From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 30 May 2005<P>

Misti ~ We love you for your non structure, silly! That's who you are.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=9">Madison</a><BR>
Date: 30 May 2005<P>

Misti I like the tongue piece too.  And this line from "Trying" is so strong:  <BR>
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"days flew breathless and now the seconds crawl"<BR>
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I think there's a place in all of our worlds we can feel that one - that's what makes it awesome.  
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 30 May 2005<P>

Thanks, scqueen and Madison.<BR>
I read some poems from The Best American Poems 2002 this morning and told Michael,"That's it, I give up. I'll never write another poem again." I stayed up late last night my eyes burning as I researched small presses online. On Saturday I mailed a sixty page manuscript of my poems to Palm Press in Long Beach. The more I study poetry the more discouraged I get. My poems are nothing like the poems that get published in The New Yorker and all those other Serious Literary magazines. When I read my poems I feel proud. Then I read Serious Literary poems and think...shit. Maybe I should take up watercolor painting or sewing instead.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 30 May 2005<P>

p.s. here's my latest rejection!<BR>
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Thanks again for sending your poems.  They are strong in many ways, but are not the kind of work I am looking for to publish under The Wildflower Press imprint.<BR>
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As I mentioned in my previous e-mail, if you're interested in self-publishing, I can give you some information about what's involved in producing a professional-looking book or chapbook.<BR>
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Best wishes.<BR>
Jeanne Shannon<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=2">scqueen</a><BR>
Date: 30 May 2005<P>

Misti ~ Try this one. They are taking their first submissions now. Check out 'Guidelines' at <a href="http://www.southernhum.com/">http://www.southernhum.com/</a>
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 30 May 2005<P>

thanks! I'll get right to it.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1606">naturalbornkillerblonde</a><BR>
Date: 30 May 2005<P>

Misti, Liked your Isotopes one.  Do you live in NM by chance?  I was just at an Isotopes games Fri night with my girls.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 30 May 2005<P>

oh, wOw! Yes, I'm in ALbuquerque! I've been here since 2002.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1606">naturalbornkillerblonde</a><BR>
Date: 30 May 2005<P>

OMG !!!! I was born & raised here.  I'm out on the west side living & working in RR
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 30 May 2005<P>

We live close to Old Navy and the Social Security office. I worked at Victoria's Secret Direct in Rio Rancho for a year. I wasn't good at peddling panties. We don't get out much because Michael is in a lot of pain...he was in a wheelchair for awhile, now he uses crutches. But we had a lot of fun at the Isotopes game. Sometimes we go to Kelly's in Nob Hill. They have good beer.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1606">naturalbornkillerblonde</a><BR>
Date: 30 May 2005<P>

I am the single mom of 2 teenage daughters.  They have more active social lives tha I do.<BR>
When I do get out, I stay fairly close to home.<BR>
TGIF's at Cottonwood Mall & a few places along North San Mateo<BR>
I like to play pool with friends at Slate Street in RR on either Mon or Tues nights.  The tables are free so all we need is $$ for Cuervo & Bud.<BR>
There are also a cpl clubs in the Nob Hill district I go to once in a great while.  Zinc & Club R&B.<BR>
I also NEVER miss the Downtown Crawls in the fall & spring
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 30 May 2005<P>

I've seen Zinc but never gone in there. I went to Club R&B a couple of times with my brother when he lived here. I wish they'd open up again. That club has been closed for awhile now.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1606">naturalbornkillerblonde</a><BR>
Date: 30 May 2005<P>

Wow it has been a long time since I've been that direction.  Do you read the Weekly Alibi?  Keep an eye out for a singer by the name of Chris Dracup.  He will play at Zinc sometimes + another place in the N/E hts on open mic night.<BR>
I loved him in a band YEARS ago called the Muttz.  He is good.  real bluezie
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=268">Misti</a><BR>
Date: 30 May 2005<P>

Yes! I get the Alibi every week. I submitted three stories to the Ridiculously Short Fiction Contest last week. I love the blues. So does my husband. He was the drummer in various rock bands in San Francisco in the '90s. He was in a blues band called Sky Church at one point. We'll keep a lookout for the guy you mentioned. Oh, and we went to the B.B. King blues fest at Tingley last fall. That was a lot of fun. 
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1606">naturalbornkillerblonde</a><BR>
Date: 30 May 2005<P>

Next time I'm at an Isotopes game I'll listen for someone yelling debit.<BR>
I'm also pretty bummed about the Scorpions bailing.  I loved going to their games as well
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=670">Jennifer</a><BR>
Date: 30 May 2005<P>

i'm just him~~<BR>
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Many thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.<BR>
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~~Jen
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