Writers.com Community | Jennie | Activity https://community.writers.com/members/jennie-kelly/activity/ Activity feed for Jennie. Sun, 24 May 2026 15:51:43 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.14.4 en-US 30 hourly 2 33394a6427bffe689ae639187b604d9b Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3472/#acomment-3488 Sun, 24 May 2026 10:50:46 -0400 @Ani What a lovely way to bring a concept to life, and a nice turn at the end, where these names are not after the person, but instead after release. Nice. You have made me want to read Rumi. I had not previously heard of him until Frederick’s prompt.

In reply to - Frederick Meyer posted an update in the group The Roundtable

Good morning—here are quote and prompt from today’s Write-In:

Quote:
“What you seek is seeking you.”
—Rumi

Prompt:
Write on (any of): seek, seeking, sought.

]]> ef18462b16997cd98b39ddf71d20786d Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3452/#acomment-3487 Sun, 24 May 2026 10:46:06 -0400 @kathryn.veenhuizen without knowing the nature of your struggle with that paragraph, I have a few thoughts. One is that the first sentence, lacks a clear subject, “While traveling and being away for long periods, seem give the weeds permission and freedom to meander as they wish.” If you changed it to “I seem to give the weeds permission” or… Read more

In reply to - Kathryn Veenhuizen posted an update in the group Writing Showcase

I have been working in my yard, in Oklahoma, trying to create a beautiful landscape. It has been a work in progress for nearly four years. […]

]]> 5308dd07930c754e16e778e1f2fc09ae Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3477/#acomment-3486 Sun, 24 May 2026 10:38:39 -0400 @jerry.chasen What I like about this poem is it allows us to peek inside the brain as someone tries to untangle a difficult concept. What a treat!

In reply to - Jerry Chasen posted an update in the group Writing Showcase 
Apology to Rumi (aka Rumi-nating)


Rumi wrote “what you seek is seeking you.”

Let’s suppose for a moment this is true.

I’m curious how it begins—just […]

]]> b447d067a3caedc351ba8f951c50cf20 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3409/#acomment-3460 Wed, 20 May 2026 23:13:28 -0400 @Ani WOW. I LOVED the line “Sometimes a person survives simply to one day writh the thing that destroyed them.” It’s so powerful, that I wonder if the line that follows it makes it loose some of that punch. I thank you have some wonderful imagery in here, the telescope, the empty room… but it meanders a bit from the airport introduction… Read more

In reply to - Elle | Community Manager posted an update in the group Writing Showcase

Write passionately about something small and seemingly unimportant: your favorite kind of sandwich bread, airport carpets, expensive […]

]]> 8b02e658ee06bd4f768c6a5692cbc4a6 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3452/#acomment-3459 Wed, 20 May 2026 23:07:10 -0400 This is a wonderfully relatable story with a last line that really carries so much. Well done! I noticed a few typos (traveling and BEING away) and one somewhere else, but now I can’t seem to find it again, I think it was tense related… You do a great job of highlighting both the work and effort and discomfort as well as the reward that…

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In reply to - Kathryn Veenhuizen posted an update in the group Writing Showcase

I have been working in my yard, in Oklahoma, trying to create a beautiful landscape. It has been a work in progress for nearly four years. […]

]]> db392c53ab4df12e1e4d43b3b5ab2359 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3453/#acomment-3458 Wed, 20 May 2026 22:59:21 -0400 Yes, you did it correctly! Unless you want specific feedback from a specific person, in which case you can message them directly through the member directory. Posting it in the Writing Showcase is enough to indicate that you would like feedback. If you want a specific kind of feedback, you can provide an introduction in which you ask readers…

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In reply to - Kathryn Veenhuizen posted an update in the group The Beginning

I just posted on the Writing Showcase. Not sure I did it correctly. How do I ask to input?

