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I am delighted to announce that The Daily Tea has published a creative nonfiction piece that details my tea-drinking experience in Ecuador. You can read the article by clicking here. Also, in case you're curious as to what exactly that mug looked like, here's your answer:  A few things: 1. I got to meet the amazingly talented fiction writer Tom Noyes this past weekend. If you'd like to add a beautifully enchanting book of short stories to your personal library, click here to purchase Come by Here on Amazon. I highly recommend it. Like, five-stars recommend it. 2. Speaking of purchasing the results of someone's literary efforts, I am so excited to announce that "Let Me Blow Bubbles at Your Birthday Party!" is currently being converted into a fake ad for publication in Nat. Brut's SALE! The editors are kindly giving readers sneak peeks here. I am "wowed" and honored to be a part of this unique project. Curious? Pre-orders are coming soon! 3. I had a super short piece published in the fantastic literary magazine Remarkable Doorways. I am grateful to the editors for selecting my work for publication in Issue #14 and for being so kind to have described me and the other women in this issue as "remarkably talented authors." What a huge compliment! They also put the icing on the cake by using the word "clever" to describe my piece; as many of you know, Oscar Wilde is my favorite writer and if I had to describe his work, that's certainly one of the adjectives I would use. So, thank you Remarkable Doorways editors for giving me an extra boost of confidence! P.S. You can read my "process" for the piece here.  4. I have a piece of flash fiction on deck in a literary magazine that has published Terrance Hayes. And Terrance Hayes just won a Genius Grant.* 5. *Geniuses make for good company. I am thrilled. 6. Quite soon I expect to make an announcement regarding a creative project that has been months in the making. I hope you'll check back to see what that project is and how you can get it into your hands. (By doing so, you'll be supporting my writing efforts and the artistic efforts of a super talented friend whose work is stellar.) 7. And this: Have a great day! As always, thanks for reading. Thanks for caring. Your interest and support means the world. <3
I've got a big announcement that will soon be posted on this very website.
If you enjoy my writing, you'll want to check back for this announcement. If you enjoy looking at visual art, you'll want to check back for this announcement. If you enjoy unique things, you'll want to check back for this announcement. If you enjoy buying yourself cool gifts every once in awhile, you'll want to check back for this announcement. If you enjoy buying others cool gifts every once in awhile, you'll want to check back for this announcement. If you enjoy supporting the arts, you'll want to check back for this announcement. If you enjoy anything and everything at all, you'll want to check back for this announcement. Please stay tuned! :) As a writer, I'm indebted to Oscar Wilde on many levels . . . . . . so I'd like to wish my favorite writer a happy birthday today! (Brainpickings has an excellent birthday article posted in Oscar's honor, by the way.)  On Saturday, October 11, I finally got to tour "A Christmas Story" house in Tremont, Cleveland! :) We'll be singing
When we're winning We'll be singing I get knocked down But I get up again You're never gonna keep me down I get knocked down But I get up again You're never gonna keep me down Pissing the night away Pissing the night away He drinks a whiskey drink He drinks a vodka drink He drinks a lager drink He drinks a cider drink He sings the songs that remind him Of the good times He sings the songs that remind him Of the better times Oh, Danny Boy Danny Boy I get knocked down But I get up again You're never gonna keep me down I get knocked down But I get up again You're never gonna keep me down Pissing the night away Pissing the night away He drinks a whiskey drink He drinks a vodka drink He drinks a lager drink He drinks a cider drink He sings the songs that remind him Of the good times He sings the songs that remind him Of the better times Don't cry for me Next door neighbor I get knocked down But I get up again You're never gonna keep me down I get knocked down But I get up again You're never gonna keep me down I get knocked down (We'll be singing) But I get up again You're never going to keep me down (When we're winning) I get knocked down (We'll be singing) But I get up again You're never going to keep me down (Ooh, ooh, ooh) Hello friends,
Many gracious literary magazines have recently published my work. Here is a re-cap, ICYMI: "Birdhouse Accommodations" was published by The Teacup Trail on Sept. 28. I really like this literary magazine because its name implies that readers are on a trail lined with teacups, which they are invited to pick up and sip their contents if they so desire. The editors write: "The tea inside may not always be catered exactly to your taste, but it is certainly intriguing and strange. You look around you and realize that you have walked into an enchanted place. Dreams roam in the air around your head, a wondrous menagerie of them. And always, there are more cups of tea, one after the other on the ground, inviting you in." For as much as I like tea, I was thrilled to have a teacup placed on the trail. Enjoy! "Tut-Style" was published by a new literary magazine called Eurynome. The editor is a nice guy named Andrew, who lives in Japan and works as a teacher. I also learned that he's a Vampire Weekend fan, so it doesn't get better than that. Anyway, I've been waiting to publish "Tut-Style" for a long time; I just needed to find the right outlet for it because it's speculative fiction . . . go ahead and read it, and you'll see what happens when an archeologist from the 35th century travels to America to break into the tomb of a singer from our century. Hopefully you'll be surprised. On Sept. 29, The Conium Review published the first of three pieces that they recently accepted for publication in their Online Compendium. "KOWABUNGA" is for all of you who have had trouble trying to unsubscribe from an email list. (Here's to good karma!) Ahhhh, and here is "Office Pet Plea," which was published Oct. 1 by Split Lip Magazine. Let's just say that Jacob Frickes wants nothing more than a hamster in his office, and he's willing to do what he can to make that happen (while Jacob's letter isn't the most well-written letter he has submitted to a higher-up, just know that he tried his very best to be convincing and thoughtful). Sidenote: I dedicate this piece to my fourth grade teacher, Kathy Nalisnik. Insert Lit Mag Here (a great name for a literary magazine, by the way!) gave a good home to my three-sentence story titled "Lincoln Highway Blues." It was inspired by a deer that I saw on my way to my parents' house about two or three months ago . . . now she is forever memorialized. Here's my second piece that now lives in The Conium Review's Online Compendium. It's titled "New Perimeters," and it details the narrator's frustrations about how all of his friends have moved to different cities and states. Meanwhile, he hasn't moved an inch. I'm thrilled to provide a link to a short story that was written earlier this summer. Wild Quarterly accepted "Sinner's Face," and it went live on their website today. Like all of the above literary magazines, this one is well-designed (I must say that I love their header!) and I'm glad to be a part of it. In "Sinner's Face," you'll meet a little girl named Samantha who is traumatized by the fact that she was fooled by her aunt's excellent cooking. That's it for now, though I have additional pieces forthcoming in other literary magazines that are also working hard to promote new and established writers. Thank you so much for taking the time to read my work . . . the support I'm receiving from so many people is a beautiful thing, and it means a lot. XXXXX, Kayla |
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