Blog Posts

  • “At the Info Desk (Logan Airport, 10 pm)”

    I always appreciate it when my writers’ group offers up a prompt that makes you  consider a new perspective.  This week’s best prompt was to write from the point of view of “someone who works at an airport.” At the Info Desk (Logan Airport, 10 pm) by Meg Winikates Departures, arrivals, wheels up, wheels down,…

  • The Power of Improbable Places

    Poet Colleen Michaels is the brain behind the Montserrat College of Art’s Improbable Places Poetry Tour.  And this past Thursday, the improbable location for the latest set of poetry readings was Footprint Power’s recently decommissioned power plant on the edge of Salem Harbor. I was initially dubious and simultaneously drawn.  Having lived in Salem for…

  • Beta Readers and Your Internal Editor

    Camp Nanowrimo has rolled around again, which means the corners of the internet I frequent are full of cheerleading and wordcounts and interesting snippets of advice from published authors.  As I am currently more in the editing stage of several projects as opposed to the frantic amassing of words, I thought I’d share some of…

  • The Peculiar Discipline of Free Writing

    Last week I had the pleasure of attending a workshop hosted by the folks over at Mass Poetry as a reward for supporting their Poetry on the T campaign.  (and I happened across some of said poetry just this week on the Red Line, which made me extra happy!)  The workshop was appealingly titled “Super…

  • “A hobby that swallows you up” – An evening with Billy Collins

    The JFK Library and Museum runs fabulous and fascinating evening events, and last month I was thrilled to  go hear Billy Collins (former US Poet Laureate, a title he enjoys saying, apparently, and who can blame him?) read some of his work and have a conversation about poetry and writing and reading of same. The…