]]> e44ccf2b2356a02dfcd284a91b218fa0 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3439/#acomment-3450 Tue, 19 May 2026 19:42:44 -0400 Hi @Ani Good Prompt! It reminds me of the one commonly attributed to Hemingway: For Sale. Baby Shoes. Never worn.

I recently finished a course where the final assignment was 6-word stories. They were hard at first, but when I started thinking of them as summaries of a favorite movie or book, it became easier. Here is the one I think turned…

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In reply to - Ani posted an update in the group Writing Showcase

Let’s write a tiny story.

They sold the baby’s nursery things before the birth.

Ani_Alanakian

]]> 33099e2b670a42f65ccc34dc1e3220d2 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3373/#acomment-3436 Mon, 18 May 2026 21:13:16 -0400 Welcome @jon.flora I’ve also not prioritized my writing lately, but I see others who work and raise kids and still find time to write and I tell myself it’s not that I lack the time, there is something else holding me back. Probably my inner critic. Tell us what you loved about Crossroads. Do you recommend it?

In reply to - jon.flora posted an update in the group The Beginning

I’m almost retired and living in Philadelphia. I’m hoping the extra time will open up writing opportunities. Creative writing is something I’ve always […]

]]> 86b166e62b3f888659acdd4b0ebd942b Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3415/#acomment-3435 Mon, 18 May 2026 21:10:33 -0400 Welcome Kathryn, You’ve already started writing! I got such a picture of you, your life and your family, just from your introduction. I found some things I wrote when I was fourteen, that my mom had saved, and man, do I wish I had burned them! So embarrassing.

Might I recommend that while you are in the garden, if inspiration strikes, use…

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In reply to - Kathryn Veenhuizen posted an update in the group The Beginning

Hi, my name is Kathryn, I am seventy-two years old, a wife of fifty-two years to the same guy I met when i was thirteen years old. I am a mother […]

]]> 103c3d3aa05bfc6b5f35fcc1fc781566 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3429/#acomment-3434 Mon, 18 May 2026 20:59:36 -0400 I love the ideas in this poem about connection through time and space, and also, always amazed that though we have come a long way, women’s struggles, particularly those of mother’s are so similar despite centuries of progress. The line that really stood out to me: “A tiny murder” because it can apply to the electric shocks killing neurons,…

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In reply to - Jamie Floersch posted an update in the group Writing Showcase

I imagine many of us have the experience of hearing in a language beyond or below words. A long “poem” (I know nothing about poetry structure) […]

]]> 08c4f45cbf1e2eec2e17f596d07ae0ec Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3423/#acomment-3428 Mon, 18 May 2026 20:28:36 -0400 Congratulations @olivia.resch I’ve had friends apply to this contest in the past and it is VERY competitive so to recieve an honorable mention is fantastic! Kudos to working writing into your day even when it’s tough to do so!

In reply to - Olivia posted an update in the group The Roundtable

Hi all,

I recently participated in my 3rd NYC Midnight writing contest — 100 word microfiction.

If you’re not familiar: you’re assigned, at random, a genre (in […]

]]> d9c47123f4b1483042233a702c0bcc7c Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3390/#acomment-3411 Mon, 18 May 2026 11:12:17 -0400 @Ani I enjoy the way you have packed so much in such a short poem. And such an increadible state of being to have done something without really thinking or feeling and then discover after what you have done. It’s an impressive feeling to be able to convey so powerfully. I also really like how the description of the metal as cold, mirrors… Read more

In reply to - Frederick Meyer posted an update in the group The Roundtable Thank you to @ckSlack for emailing this to me! https://www.instagram.com/p/DYaOlGJEQzd/ ]]> 8617bc0a52da65019b06189d27d49b2c Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3379/#acomment-3389 Sun, 17 May 2026 13:58:27 -0400 Thank you to everyone who volunteered!

In reply to - Jennie posted an update in the group The Roundtable

Our May Instructor Workshop will be this Sunday, May 17th, from 12 PM to 1 PM Eastern, at the May Zoom link.

