KI Press on writing literature publishing. I got a lot of use out the delete button over the past month while working on my thesis novel. Written over two summers, including all the outlining and such. And how sweet the cull is. O, all those archived files of words we decide not to use! Before we had a computer at home, we had an electric typewriter .

Thoughts on everything I read for no one in particular. After a string of books that left me feeling exhausted both mentally and emotionally, it was time for a break. Without it, the bodies stack up and mean nothing.

Poetry, literature, words, worlds. Articles, poems, and other internet treasures. For more in the fresh sprigs. Sip It Slowly, And Other Lessons From The Oldest Tea Book In The World. By Jeff Koehler, via NPR. I love tea and I love ancient tomes. What else can I say? Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter and the racial divide in Seattle. By Ijeoma Oluo, via The Seattle Globalist.