Memoir, AWP, Poetry, & Three Anthologies

Memoir News I am so grateful to spend three and a half weeks as a Vashon Artist-in-Residence!! I had a room with a view! It started on March 27th, till I returned home on April 20th! I worked on my memoir manuscript tentatively titled: “Secrets & Life Stories of an …

Seventh Decade Shout Out!!

Congratulations to the new U.S. Poet Laureate: Ada Limón!!!  Her reading at the W.S. Merwin Conservatory in Honolulu was moving, listen to it here. Julene’s Memoir News! I completed a three-week Memoir Bootcamp with Allison K. Williams, author of Seven Drafts. It was an excellent workshop by a seasoned editor …

Entering the Fray! Vashon AIR!!

Is the COVID pandemic over? Some are acting like it; yet many who are immune compromised know that it is not over, people are still getting sick and even with the vaccines it is a risk for many. I’ve started venturing out with care, not traveling by plane, but staying …