Author: Sara Norja
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Poetry sale: Two poems in Chantarelle’s Notebook
My poems ‘Ninety-Eight’ and ‘City of Stones’ will be appearing in Issue #33 of Chantarelle’s Notebook – yay! ‘Ninety-Eight’ is a companion piece of sorts to ‘Microhistory’. It’s about family history too, specifically my late grandfather (on my dad’s side). ‘City of Stones’ is one of several poems inspired by my walks in my local…
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Poetry publication: Two poems in Snakeskin
Two of my poems are now online in the December issue of Snakeskin: ‘Microhistory’ and ‘Rain-washed’. Both of these were written last summer. ‘Rain-washed’ happened after a glorious thunderstorm. I always have to rush out to get drenched at least once a summer – there’s something wonderful about getting completely wet when the air is…
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Sunday recs: Poetry for a frosty evening
I’m drinking rooibos tea, all cosied up in a self-knitted shawl and wrist warmers. Mmm, knitted things. I discovered some poem links I’ve been meaning to share for ages, so here’s a few brilliant poems to brighten your Sunday evening: Foam, Braided with Teeth by Michele Bannister over at Stone Telling. I love Bannister’s poems…
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Nanowrimo: Failure
What a discouraging title! But it’s true. I set out with the goal of starting the second draft of Dim Vanities. Then, as November started shitting on me, I thought I’d at least get the 33 chapters read through and commented on. Well. That totally didn’t happen. I’ll admit it: there were more days in…
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Poetry sale: Wild Violet Magazine
I’m happy to announce that my poem ‘Helsinki Love Song’ has been accepted for publication in Wild Violet. I’ll post a link when the poem is published! It was great to get some good poetry news, because I’ve been bogged down with work and an insidious stress that chooses, at inopportune moments, to make everything…
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Nanowrimo: This feels different
It’s really weird not to be writing a feverish 50K this November. But I still think it’s a good decision to forgo a new zero draft this year – there’s so much work to do with Dim Vanities. Also, I’ve had a bit of a cold and am insanely tired, so yeah. Being merciful to…
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Interfictions #2 is out! Including my most personal piece so far…
This wasn’t intended to be a two-post day, but I just checked the Interfictions webpage and noticed that Issue #2 is up! Thus, I am extremely proud and happy to say that you can now read my piece ‘Orthography: A Personal History’ here. You can also listen to me read it – God, it was…
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Nanowrimo: Preparing for the editing process
Firstly, let’s reveal the working title of the novel I’ll be editing this Nanowrimo: Dim Vanities. The name is from Edgar Allan Poe’s poem ‘Tamerlane’: Dim, vanities of dreams by night — And dimmer nothings which were real — (Shadows — and a more shadowy light!) Dim Vanities is the name I randomly came up…