Instructor Jonathan McClure will lead us […]

]]> 1358b4beb50a83acf8196b28703d7b3c Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3376/#acomment-3381 Fri, 15 May 2026 20:49:18 -0400 Hi Paula, Welcome! What was the most useful advice or suggestion you took away from Bird by Bird?

In reply to - Paula Burton posted an update in the group The Beginning

Hello,

I live in Connecticut, small state but with wonderful opportunities for the arts and outdoors, both of which I am passionate about. I am a […]

]]> 3d373c7c40f2f492e725715eabcb0bcf Jennie posted an update in the group The Roundtable: Our May Instructor Workshop will be this Sunday, May […] https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3379/ Thu, 14 May 2026 20:13:54 -0400 Our May Instructor Workshop will be this Sunday, May 17th, from 12 PM to 1 PM Eastern, at the May Zoom link.

Instructor Jonathan McClure will lead us in workshopping five members’ writing (poetry and prose both welcome, limit one page).

If you’d like to volunteer to be workshopped, please comment in this thread by 4 PM Eastern tomorrow. We’ll…

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]]> 8 55e0a062c0ddc790af178b6d64eabced Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3358/#acomment-3367 Mon, 11 May 2026 14:10:37 -0400 @jerry.chasen If you do make updates, I’d love to see the evolution of the poem, please post again, sonnet or no sonnet!

In reply to - Jerry Chasen posted an update in the group Writing Showcase

On Monday’s “Write into the Week” Elle proposed using a cliche as a prompt. I’ve been playing with the following since.


A Sonnet to Aging

There’s […]

]]> eebc75c3da16e5811012688ec0278c88 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3348/#acomment-3363 Fri, 08 May 2026 12:40:16 -0400 @dianne.parker Thank you for posting this! I love the phrase,” bodies born to conflicted aspiring” mostly because It’s an emotion I feel frequently, the desire to succeed, the worry what that I might have to compromise more than I’d like to achieve it. The desire for contentment seems at odds with the human need to strive for something… Read more

In reply to - Elle | Community Manager posted an update in the group Writing Showcase

Write a piece in which a person is feeling two conflicting emotions at the same time.

Start with a moment that seems clear on the surface. […]

]]> 81a5f2fe1da321f1fe9569063ce0731d Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3358/#acomment-3362 Fri, 08 May 2026 12:32:39 -0400 @jerry.chasen I’m so glad that you have attempted this prompt! I got stuck on picking a cliche and never got around to writing anything. I myself have only recently felt that shift from age is just a number, to, oh, age definitely means my body can’t keep up anymore. I really felt the line, “But now, as the parts begin to rust–

pain’s my… Read more

In reply to - Jerry Chasen posted an update in the group Writing Showcase

On Monday’s “Write into the Week” Elle proposed using a cliche as a prompt. I’ve been playing with the following since.


A Sonnet to Aging

There’s […]

]]> 9090d280e2db9ae21394bd9c76e66a05 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3354/#acomment-3361 Fri, 08 May 2026 12:16:53 -0400 @dianne.parker I’m also not as well versed in poetry, and I too found these ways of thinking about poems useful. I’m wondering if you, as a non-fiction writer, have traditionally prioritized narrative over the other aspects? Creative non-fiction can certainly have all of the aspects as well. I know in my own fiction, I tend to put a lot… Read more

In reply to - Dianne posted an update in the group The Roundtable

As a creative non fiction essay writer newly introduced to and feeling liberated by poetry I found Fredericks choice of poems very stimulating: Kingfishers […]

]]> 7fab507fbba7ca09fa3a36aadb4d833d Jennie posted an update in the group The Roundtable: This week on Sunday 12-1pm EDT, Jonathan McClure will […] https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3353/ Thu, 07 May 2026 12:24:56 -0400 This week on Sunday 12-1pm EDT, Jonathan McClure will be talking about structure in poetry.

