I’m So Fancy: My Profile on the Oregon Literary Arts Blog
I’m So Fancy: My Profile on the Oregon Literary Arts Blog Oregon Literary Arts is publishing profiles of the 2014 fellowship winners, and my heart is full of gratitude! My […]
Category Archives: Writing
The Rejected Wedding Speech
Before you get the wrong idea, you should know this isn’t a raunchy, zany collection of zingers à la The Wedding Crashers or Bridemaids. I was asked to write a […]
No Hollywood Death
Hollywood did a piss job of preparing me for my father-in-law’s diagnosis in mid-August of terminal pancreatic cancer. Slow to be discovered and quick to consume the patient, we never […]
All Things Bright and Dark
Soon I will clink a glass of champagne on New Year’s Eve and bid goodbye to a strange year. Taking the Big Leap When it was decided that the full-time […]
From Portland to Maui
Recently, I unearthed some poems from the period of 2009-2010 when I was more active in writing poetry. I blew off the considerably thick dust and began sending them off […]
I Dare You
I have a constantly changing definition of bravery. Is being quiet the daring thing, or is it speaking your mind? Is bungee-jumping daring, or is it keeping your feet planted […]
How to Get Started with Submissions
Decide to Begin the Journey After years of traumatizing manuscript-feedback classes and many failed writing groups, I decided it was time to jump into the cold, foreboding lake of submissions. […]
I’m a Writer. No, Really.
My bank called me up. “Hello, there were two unsuccessful attempts this morning to charge three dollars to a company called…Submittable?” I laughed. “I was wondering why it kept rejecting […]
Welcome to My Blog!
I have a “writing spouse,” Nadia. We meet every week and give each other feedback and encouragement over cupcakes. I was in a rut. I was submitting to lit journals […]
Stephanie Golisch 