The review of the first draft is finished. It’s a five-chapter mess, not counting the bibliography and notes section. It is a relief to have gotten through a complete first draft. But, no lie, the real work begins with the second draft. I’m not sure when I’ll have a final […]
The excellent Jacki Wilson, archivist at the University of West Florida Historic Trust, sent the following: If you are just now joining the Emmett Wilson Program, Modeste was Emmett’s pharmacist while he lived in Pensacola. Last year, I did a short essay about her here. I reached out to Jacki […]
It snowed last night, which brings our early Spring to a temporary halt. The schools are closed as well, which brings all best intentions of writing on Emmett’s book to a temporary halt. Although I don’t expect to make progress on Emmett’s manuscript, I figured today would be a great […]
It has been a crazy, patchwork kind of existence in Emmett Wilson Land over the past two weeks — a lot of writing, a lot of teaching, a lot of deadlines. My writing life has felt cobbled together, much like Dr. Frankenstein’s creature: It works, but it looks (and feels) […]
Greetings, friends: I have not fallen off any writing or sobriety wagon. I have been working feverishly to finish an article for submission to a literary journal all week — and I made the deadline tonight with only 15 minutes to spare. I have not written anything on that tight […]
I’ve been posting less on Emmett’s blog this month because I’m working on Emmett Wilson-related articles to submit to two publications: I met the representatives of the Little Patuxent Review literary journal when I was at the AWP Conference two weeks ago. Two weeks ago, they told me to submit […]
…we wait! The wait could be a few months. But whatever. I have chapters to edit, more essays to draft (and submit elsewhere).
I’ve started sending out articles and essays to literary journals and publications all about Emmett Wilson and his family. My first submission is to Saw Palm: Florida Literature & Art. This is a Florida-themed literary journal with a lot of creative and interesting components. My first shot at the journal […]
On Saturday, I took time out to attend the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in downtown D.C. all day Saturday with a dear friend and fellow writer/writing instructor. The AWP is a three-day event, but because of my work schedule, I was only able to attend the last […]
Over the next couple of entries, I’d like to talk about the research process involved in gathering information about an obscure historic figure, and explain the process of reviewing artifacts for use in my research. Most of the time, when I’m visiting an archive to collect documents or artifacts, I […]
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