Sheri Flowers Anderson

Writer, Poet, Crafter. Author of House and Home (Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award 2023).

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I just published Faith and Doubt https://t.co/PEpYHC7OLa

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Meeting tomorrow with a poet's roundtable (my favorite group of poet friends, no pressure, no judgment). Trying to get my stuff together...what to read...what to read...what to read...

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Today's wish: That I could find a writer's critique workshop that's more encouraging. We're addicted to fixing things that might not be broken! I want eyes on my work to get an idea of how I'm doing, but the comments are often discouraging in the end. Boo hoo for me...

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Today's self-care: I woke up this morning not feeling so great. I took my morning meds at 9, then got back into bed.

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Today's joys: (1) iced tea (sweet!) and (2) talking with writing buddy about our writing progress this past week and next week's writing intentions. (Mine is to submit.)

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Today's joy: I wrote 2 new poem drafts. Yay!

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@JennyMitchellGo I feel you. I usually start another book while convincing myself I'll finish them both....doesn't always work, though. 😀

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Happy Birthday to meeee! Aging is a privilege, being in my 60s is awesome (with a side of aches and pains😀). Just notified of 4 rejections and 2 acceptances (two poems in small poetry journals, Earth's Daughter and Atlanta Review.) Yay me.

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@arianathepoet One of my favorite books! I can relate to what you've said about it. Gloria Naylor indeed.

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I went to the Austin African American Book Festival (Yay me!) Keynote speakers were Kwame Alexander and Dr Peniel Joseph -- and now I'm kinda in love with them dudes, but I'll settle for reading their books. 😀

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@ReginaRosenfeld Love this.

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Will you make miracles? #WednesdayWisdom
#quote

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Submitted poems to a contest and to a poetry journal today. Gotta party all by myself. #writinglife #poetry #submissions

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Got a rejection yesterday on poems I'd sent to an online poetry journal. Never feels good, but the more rejections I get, I realize it doesn't kill me. I countered it by submitting a short story today to a short story contest.

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@EllenJuneWrites Ideally, I think it would be nice. I imagine a cozy room set up like a library and someone to straighten up after me😀. But in reality, real life, I write in a lot of inconsistent places--in bed, at the kitchen table, in the car, at the library...

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As a writer and poet, my two favorite places to write are in bed (bed-quarters/headquarters) or at a library. Love those two environments. They inspire me. #writinglife #poetrycommunity

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Got to hang out with a large group of local poets yesterday and hear several of them read poetry. Turns out that's my happy place...wherever other poets are is where I wanna be!

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This has been a good month for me when it comes to writing. I've been writing like crazy. Doesn't matter that some of it is a bunch of hooey, it only matters that something's on the page!

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Sign the petition: Call for a Global Plastics Treaty https://t.co/VLtvUtN77S

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Missed the first few days of NaPoWrimo, but now I'm on board. Attempting to write a draft of a poem every day for the rest of this month. Seems to be making my brain happy. I'm even dreaming about lines...