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Notes from a workshop

by Robin Houghton on March 25, 2013

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Last week I was lacking inspiration, part due to work commitments and then a 3-day headache – ugh – so it was a pleasure to once more find myself in…

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An acceptance, a talk and workshop news

by Robin Houghton on March 10, 2013

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I haven’t had a poem accepted for a while so it was very nice to hear from Jeremy Page at The Frogmore Papers to say he’d like to take one…

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Gut feeling

by Robin Houghton on February 18, 2013

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Confession: my poem-a-day pledge has stuttered. I’ve actually been a bit ill, although there’s little evidence for it, and if I worked a 9 – 5 job I would have…

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Setting myself a new challenge

by Robin Houghton on February 6, 2013

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  After a chat with a wonderful poet friend yesterday I had a bit of a lightbulb moment (albeit over a couple of beers, funny that). She told me of…

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Submissions, the monstrous poet-ego, etc

by Robin Houghton on January 30, 2013

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Yesterday was one of those days when I felt I should have been working (ie paid work), but instead was faffing about with several poems all of which were nearly…

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Needlewriters poets & that pesky CW MA

by Robin Houghton on January 25, 2013

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Wonderful evening at the Needlewriters in Lewes last night, with Maria Jastrzebska and Andrea Samuelson reading their poetry. Both read very movingly. Maria’s new collection ‘At the Library of Memories’…

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My recent poetry unsuccesses

by Robin Houghton on December 17, 2012

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True to my pledge to blog the UNsuccesses as well as the successes, here’s the latest news. Firstly Magma – I’ve submitted there a couple of times previously and on…

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Submissions ups and downs this week

by Robin Houghton on November 23, 2012

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Are anonymous submissions a good thing?

by Robin Houghton on November 15, 2012

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I came across this article recently, in Anon magazine, setting out the opinions of three writers as to whether anonymous submissions to magazines were a good idea. I rather like…

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Good news, and a few doubts

by Robin Houghton on November 8, 2012

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What a great week. An excellent Bonfire Night, President Obama re-elected, and then I get an email with the subject line ‘Congratulations from Poetry News‘ and find my ‘absent’ themed…

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