tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88299397668990960592024-03-05T00:03:39.403-08:00A Girl, A Guy, A Bearkristen tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16648240352147993779noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829939766899096059.post-62690201329586646162019-01-10T14:40:00.000-08:002019-01-10T14:46:20.181-08:00Twenty Years in the MakingWhat can I say? <i>Half-Hazard</i> has been out in the world just over two months. I flew around the country and talked to people about it nonstop for about four weeks. Pretty thrilling and exhausting stuff. Realization 1: I'm not built to be social or airborne for prolonged periods of time.<br />
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After spending twenty years crafting a book, one of the most rewarding things is to see it read so carefully and appear alongside other amazing books in roundups and reviews. Realization 2: I'm the kind of writer who reads her reviews (for now). I'm so incredibly grateful.<br />
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Below is a poetry roundup from the Washington Post. And a clip of me reading the title poem in the <i>New Yorker</i>. And a picture of my dad sitting in my signing chair at my poetry event in Idaho Falls. One of the poems in the book is "Goodbye, Idaho." Little did I know when I wrote it how often I'd return to her and her potato-theme baggage claim.<br />
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I feel so lucky that this book is finally out in the world.<br />
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<a href="http://half-hazard%20new%20yorker/">Half-Hazard New Yorker</a>kristen tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16648240352147993779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829939766899096059.post-89200145796314020642018-10-29T12:21:00.000-07:002018-12-07T15:30:10.954-08:00I'm Going on Tour with Half-Hazard<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 19.5px;">
Hello. Are you interested in poetry? Do you like wacky villanelles? Bear-curious verse? Conversations with <span style="text-align: center;">Tom Sadoski? We should meet. Come find me at one of these fine cities. (Bonus: Brian Evenson will be at 90% of these venues. And he's great!)</span></div>
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Book Launch at Skylight Books </div>
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Reading and discussion with Tom Sadoski</div>
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Panel: Missed Connection Poetry of Faith and Family (with Anis Mojgani, Stacey Tran, and Neil Aitken) <span style="color: black;">At Brunish Theatre (Hines Warner Wealth Management Stage)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Poetry reading, with Bob Hicok at the Poetry Foundation in Chicago (61 W. Superior Street)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">My life
was going by. Year. Cake. Year. Cake.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">And no
circus. No clowns. Only that rotten dress,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[. .
.]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Unavoidable Pigeon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I see
it on Cabrillo. Midway through the crosswalk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Some
people spot an injured pigeon <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">tumbling
down the street and think<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">good
riddance. But how can I think that?</span><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">[. . .]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Blue Dress<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The first November after
the divorce<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">there was a box from my
father on my birthday—no card, but a<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">big box from Hink’s, the
dark<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">department store with a
balcony and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">mahogany rail around the
balcony, you could<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">stand and press your
forehead against it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">until you could almost
feel the dense<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">grain of the wood, and
stare down<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">into the rows and rows
of camisoles,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">petticoats, bras, as if
looking down<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">into the lives of
women. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The box was from
there, he had braved that place for me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the way he had entered
my mother once<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to get me out. I
opened the box—I had<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">never had a present from
him—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and there was a blue
shirtwaist dress<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">blue as the side of a
blue teal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">disguised to go in
safety on the steel-blue water.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I put it on, a perfect
fit,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I liked that it was not
too sexy, just a</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">blue dress for a
14-year-old daughter the way</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Clark Kent’s suit
was just a plain suit for a reporter, but I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Felt the weave of the
mercerized Indian Head cotton</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">against the skin of my
upper arms and my</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">wide thin back and
especially the skin of my</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ribs under those new
breasts I had</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">raised in the night like
earthworks in commemoration of his name</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A year later, during a
fight about<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">just how awful my father
had been,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">my mother said he had
not picked out the dress,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">just told her to get
something not too expensive, and then<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">had not even sent a
check for it,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">that's the kind of man
he was. So I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">never wore it again in
her sight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">but when I went away to
boarding school I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">wore it all the time
there,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">loving the feel of
it, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">just casually mentioning
sometimes it was a gift from my father,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">wanting in those days to
appear to have something<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">whether it was true or a
lie, I didn’t care, just to<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">have something.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "American Typewriter"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">--Sharon Olds (The Gold
Cell)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Circus
Youth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">My life
was going by. Year. Cake. Year. Cake.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">And no
circus. No clowns. Only that rotten dress,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">blue and
tumbling. I wanted to eat the buttons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">I wanted
to feed the rest—cuffs and collar—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">to the
dogs. Let it be dung. Let it be <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">that
common. I craved a ship. I desired <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">a texture
wholly unlike my life. Clowns. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Funny
rubber balls. Who handed me these knives <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">to
juggle? Who said everything was going to be fine? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">I know. I
know. Childhood shows no mercy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Others
have had to catch much trickier knives—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">all
blade, no handle. No one meets our demands <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">for
better maps or parents or more robust <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Saint
Bernards. The worst day of my life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">The
circus. The tragic reality that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">it </i>was
a show. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Lions
reduced to cats. Leather-clad men riding motorcycles <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">inside
metal balls. The terror of the ringmaster, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">so much
like my grandfather, folding in a bow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">We took you</span></i><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">, my parents said. And it wasn’t<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">a lie.
Elephants in chains. Painted faces blistering <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">under the
makeup’s grease. Afterward, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">I ached
on my sandbag pillow. Pots clattering <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">to the
kitchen floor. A heap of a dead horse <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">melting
in the field beyond my window. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Couldn’t
there be a different circus? Music <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">piped at
the happiest pitch?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Children so thrilled
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">they shit
themselves in the stands and smile on? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">And clown
hands, clown necks, clown thighs put together <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">to
assemble a truly hilarious thing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Futile, I know, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">I prayed
for years. Slowly flowering in my bed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Certain
of something. Wanting what I wanted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Clown in
my doorway. Clown on my floor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">A clown
on my very own thumb.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Kristen Tracy </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">The Unavoidable
Pigeon<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">I see it
on Cabrillo, midway through the crosswalk. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Some people spot an injured pigeon <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>tumbling down the street and think <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">good
riddance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But how can I think that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I know this bird. I’ve seen it before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Balboa. Anza. Clement. Its wounded <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">foot
lifted high into its feathered body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>No, I will never take this bird
home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I root for it in other ways. What a
survivor! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">I pass it
on the way to the post office, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>parading like a governor in a bright
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>patch of sun. Don’t worry. This bird
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">will
never break my heart. Not right now. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Not tomorrow. Not next week when I
find it <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>hammered to the road. Poor
bird.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">A
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">on these
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";"><o:p> Kristen Tracy</o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Write a
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sentences. Remember, focus on the specific event (real or imaginary) and focus
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Autobiography:
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<span style="color: #121212; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 10.0pt;">And here I am, the<br />
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<span style="color: #121212; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> by
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Setting<o:p></o:p></div>
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Characterization<o:p></o:p></div>
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Plot<o:p></o:p></div>
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Writing Prompt:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two
characters want the same physical thing. Write a scene between these two
characters. The conflict cannot be resolved. One person cannot surrender the
object to the other. They must both continue to want the object. Write this
story with a beginning a middle and an end. Don’t bog yourself down with
setting up the story with backstory. Simply begin. Begin with the conflict.