Start gathering your questions, thoughts, and examples for the craft discussion. It will be a good one!

Here is the link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83999379617

]]> 0 152a6695c10681054e8ca591ebea9b18 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3344/#acomment-3347 Mon, 04 May 2026 09:49:07 -0400 Hi Karen, I find this so timely to the newsletter this week in which Elle says, “An essay can hold both forgiveness and revenge. A poem can celebrate the world while grieving it.” I think this piece does that nicely.

In reply to - Karen (Fitz) posted an update in the group Writing Showcase

Frederick led a wonderful discussion about language in literature that is didactic. I promised to post an essay here that I believe contains […]

]]> e4c4810d7d4d2df695266b9bf9eb9acc Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3326/#acomment-3336 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:51:49 -0400 @Fitz Good Suggestion

In reply to - Jennie posted an update in the group Writing Showcase

Since Karen shared her 6-sentence story about a bad day that gets worse, then better in an unexpected way in tonight’s workshop, I thought I’d share mine […]

]]> 6397bee01c8253f4e7e276bb92b4c41e Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3326/#acomment-3333 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:30:29 -0400 @Fitz I suppose the ‘better’ in an unexpected way was actually for the “her” in the story, not the narrator. She could live her life beleiving they were in love to the end, rather than having to go through the pain of rejection. It’s a stretch on the theme, but close enough.

In reply to - Jennie posted an update in the group Writing Showcase

Since Karen shared her 6-sentence story about a bad day that gets worse, then better in an unexpected way in tonight’s workshop, I thought I’d share mine […]

]]> 13d59ea387966e4fdf79a38f081c3435 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3326/#acomment-3332 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:28:25 -0400 @peter.erickson I was thinking of this as someone calling off a wedding, so, invitations were sent, but the event itself hadn’t yet happened. How would you suggest I make that more clear?

In reply to - Jennie posted an update in the group Writing Showcase

Since Karen shared her 6-sentence story about a bad day that gets worse, then better in an unexpected way in tonight’s workshop, I thought I’d share mine […]

]]> 5503b51dc788df1b94ac463eac7c72ef Jennie posted an update in the group Writing Showcase: Since Karen shared her 6-sentence story about a bad day […] https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3326/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:48:52 -0400 Since Karen shared her 6-sentence story about a bad day that gets worse, then better in an unexpected way in tonight’s workshop, I thought I’d share mine too! Mine was also rejected. I get the feeling they must have had thousands of entries….

Already Over

It was over, he planned to say. Invitations already sent. Late – but not too late, better…

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]]> 7 2baea8d380db4f9842b841a20428940f Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3290/#acomment-3323 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:05:30 -0400 Hi Jamie, I feel you on leading a full life, and yet… Glad you are making time to explore your writing self. Can’t wait to get to know you more!

In reply to - Jamie Floersch posted an update in the group The Beginning

Born and raised in rural Kansas, I moved to Chicago post-college where I’ve loved living for the past 20 years before recently moving just north of […]

]]> c9c371e8463b937ee7c28d84595d702c Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3292/#acomment-3298 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:36:36 -0400 My favorite line was “look up into time and everything” so nice.

In reply to - laur posted an update in the group The Roundtable

Hi all- from our wonderful discussion and group last night:


there are mornings after rain

wet world, sun sprouting,

i can step out into bird song, bug hum

look east […]

]]> de0125415948e0532748f70136f3a11b Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3284/#acomment-3288 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:28:28 -0400 Update: I already received a rejection letter. Which is nice, at least I won’t have to wait around for months wondering… Still. Always hard. Sigh.

In reply to - Jennie posted an update in the group The Roundtable

Hello all, I don’t think we spend enough time celebrating our small triumphs, so here’s mine. I submitted to a writing contest today! For me, hitting […]

]]> 747d33f5d24e63248a56f2aaa6bde70e Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3274/#acomment-3285 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:08:20 -0400 @dianne.parker I’ll add my favorit line “your voice

caught in the dark cathedral
of your skull” – what an image… your brain as a sacred monumental place, but also – DARK! Love that.

