Autumn Konopka
Blog.
Wherein I discuss (sporadically at best) writing, reading, books & movies, grammar & punctuation, the publishing process, running, mental health, running for mental health, and whatever else happens to move me.
Why I love Jane Eyre, pt. 1
If I were motivated enough, I'd turn my trauma-informed reading of Jane Eyre into a Ph.D. dissertation. Or maybe I'm more motivated because I'm doing it for fun.
Continue readingThe Importance of Being Safe
In which the writer confronts those who think they know better.
Continue readingPoet Writes a Novel, pt. 2: My Worst Nightmare
As a poet who recklessly dove head first into writing a novel, it didn’t take long for me to begin experiencing the crippling friction between the needs of a long story, with a vast word count, and the slow, perfectionist tendencies I possess as a poet.
Continue readingPoet Writes a Novel, pt. 1
I'm a poet. I have no business writing a novel. But apparently that's what I'm doing.
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