They can be strangers. They can be friends. Lovers. Friends. Cousins. You
decide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll give you 20 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Remember the object needs to be physical. Revenge, love, acceptance, forgiveness (and such) are too abstract. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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1. What’s something that you liked a lot about the piece, something that you found really successful?<o:p></o:p></div>
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2. When did the conflict between the two characters become clear?<o:p></o:p></div>
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4. Did the scene start at a strong moment? In the middle of action?<o:p></o:p></div>
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5. Was the setting used effectively for this scene?<o:p></o:p></div>
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7. Was the scene satisfyingly resolved?<o:p></o:p></div>
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8. Was there any place in the story where you think an anecdote or small amount of backstory would have helped strengthen one or both of the characters?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Feet: What are the basic and obvious facts about your
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What do they look like?<o:p></o:p></div>
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What’s their occupation?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Surface level personal history.<o:p></o:p></div>
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--an accomplishment<o:p></o:p></div>
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--a failure they’ve suffered<o:p></o:p></div>
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--what is something they’re good at<o:p></o:p></div>
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Groin: What your character wants. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Do they want to be liked?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Do they want to be left alone?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Do they want to boyfriend/girlfriend?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Do they want to buy something they perceive as
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Heart: All they things they need in their life to function.
Based on the idea that everybody has a hole in their heart. Where is your
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These illuminate their flaws. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Throat: External personal. How you project yourself to the
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Green snakeskin belt. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Mom drinks chai wears green ankle boot.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hamberg Hoodie.<o:p></o:p></div>
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How smart is your character?<o:p></o:p></div>
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How do they solve problems?<o:p></o:p></div>
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What are your character’s ethics?<o:p></o:p></div>
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What is the full picture of this person? <o:p></o:p></div>
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What archetype do they fun under?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Practical questions I ask myself and expect my reader’s to
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1. How do they get to school? <o:p></o:p></div>
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2. What’s her schedule?<o:p></o:p></div>
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3. Can I chart her day on a
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4. What does her week look like?<o:p></o:p></div>
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5. What big assignments does she
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6. Who are her three best friends?<o:p></o:p></div>
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7. How long of they been friends?<o:p></o:p></div>
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9. What are their friendship rules?<o:p></o:p></div>
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10. Is there something they
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11. What is the exact age of your
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12. Where was she born? <o:p></o:p></div>
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13. How many times has she moved?<o:p></o:p></div>
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16. Who does she have a problem
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18. What do her parents do?<o:p></o:p></div>
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41. If she went on a trip where
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Least favorite food.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Worst memory.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Least favorite person in the story.
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Worst experience so far in her
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Worst nightmare. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thing she hates to wear.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Subject she struggles with.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Assignment she loathes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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These aren’t blanket dislikes. I’m
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YOU:<o:p></o:p></div>
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What are the twenty things YOU want
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kristen tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16648240352147993779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829939766899096059.post-18005485567311805742017-12-04T18:32:00.000-08:002017-12-04T18:32:00.200-08:00Things Are Happening. Last we left it, I was all about blazing through my summer of projects. To be honest, I'm not even sure which of those I finished. I know I've sold two things (more on that later). Another thing is out on submission. Another thing is getting ready to go out on submission. And none of them are related in any way to my summer of projects. Also, I just received my cover art for my forthcoming poetry manuscript, <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/press/142163/poetry-foundation-announces-kristen-tracy-winner-of-2017-emily-dickinson-first-book-award" target="_blank">Half-Hazard</a>, with <a href="https://www.graywolfpress.org/" target="_blank">Graywolf Press</a>. And my mail carrier delivered copies of my poems appearing in <a href="https://thesouthernreview.org/" target="_blank">Southern Review</a> and<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine" target="_blank"> Poetry Magazine</a>. (Also I'm about to do something super secret that I can't talk about yet.) So even though I didn't finish my summer of projects, I still feel productive. AND, I've got a decorated Christmas tree up in my living room right now and I also assisted my son in frosting four ugly sweater cookies, so I feel pretty real-life-calendar-current competent too.<br />