In reply to - Karen (Fitz) posted an update in the group The Roundtable

Hi friends: So, in our craft discussions we’ve considered tone and register and how cadence and meter may convey a sense of what the poet is saying as […]

]]> 2996e20fa891005f15203144adc05aba Jennie posted an update in the group The Roundtable: Hello all, I don't think we spend enough time […] https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3284/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:04:02 -0400 Hello all, I don’t think we spend enough time celebrating our small triumphs, so here’s mine. I submitted to a writing contest today! For me, hitting that submit button is the hardest part.

Here is the link in case anyone is interested, but the deadline is tomorrow!

https://gooseberry-pie.com/gooseberry-pie-lit-annual-writing2026/

It was a fun prompt!

]]> 5 4fd751240eb472bf6b0c4d2ba06558ca Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3274/#acomment-3277 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:11:40 -0400 I also love this poem. It’s so true, and something I forget often as a writer, that as much as I beleive what I’m writing is conveying exactly what I want to say, it’s so much trickier than that… and also more beautiful. How wonderful it is that even if we all read the exact same thing, each one of us has actually read something different!

In reply to - Karen (Fitz) posted an update in the group The Roundtable

Hi friends: So, in our craft discussions we’ve considered tone and register and how cadence and meter may convey a sense of what the poet is saying as […]

]]> b0def864c6769ab98a5848f99c5d814e Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3221/#acomment-3271 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:29:45 -0400 @jim.secrist Hi Jim, I’m in Williamsburg, a lot of my friends went to VA Tech, and it seems to breed a particular kind of loyalty, which I see you displaying!

In reply to - Dianne posted an update in the group The Beginning

I am a wanderer. And easily caught up in discovery of new vistas.

So I know I’m working on too many writing projects at the same time.

Deadlines like […]

]]> 3ecf5266a95b9544011bf2f6ca3ef8ae Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3221/#acomment-3270 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:28:41 -0400 @dianne.parker it’s fixed! You should now be able to click on the three lines in the upper left corner of your phone screen and below the logo see the options to sign in and go to the various groups. I hope you are enjoying your travel and do let me know if you have any more trouble!

In reply to - Dianne posted an update in the group The Beginning

I am a wanderer. And easily caught up in discovery of new vistas.

So I know I’m working on too many writing projects at the same time.

Deadlines like […]

]]> dd745c95114500da4b7aed5e97b81cec Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3245/#acomment-3269 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:56:35 -0400 I love the way you’ve made me think of erosion in a positive way, when so often the automatic association is negative. Well done. I also like thinking about love, which I usually think of as soft and squishy, as something hard and rugged. Nicely done.

In reply to - Frederick Meyer posted an update in the group The Roundtable

Good morning! Here are quote and prompt from today’s Write-In:

Quote:
“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the […]

]]> ccf280eeb47342c3ec3a740a54c8b238 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3248/#acomment-3267 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:41:52 -0400 I think Frederick mentioned this in class, but I just love the turn this takes when you introduce the phrase “and I thought of you.” I also thought about it later, and I love how the eggshell “shutters” at your touch, suggesting that some things that are beautiful can only be admired from a distance, and that holding them, taking them,…

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In reply to - Alison posted an update in the group Writing Showcase

Pieces


The eggshell was cracked.

On the ground, one half

crushed from footfalls,

the other caught

against the leaf

of Virginia creeper.

My […]

]]> e25f2858d36743f2140f0363cc97ae1c Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3221/#acomment-3259 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:29:29 -0400 @dianne.parker Hi Dianne, great catch! You are right, the log in is not present on mobile for some reason. We are working on a fix. It will likely not happen until Monday, but I’ll notify you if we get it corrected sooner.

