounds like a good writing prompt. Go!The only time I’ve ever been arrested was about 40 years ago on an overpass in Nebraska. I’d flown out from Dayton, Ohio to visit my sister working at a..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 2:11:24 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled The Connection Between Jane Freilicher and Fairfield Porter:
Jane said, "A few posts ago I announced that I have been awarded a residency on Great Spruce Head Island, once the vacation home of Fairfield Porter who hosted numerous characters from the New York School of painters and poets, namely James Schuyler who had a..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 2:10:10 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled 365 Affirmations for the Writer:
Jane said, "Check out 365 Affirmations for the Writer, an eBook that will inspire you and keep you writing.*The link takes you to Amazon, but also available through Apple Baker & Taylor Blio Baker-Taylor Axis360 Barnes ..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 2:07:42 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled Locus Solus: Kenneth Koch and Leonard Cohen:
Jane said, "I’ve discovered a great blog called Locus Solus: The New York School of Poets. Andrew Epstein, an Assoicate Professor in the English Department at Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida authors it. A lot of his research and writing centers..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 2:04:03 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled Hot Flash Friday: Order a copy of Freeze Frame TODAY:
Jane said, "Read the headlines: ever wonder what’s behind them. The newspaper is full of realstories that at some point might alter or connect with our own story. Think tsunami, schoolclosing, threat of e. coli in lettuce. Maybe not right away, but in a year..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 2:04:00 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled 365 Affirmations for the Writer:
Jane said, "365 Affirmations for the Writer is an eBook I wrote to inspire us to write and keep us writing. If you’re looking for inspiration for you or a fellow writer, then order today. Available from Amazon as well as ALL other outlets. Every morning I..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 2:01:53 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled Art Week Residency, Great Spruce Head Island:
Jane said, "A new week. A new day. But somehow I am having a hard time shrugging off last week and the election. I am trying to move forward.Winter is coming.When I was younger this might have been the time of year when each week brought something wonderful...." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 1:59:33 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled 365 Affirmations for the Writer:
Jane said, "Writing is a journey. Every time we sit down to begin a piece or write the first chapter or the first line we are venturing into uncharted territory. We never know how it is going to turn out. Oh, we have a certain idea, like most pioneers or..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 1:59:30 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled Another Brooklyn:
Jane said, "Another Brooklyn, Jacqueline Woods A couple of weeks ago I went to hear Jacqueline Woods read from Brown Girl Dreaming and Another Brooklyn at Women & ChildrenFirst Bookstore. What a refreshing evening—saw some old friends from AROHO. ..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 1:58:40 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled Hot Flash Friday: Freeze Frame: How to Write Flash Memoir:
Jane said, "Today's Hot Flash is lifted entirely from Freeze Frame: How to Write Flash Memoir, my eBook available EVERYWHERE. Oder it today.*—DialogueOne of the first things one wouldn’t see in an autobiography or at least very little of isdialogue. It is..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 1:54:41 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled Making Hay While the Sun Shines:
Jane said, "I just wanted to say thanks to all my readers for making this blog a roaring success. Not sure what sparked a movement—but Memoirous gets about 20,000 hits a month!I want to say thank you and encourage all my readers to BUY my books. If just..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 1:54:38 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled My Name is Lucy Barton:
Jane said, "My Name is Lucy Barton, Elizabeth Strout My Name is Lucy Barton was something I picked on a whim off the library shelf. I have not read her other works, namely Olive Kitteridge, which won the Pulitzer prize. The story is set up almost as vignettes..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 1:51:14 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled Not Hate Speech, Free Speech:
Jane said, "I wish I did not have to come into work every day and write another post about DT. At a certain point I want to go back to YouTube and babies belly laughing and cats playing pianos. Really. I do not want to start my week talking about politics. If..." more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 1:51:11 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled My Book of Sorrows, part 2:
Jane said, "I used to wonder: What is fascism? I realize most eight-year-olds don’t spend their time puzzling over such matters, but I was not your typical kid. I used to save news clippings of super serious events in a Girl Scout Handbook. A baby repeatedly..." more
Friday, November 18, 2016 4:34:05 AM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled Hot Flash Friday=Leonard Cohen’s Writing Process:
Jane said, "Not sure what happened last week, but I was not able to post on Friday/Hot Flash. (We all know what happened last week.) Leonard Cohen died.Outside of Bob Dylan I cannot name another more prolific songwriter/poet. He was someone who embodied my..." more
Wednesday, December 28, 2016 8:23:14 PM
Jane Hertenstein wrote a blog post titled Underground Railroad:
Jane said, "Underground RailroadColson WhiteheadI didn’t know much about this book—except the title and the author. And, let me tell you, right now, read it.I’ve been telling people about this book, and the affect is reflective of the culture prevalent..." more