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Okay. Here's the other big news. I'm getting ready to film a web series that I co-wrote with my friend and actress/director/writer/<a href="http://www.barbrix.com/" target="_blank">restaurant-owner</a>-awesome-person <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0855133/" target="_blank">Adria Tennor</a>. *warning* It's not for kids. It's also something I never thought I'd do. But it's nice to surprise myself. I'm scouting locations with Adria and the cinematographer and the rest of the crew. Am I outside my comfort zone? Big time. But I'm adapting. I'm figuring out the landscape and it's enriching me creatively. And that's important. I'll post more progress as it comes. And I'll share my secrets once I'm able. I've absolutely loved 2017. And I still have one month left! I'll try to do a better job with updates. And I'll definitely post more Christmas cookies. Last year my son and I made Christmas trees and crocodiles. This year we're taking suggestions. . .<br />
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*photographic proof of last year's cookies*<br />
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<br />kristen tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16648240352147993779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829939766899096059.post-42630785423252243082017-08-02T13:43:00.000-07:002017-08-02T13:43:25.681-07:00Going Through the Doors That Open<span style="font-size: large;">It's August and I want to tell you where things stand with my Summer of Projects. I completed my villanelle. And I felt good enough about it that I submitted it to both my publisher and a literary journal where I hope it will find a home. So out of my four projects one is done. I'm working madly on the middle-grade novel. And I've made a serious breakthrough about the mystery project where I need to change the point of view. As for the YA novel, I've jotted down notes, but haven't worked on it in a meaningful way this summer. Things aren't happening as fast as I'd like. I need to carve out more time. I hope to make a real push and finish the middle-grade novel this month. Summer doesn't officially end until Friday September 22nd, so I've still got some time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One thing I need to confess is that I worked on another undisclosed project and submitted it to my agent and she loved it. I'll talk more about that in another post. The reason I mention it is because it made zero sense for me to write this project when I did. But I have a motto: Go through the doors that open. I mean this literally. For instance, my favorite Mexican restaurant has two doors. One has a very shiny handle and one handle looks untouched. The first time I went there I opened the shiny handle and didn't think twice about it. But the next time my friend led the way, and she tried to open the untouched handle, which is permanently locked. Here's the thing, my impulse is to seek out doors that will open. So if my imagination brings me a fully formed idea, I consider that a door asking to be opened. I worked on this project feverishly. I told my agent it was formed out of obsessive polished pressure. I have a child. Responsibilities. Of course I had to strike a life balance. But I stayed up late and got up early. And literally used every spare second to write this project. Five years ago I would have spent some time doubting whether or not this was a smart use of my time. I had other projects in the queue. But I've learned to trust my creative urges. So I did the fifth project. And it was the right thing to do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okay. I've got to go so I'll leave you with a photo. This summer my husband and son and I traveled to Boston and my friend let us stay at her house (she was away with her girls). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She texted me: </span><span style="font-size: large;">You'll need to move a few dolls off the bed. </span><br />
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kristen tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16648240352147993779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829939766899096059.post-65173939369247470182017-06-06T16:12:00.000-07:002017-06-06T16:12:19.649-07:00Winning & Backsliding (at the same time)<span style="font-size: large;">So I have great news. <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/" target="_blank">The Poetry Foundation</a> selected my manuscript <i>Half-Hazard</i> for the <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/press/detail/142163" target="_blank">Emily Dickinson First Book Award</a> and <a href="https://www.graywolfpress.org/" target="_blank">Graywolf Press</a> will publish it in October 2018. I've been working on my first poetry manuscript for twenty years so this is a thrilling development. But it also means that I haven't made much progress on my Summer of Projects. Technically it's not summer yet. Technically summer begins on June 20th. So here's the deal. On June 20th I will commit to working on my Summer of Projects three hours a day. Six days a week. No matter what. (I like to think I'll have one day off each week. It is summer.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm going to post my progress here. Wish me luck. By the end of summer I should have:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1) A finished villanelle</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2) A finished middle-grade Animal novel </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3) A completed YA Comedy/Romance/Adventure</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">4) A completed mystery project written in the correct point of view</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know it seems like a lot. But don't worry about me. I actually think I can do this. I'm a burst writer. And I wouldn't state my goals publicly if I didn't think it was possible for me to achieve them. Or at least I don't think I would. Below is a snapshot of the current state of my writing desk. I'll order the disorder tomorrow. Wish me luck.</span><br />
