i'm back

Well I am.
I feel weird today. I hate the first day of work after a well deserved holiday. I am here though. For some reason when Nationals end it begins the end of Summer for me. This excites me. I am always at my best during Autumn and this Autumn will lazarus me. Was that a new verb?

I had a great romance during nationals, and although I am not getting into details, allow me to just say that I needed something like that. Or exactly that. An affair to remember, or before sunrise. As corny as that is, it is what it is.

I feel ready to write. I haven't written in a while, I haven't felt good in a while, but things are falling into place and I am getting an energy that I had been lacking.
A huge part of this is due to the Urban Word workshop I taught the Monday before Nats. Those kids just amazed the hell about me. It was the best workshop I taught to date. The way I got them to work, the prompt I came up with. Their understanding of it and the places that they took it. I could have never expected to be so amazed.

I need to write. More than that I need to stop being a chicken-shit and start submitting to Journals, Magazines and Contests.

I only read once at this Nats (by choice) but many people who got my chapbook last year came back with wonderful remarks about it. The people around me who know my work tell me things as well. It is time for me to stop thinking about open mics and begin thinking about submissions and getting published. My goal in 05' was to get published but I never submitted. My fault completely. I wasn't ready then anyway. Lets go for it!!

I love you all and I promise to be as regular as a high fiber diet!