In reply to - Dianne posted an update in the group The Beginning

I am a wanderer. And easily caught up in discovery of new vistas.

So I know I’m working on too many writing projects at the same time.

Deadlines like […]

]]> f0b93cf6d66cdf1762f3ea6a1fc28b57 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3225/#acomment-3230 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:26:53 -0400 Hi Joan, glad you are here. I’m a starter too! And I’m finding that romance and fantasy are extra appealing right now, I think because the world itself currently feels so heavy. Someone once told me when I was berating myself for not finding time to write that even if I wasn’t putting pen to page or type to screen, somewhere in my mind, I…

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In reply to - Joan De Leon posted an update in the group The Beginning

Hi. I’m retired and live a wee bit north of Seattle with one husband and one geriatric chihuahua. I write (and by “write” I mean “start”) novels, mostly […]

]]> fe05efccb01cd1e46ccccac27011948f Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3215/#acomment-3224 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:20:04 -0400 Hello Jerry, Sometime writing feels like excercising, I’m always glad when I do it, but getting started – making time for it is often hard. They say one trick is tell yourself you aren’t going for a run, just putting on your shoes. Then, once your shoes are on, your are like, “might as well…” I find that the writing community is a bit…

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In reply to - Jerry Chasen posted an update in the group The Beginning

From what I’ve gathered, like more than a few members of this community I’ve retired and so can devote time to writing. I’ve written poetry since […]

]]> 80f2d039daa1598b48dac32ef312d70b Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3221/#acomment-3223 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:16:56 -0400 Welcome Dianne! It’s so true how just the slightest bit of accountability helps keep us on track, and how reading what others write is expansive! I’m especially excited by your exploration of the visual with text. I’d love to do more of that myself. How timely with the 250th anniversary your poem. I really enjoyed how you gave the…

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In reply to - Dianne posted an update in the group The Beginning

I am a wanderer. And easily caught up in discovery of new vistas.

So I know I’m working on too many writing projects at the same time.

Deadlines like […]

]]> 5fdd4e23c41e4a91668316fff4306cdc Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3195/#acomment-3205 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:31:57 -0400 Hello and welcome. I am so interested in the idea of a sabbatical, do let me know as you go through it how you are feeling in each stage. I’d also love to read more creative non-fiction, so looking forward to meeting you and hope you get into a good rythm with us here!

In reply to - Susan Maros posted an update in the group The Beginning

Hola! I’m writing from the Pasadena area in So Cal. I usually tell people I’m from Pasadena because, until the Eaton Fire a year ago, most people never […]

]]> a9cae8ea45cf655b8442a02fca661572 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3199/#acomment-3204 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:29:41 -0400 Hello Pete, you live in a really lovely place. I’ve never written a personal essay myself, because, well, it feels to personal. Hah! I’m not even sure if personal essays are in fact hyper personal or if they are more just personal observations abou the world. I hope you post some of yours in the Writing Showcase so I can get a…

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In reply to - Pete posted an update in the group The Beginning

Hi all! Pete here. I live in upstate NY, in the Rochester area. Beautiful area with great opportunities to get out into nature. I retired about 5 years ago […]

]]> 37b03f15a950c0927a77b50fcf4f89d3 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3201/#acomment-3203 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:26:17 -0400 Welcome Peggy! It’s so interesting how having scheduled accountability, even something as low stakes as a regular meeting where you know others will be looking forward to seeing you is enough to motivate you when your own internal initiative isn’t? I hope we will get to know you better soon!

In reply to - Peggy Capomaggi posted an update in the group The Beginning

Hello all! Originally from Brooklyn, NY, I now live with my husband in northern NJ where we raised our family. I am retired from the business world […]

]]> b83b050559c79ac91e1960a1a826dbd2 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3158/#acomment-3184 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:06:17 -0400 Hi Karen, The payoff from the title to the final scentence was the best kind of gut punch. I really enjoyed that.

