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What’s your story?

Published by Kelly on May 11, 2010

I’ve been writing stories since I could write. Seriously. I would get notebook paper and twist ties and make books that I wrote and (poorly) illustrated. But the common denominator is that I have almost always been telling my story.

I feel like I’ve told my story so many times, it’s getting tiresome. It’s time for me to challenge myself and start doing something new. It’s time for me to start telling other people’s stories.

So, how about it? How’d you like me to tell your story? Again, I’m serious. I want you to e-mail me (kelly@kellyhitchcock.com) and tell me the story you want to be told.

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New poem up!

Published by Kelly on April 18, 2010

I’ve been pondering writing this for about a week, and finally got a chance to sit down and organs to the skeleton that was this poem. I got inspired by a story on NPR about April being National Poetry Month. I have to admit, I had no idea it was National Poetry Month and was instantly ashamed.

The poem that inspired me was *I think* called “Things in my Journal” and it made me think about the places where we just tend to dump things we don’t know what to do with and then forget about them. For me, this place in the top drawer at my desk at the office. Anyway, the poem is called Things in my Stuff Drawer, and if anyone is familiar with the “Things in my Journal” poem or who wrote it, please let me know, because the interwebs are failing me.

And as always, let me know what you think!

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Tequila Sunrise now in Foliate Oak

Published by Kelly on April 1, 2010

No April foolin’: the April 2010 issue of Foliate Oak Literary Magazine has been published and my poem Tequila Sunrise is in this issue.

I wrote this poem about a bartender I briefly dated. No one really dates a bartender. You meet up for drinks at about 2 in the morning – because that’s when they get off work – and then go your separate ways. It inspired me to write this poem, which is now officially published!

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“To a Moth” featured tomorrow

Published by Kelly on March 29, 2010

My poem To a Moth is going to be featured on the front page of W5RAn.com tomorrow between noon and 6 p.m. I met the people of W5RAn at SXSW, and they explained their unique business model.

They are an online-only independent magazine that posts new content – photography, writing, and other random stuff – every hour, on the hour. Like most independent magazines, they don’t pay anything, but I totally dig their model, and I decided to submit To a Moth for kicks. Support your independents!

For writers – the submission process was crazy easy, and you can probably get several things on here. Sure, it’s not the most glamorous thing to put on a resume, but it’s free, it’s easy, and it’s something.

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