Good News Thread

05/12/2022

Good news! I’ve got another piece accepted for publishing. It’ll be out in August - Cajun Mutt Press!

Thank you!! Missed the cove! Now that my book is done I’m back and can focus on the cove. I’m so glad to be back 😊

Happy belated birthday Adam! Hope you had a great one!

Not quite sure if this is good news, but I turned 30 today!

congratulations. Are we going to see any poems from you this month?

So I’m no longer at a job where I just sit in a box room with no windows for 12 hours a night; and I’ve just completed my first week at the new job! Haven’t been able to catch up with all your NaPoWriMo poems because of that but will do my best tonight!

Then Tuesday I fly to the US to be with @Sophie for a week!

I've had a really bad week and would love to read about some good things that have happened recently.

18 months without my self destructive coping mechanism!

My poem 'in the event you fall in love with a person who already has a person (again)' was accepted for publication in a journal!

"Cats Are Not Allowed In Paradise" a poem by Wendy Van Camp, has published in "The Junction" an online literary magazine on the Medium Platform.

The poem is inspired by my own sweet little cat and workshopped in two different critique groups. I normally write speculative poetry, so it is a pleasure to stretch my abilities and write a little literary piece now and then. I hope you enjoy reading it:

https://medium.com/the-junction/cats-are-not-allowed-in-paradise-2db964fff3

So here's some good news for you all!!!!!

Looking forward to share my poetry with you all at 12:00 A.M GMT on March 14th 2022.

On a side note,I figure I would show off my graphic design skills,and pretty proud of how this design looks.😎

Two of my poems ('Apology' and 'Me But Happy') were longlisted for the 2021 Yaffle Poetry Competition and will be included in their anthology.

2/25/2022

So as some of you know, I have been teaching myself to write SQL code in an effort to leave my less than glamorous job for something on the path toward data analytics.

Since January 2021 I’ve been applying to roles within a Fortune 50 healthcare company without so much as a response. However, today I have finally accepted an offer from them for a position on their Data Integrity team. I negotiated a salary that is about $7500 more per year than my current role, and it’s all thanks to me learning to write SQL code.

I wont mince words. I hate my current job. I’ve wanted to quit for the past 10 months. After getting so many “no’s,” this has given me so much joy and filled me with pride. I did a thing! ☺️

i can’t wait to put in my notice 😜

When my cat Anna Banana died on June 5 of last year, I really fell apart (she was the last of my rescues....it was truly the end of a 20 year era). My house felt empty without a furry or feathered friend and then I found two instagram posts that helped so much: One was Tippi Rainbow: a persian cat with her own page and the other, Mysweetiesparrow who is a blind white fluffy cat who was rescued. I visit these feline pages daily. Tippi is famous for spralling on her back. She is adorable.Sparrow's page was particularly sweet today. I am so grateful for all those funny and sweet feline posts and to the humans who share their sweethearts with the rest of us.

So I've been involved with an incredibly fun project with the poetry group I'm in starting at the end of last year. Basically it's just a TON of research but the essence is about writing creative responses to real accounts of people in the Victorian era and the World Wars, primarily WWI. Normally I'm incredibly self conscious and embarrassed about sharing my poetry and hate everything I write, but I can say in full confidence that all my best work is part of this project, I'm so proud of it and myself.

Anyway, I've known for a few months but now we're finally here after lockdowns, the exhibition is happening tomorrow and I'm so excited. It signs off such an important year for me in the best way possible and I just wanted to share my joy today :)

I actually just posted my first Tik Tok and YouTube videos(this was from last month,due to homework,however,I taking this as a win)

Granted,they're privated,however,I muster up enough courage to post again.I've been mainly consistent with poetry series I've been on.And enjoy how the series has turn out,I'll see whats left in me for December,as these are the last poems of my first poetry series.It does seem Covers are enjoying series,so if you Covers still enjoy them,I might make more.

I've been going through a very dark period and I must say,your all very cool mates.I made realization that I've been doing great job of keeping my word.

Now I must do things, in spite of fear.

Lifes too short to be continually sad,dwelling on past mistakes,and hating yourself to point of self destruction.Its okay to cry,even if its a long time.Its okay to be angry,even if its a long time.Could be short,as well.Depends on human and their thought process.

I honestly can't make promises I won't keep,say some epic thing,only to never deliver and share my three thousand ideas I've never executed.

What I can say,for the first time,I'm not alone,and your aura is with me.

10/18/21

So it’s been a tough couple of weeks at work. The stress is high. But, a package came know today that has brightened my spirits. When I was in my first year of college (originally on track to major in English education), I took a poetry writing class, expecting to hate it. However, I had a great teacher - George Eklund. He was encouraging and excited to read our work, which hit me hooked.

After I eventually switched schools and graduated, I kept in touch and bought some of his collections, which I enjoyed. There was one collection that I wanted very much, but was out of print. The only copies in circulation were secondhand collectors items going for $500+.

However, I finally found a copy on eBay for $20 (!!!!). It just came in today and I’m so excited to read these poems that I thought I’d never see.

@Matthew Hutchins @Bendy Nguyen @Suchita Senthil Kumar @Adam Gary

Thanks mates

hey mates.

today I received an email saying that one of my haiku will be published in a journal this autumn and also it will be featured on a podcast too.

Not bad seeing as I only started writing poetry this year.

I am proud to say I have two poetry projects going on.

1. Poetry Cove Series,inspire by Poetry Cove Blogger,and I already posted my first poem,somewhat related to series.Although,you don't actually have to read prologue,since this is an anthology series.I design it this way so series can be inclusive for poets who either were not there for Poetry Cove NaPoWriMo 2021,or haven't gotten their ears bleed out by my poetry cove radio submissions.Anyway,official start to my 2nd poetry series is this Friday.Couldn't be more thrill to do this series,and I have poetry cove blog to thank.

2. I am currently writing an epic/narrative.I don't have an end point,I just know I want to include as many aspects as I can.This is probably my fifth epic/narrative.Looking forward to how long this would take and the content itself.In regards to deadlines,its pretty much until I have nothing else left to say.

3. I also submitted four poem for poetry cove radio.So yep,things seem to finally be looking up for my poetry world again.