You used the phrase “the aphant me” a few times, and I didn’t know what that meant, so I tried to look it up, but all I could find was the condition aphantasia. This confused me because often the phrase was used right before…

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In reply to - Karen (Fitz) posted an update in the group Writing Showcase

Hi friends — this was penned before tonight’s Craft discussion. I used last week’s discussion as a situation in which to do a “flash” piece for […]

]]> 63d44cf78651fc521122fe3756365768 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3172/#acomment-3182 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:45:44 -0400 Hi Abi,

Well, now I’m cuirous. You’ve got to tell us that squirrel story. Also, what is “somatic based applications” I’d love to see some images of your artwork. Maybe you could post one to the Roundtable as a prompt, and see what people create in conversation with your art. Welcome to the community!

In reply to - Abigail Tischler posted an update in the group The Beginning

Hello! I’m Abi, an art therapist living in New Haven CT.

Writing isn’t in my comfort zone. I’d rather be washing the dishes – I’m mean, what beats […]

]]> ace9cd5bcd70c6d365570a112569c3c4 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3178/#acomment-3180 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:42:28 -0400 Indigestion? Hardly. Especially if you bring the same humor into your writing. Looking forward to getting to know you (and your writing) better!

In reply to - Bobby Jones posted an update in the group The Beginning

Hi all: I’m a cliche, a retired professional (PhD psychologist, stat researcher, non-profit executive), who has always felt he was a writer at heart. […]

]]> 07ae60cd49e2c49ac037a86365c72a01 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3171/#acomment-3179 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:40:49 -0400 Hello Kathryn and welcome! You are in a great place for writing for sure, both geographically and temporaly. I’d love to know if you retired from the same line of work three times or from different careers? I also want to know more about your time working in the former Soviet republics. I hope you’ll consider sharing some excerpts with us…

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In reply to - Kathryn posted an update in the group The Beginning

Greetings, writers! I live near Iowa City, Iowa, which is a wonderful gathering place to hear and meet exceptional writers who are cherished by our community. […]

]]> 432dc1f1a5db85021d99dc751d9e6695 Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3155/#acomment-3159 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:55:29 -0400 After we left, I recalled a Simon & Garfunkle song that I think does a great job of using cadence to represent both the train movement, but also the state of agitation of the subject. Since I first heard it as a song rather than a poem, I’m not sure if the music is doing a lot of the heavy lifting there to give me that sense, but having…

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In reply to - Frederick Meyer posted an update in the group The Roundtable

We’ll meet tonight at 7 PM Eastern for this week’s Community Craft Exploration. We’ll explore a craft topic together, with writing exercises on […]

]]> 698124e1fc4c7b8819dd70c46bef5f3a Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3135/#acomment-3148 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:29:08 -0400 @Fitz You’re right. It doesn’t at all change the meaning. Good point.

In reply to - Michelle posted an update in the group The Roundtable

Hi Everyone,

You all do such wonderful readings of each other’s work, I thought I’d post a poem I’ve been working on that I’m a little unsure about. I’ve […]

]]> 623235f38bacfc25961ac0072e4d84ef Jennie posted a new activity comment https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3135/#acomment-3138 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:28:17 -0400 Hi Michelle, I appreciate poetry that doesn’t take itself too seriously, so I really liked this. I agree with Karen that the sole/soul play was very impactful and fun. But I also struggled with the line breaks, particularly here: “I wanted to ask/While he drank his tea after/If he felt worried” I wasn’t clear on after what? and then I…

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In reply to - Michelle posted an update in the group The Roundtable

Hi Everyone,

You all do such wonderful readings of each other’s work, I thought I’d post a poem I’ve been working on that I’m a little unsure about. I’ve […]

]]> c9089b4679083119156bc233bee2ebd4 Jennie and Olivia are now connected https://community.writers.com/activity/p/3136/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:23:56 -0400 0