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A Single Rose, A Sink of Dishes
Life feels like a whirlwind lately. Instead of continuing to blindly rush through the day, I am going to make a conscious decision to focus with mindfulness. A meaningful mindfulness, following the...
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Buttons, Hard Work, and Poetry
Dad is out of the nursing home! He told me that he listened to me (haha, this must be a first time!) and worked really hard to get out of there. I had made him promise to try his best. So he is home...
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What Inspires My Poems
Is it annoying if I admit that I’m really enjoying reading the reviews of Doll God ? All but one have been highly positive (5 stars on Amazon and 5 stars with a 4 star on Goodreads, as well as written...
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Journaling Grief: A Novel Review
Some (ahem) years ago, I applied to our local university’s MFA program. Imagine my surprise when I was accepted. The only downside was that my undergraduate majors were marketing and history, and I...
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Author of the Week, Luanne Castle! ~ #AuthorTag @writersitetweet
Thanks to Cate Artios for her sharing community of and for writers.
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Doll God Makes an Appearance on AZTV
I’m still trying to crank out a revision for Stanford, but I thought I’d give you a snicker of enjoyment today. I want to remind you that the night before my TV interview I did not sleep AT ALL....
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What I Do and Don’t Know about Amazon Reviews and Rankings
Way back I said I would share some stuff I learned about publishing a book. A lot has gone on in my life in the past couple of months, so I got a little behind in my spring plans. Nevertheless, I will...
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My Fiction Reading During National Poetry Month
Although it’s poetry month, I’ve been reading fiction lately as a little break from poetry and memoir. I chose well because I enjoyed all three books. These are the reviews I posted (pretty much word...
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I Dish about Dolls and Doll God
Today is the last day of National Poetry Month. I haven’t done a fraction of what I had intended to do in celebration, but just because the month ends doesn’t mean I leave poetry behind. (And there is...
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Excerpt: Luanne Castle
Luanne:A big thank you to Jenn Monroe, editor of Extract(s), for publishing a 3 poem excerpt from Doll God this first day of May. Originally posted on Extract(s): From Doll God American Girl I am my...
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Cat Heroes
Two weeks ago, I finished reading two memoirs about cats: Homer’s Odyssey, by Gwen Cooper, and A Street Cat Named Bob, by James Bowen (and Garry Jenkins). They are similar to a book I read a few years...
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Adding Fiction to My Poetry and Memoir Resume
You know how I’m always yammering about poetry and memoir? Well, darned if I didn’t get a short story (fiction!) published today in Crack the Spine. Called “Small Solace,” it’s a little bit weird. I...
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Doll God is a Finalist!
Yesterday I opened an email listing the Finalists for the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards and dismally scrolled through it, sure that Doll God was overlooked. But it WASN’T! It’s a Finalist! That was...
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Crack the Spine Interviews Luanne
Mid-September my story, “Small Solace,” was published in Crack the Spine Issue 163. Some of you read it at that time and those of you who commented helped get me an interview with the journal, so...
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Rest or Write?
What am I doing writing-wise? If I am writing a lazy word like “writing-wise,” you can bet that my writing is getting rusty. I have a lot of work to catch up on and don’t feel much like writing,...
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An Award-Winning Book!
That’s right: my “baby” is an award-winning book. Doll God won the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award in its category. I can’t help but say WOOHOO! And if I do say so myself, this book makes a great...
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Poetry Potpourri
the museum of americana is a literary magazine with a mission close to my heart: the museum of americana is an online literary review dedicated to fiction, poetry, nonfiction, photography, and artwork...
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Tiaras, Clappers, and Party Necklaces for the Kitties
I did say I would probably write today about the ups and downs of this past year, but it’s still beyond me. When something is hard to write about in a poem I try a list poem. Here is a list even if...
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A Truck to Remember
When I was just past thirty, I wrote a poem about my father. It took an Honorable Mention in a contest sponsored by The MacGuffin literary journal and judged by Diane Wakoski. I gave him a copy of...
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Lyrical Experimental Flash Nonfiction Bug Struck Me
I have a new essay out in the beautiful journal Phoebe. This piece, “Ordering in Four Movements,” is nonfiction, but neither poetry nor prose–or rather it’s both poetry and prose. You could call it...
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