Stories & Updates

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NaNoWriMo 2018

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I wanted to let everyone know that I will be participating in NaNoWriMo this year. For those of you who don’t know, that is National Novel Writing Month. For the month of November, I will be cracking down on one novel I am currently working on to hopefully get it completed and one step closer to publication!

This year, I will be focusing on my novel “Rhys of Novia”. You can see the description of this novel under my “Current Projects” tab or you can follow along with my progress and get details through the NaNoWriMo site (https://nanowrimo.org/participants/spikora).  My word counts will show how I progress through editing and re-writing my second draft for this story.

I won’t be posting my updates for NaNoWriMo on this website, so I wanted to make sure everyone had a link in case they wanted to follow along with my progress in November. Thank you again for all the support! Here’s to wishing for a great November!

 

Poetry

Wonderland (Poem)

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The poem below is titled “Wonderland”. It was one of five poems I had submitted to the 10th Annual Narrative Poetry Contest. This was a last addition to my submission, something fun I did in my spare time. Unfortunately, I didn’t place in the competition, but I still had fun doing it! I thought you all might like a taste of what I submitted, so here we are! I hope you enjoy!

 

Wonderland

 

The cat smiled back,

Laughing at her phrase.

The man wearing the hat,

Laughing at her ways.

 

How curious she was,

This tiny little girl.

Creating such a buzz

In this crazy little world.

 

She sings and dances,

Twirling away,

While the white rabbit prances,

Preparing for the day.

 

Never will she return,

Although she will say

Such lessons she had learned

From her wonderful stay.

Poetry

Platenthera holochila (Image Poem)

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The poem below is the poem published in Native Orchid Conference Journal. As the publication is no longer available, I thought you may enjoy seeing it. Details about this poem are below.

P. holochila Poem

This poem is an image poem, where the poetry forms together to create a solitary image. The orchid described in this poem, Platanthera holochila, is a rare Hawaiian Orchid that I worked with during my undergraduate studies. I was inspired to write this poem after I was able to see one of the orchids bloom for the first time.