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kristen tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16648240352147993779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829939766899096059.post-72210371983202560912017-05-17T06:37:00.002-07:002017-05-17T06:37:52.920-07:004 Projects<span style="font-size: large;">It's going to happen. This summer I'm going to complete four projects. A week ago, I was aiming for three. But as I pulled everything together for this post I couldn't decide between projects 3 and 4, so I added them both. All the projects are listed below, and I'll track my progress throughout the summer. I'll also try to provide useful insight into my process. I like teaching writing craft classes, so I'll probably indulge in that a little bit here. Summer is officially June 20 to September 22. So by September 23 I'm hoping to feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment. I really hope this motivates you to pull out your own unfinished projects and wrestle them into the world. (That last sentence might be projection.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. 3rd Grade Animal Book (60 pages complete)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2. YA Comedy/Romance/Adventure (120 pages complete)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3. Mystery Project written in wrong point of view (complete, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> except it's written in the wrong point of view)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">4. Complete a Villanelle (over 100 not-quite-working lines)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>kristen tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16648240352147993779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829939766899096059.post-83189420835018594452017-05-12T06:22:00.002-07:002017-05-12T06:22:48.959-07:00Character Sheet<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">The following is a list that supplements my craft talk at Storymakers
Conference 2017. If you find any of it helpful that’s great, but it’s really meant
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readily apparent. Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Feet: What are the basic and obvious facts about your
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<span style="font-size: large;">What do they look like?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">--something embarrassing that has happened to him/her<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">--a failure they’ve suffered<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. How do they get to school? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What’s her socioeconomic status?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How much mobility is in her life?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What’s her level of independence and supervision?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. What’s her schedule?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">9. What are their friendship rules?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">11. What is the exact age of your character? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">18. What do her parents do?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">20. What bothers her about her parents?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">21. What are her household responsibilities?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">22. What family rituals do they have?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">23. If I looked at their photo album, what would I see?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">24.Do they have any art in the house?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">29. Does she want to change anything?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">31. Can I describe what I see in there?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">32. Where does she shop? 33. Eat?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">41. If she went on a trip where would she want to go?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">43. Has anything she loved ever died?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">44. What’s her level of interest in sports?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">45. Does she have any hang ups about her physical
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<span style="font-size: large;">49. What would she buy in the vending machine?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Worst experience so far in her life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Teacher or other authority figure she doesn’t like. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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kristen tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16648240352147993779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829939766899096059.post-72304483752185652932017-05-12T06:20:00.000-07:002017-05-12T06:20:03.815-07:00Messy Desk Update<span style="font-size: large;">Here we go. I'm not gonna lie. This was a rush job. I've still got some Post-it note organization to pull off before this is actually a done deal. But before I can tackle my Summer of Projects, I had to have a clean writing space.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In a few days I'll post my projects that I'm going to finish this summer. I'm still waffling on the third one. I can't decide. On Monday I'm commit. Happy writing! </span> kristen tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16648240352147993779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829939766899096059.post-45850219773507323782017-05-09T17:34:00.003-07:002017-05-09T17:34:58.886-07:00Messy Desk Countdown <span style="font-size: large;">Hello. It's me. Kristen. Do you want to see my messy desk? Okay. Here you go. Here's the thing, I'm an extremely goal-oriented person. I can't live like this anymore. I've got goals. Dreams. And way too much paper-pile drama. In two days I leave to teach at <a href="http://ldstorymakersconference.com/">http://ldstorymakersconference.com</a> and before I go this desk needs to be clean. Why? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because I am about to start my summer of projects. What's that? It's a motivational tool I'm using to finish three creative projects I should've finished months ago. Two days. This desk will be clean. This summer. My projects will get finished. And what about you? Do you have an actual or perhaps metaphorical Tickle Me Elmo obstructing your productivity too? Any projects taking up a bunch of your free brain space and file cabinets? Track them down. Get them out. Before I leave I'll post a picture of my clean desk. It's the first step. And then I get down to business. For reals. </span><br />
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