January Lit Mag Brag P.S.

I was so immersed in editing yesterday that I didn’t join the chorus of writers for Lit Mag Brag.

I’ve often felt I’m in “the zone” when a class or workshop I teach is going supremely well. Ditto with doing readings from my work or invited talks. This also happens when I’m writing and it’s a great place to be when I’m editing. Those are the vibrant times when I see very clearly what it is I can say that can help the writer strengthen her work. That was my Saturday and it made me as happy as seeing the sun shine in mid-Michigan as I worked at my PC.

Here now is my January report:

I've had a flood of ideas since the height of the pandemic and every time I think I have nothing new to write, a conversation with my spouse or some event or memory is a catalyst for writing something new. Publications and acceptances have the same effect.

Unbroken published "The Trees Reveal Their Secrets," my first prose poem in many years. Scroll down: https://www.theunjournals.com/unbroken44b

Bitchin' Kitsch published "My Mentor Was a Midwife": https://www.talbot-heindl.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TheBK_Winter2025.pdf, pp. 68-69

Sybil Journal published "What Dreams May Come": https://www.sybiljournal.com/work-2/2025/1/7/are-we-made-of-dreams-by-lev-raphael

The Knee Brace Press published "The Music of Me": https://kneebracepress.com/2025/01/23/the-music-of-me/

Lit Mag News published my satirical "How to Write a VERY Sensitive Rejection Letter":

How to Write a VERY Sensitive Rejection Letter (A Modest Proposal)

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