Sometimes the Day Is the Poem <3
February 6, 2019
6 February 2019
Make art about climbing out of the wreckage.
Daily Prompt Love <3 Unable to Move
February 5, 2019
5 February 2019
Make art about being unable to move, about paralysis, real or metaphorical, or about chains.
Daily Prompt Love <3 On Coming Back
February 4, 2019
4 February 2019
For a number of reasons, over the last eighteen months, I found myself unable to keep up my daily prompts. But I’m back for another try.
Make art about coming back.
K’in has reopened for submissions!
Reading now for our November issue!
Experimental, traditional, playful, prayerful, celebratory, challenging: human—try us. Show us a new way to tell one of the millions of stories under that glorious sun.
Summer’s a Great Time to Get That Book in Shape!
May 10, 2018
Distance One-on-One Manuscript Consultation Proposal
A Month By Mail, Focused Completely On Your Work!
Week 1: I receive and focus on a close reading of your manuscript.
Week 2: I will closely read a second time, this time making line by line editorial comments, returning the line-edited manuscript to you, and a detailed 6-8 page letter with initial response and suggestions by mail at the end of the first week. Upon your receipt of the manuscript, we’ll have an initial phone call (these usually last around 2 hours) to discuss those suggested edits, focusing that first week primarily on characterization, consistency, voice, the perceived goals of the narrative.
Week 3: I’ll compose a second detailed letter, this time focusing on structure and control of the narrative throughline, as well as any other elements I see presenting in the submitted work. This I’ll email to you by midweek, and again, we can schedule a phone meeting at week’s end to address this second editorial run through.
Week 4: I’ll ask that you send to me a list of your questions or comments early in the week, which I’ll address in writing, as well as sending you another detailed critique letter, focused on language and new ways of understanding and crafting voice and storytelling. We’ll finish with a third phone meeting to tie up any loose ends, address any remaining questions you might have on the critique provided.
So that’s Full Line Edits, Three Critique Letters, and Three Phone Meetings.
Contact me at carrollhackettma@gmail.com for a quote and scheduling.
Let’s Make Your Beautiful Work Even Better!
Check out all of the editing services I offer here!
K’in Litmag Submissions Open Again in June!
May 9, 2018
Writer peeps! K’in opens back up for submissions June 1–poetry, fiction, and cnf!
We’re particularly interested in work/voices from underrepresented/marginalized voices, as well as international submissions, and submissions with a global perspective.
We hope you’ll help us grow this K’inship! By submitting, by sharing the call! Every voice matters.
Thanks!
One on One Manuscript Consultations This Summer!
May 6, 2018
I have openings for manuscript consultations in June.
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
Distance One-on-One Manuscript Consultation!
A Month By Mail, Focused Completely On Your Work!
More details HERE!
Let’s make your beautiful work even better!
Prompts for Poetry Month! All in One Place!
April 2, 2018
Happy National Poetry Month!!! Let’s get that write on!
Wanta play Poem a Day? Or Flash? Or micromemoir?
Instead of the Daily Prompt Love, I’ve posted 15 Brand New Prompts all together for a Poetry Month celebration! Write whatever you want–poem a day, flash, microessays!
I’ll add 15 more in a couple of weeks to finish out the month’s celebration!
Join us over in the Better Than Black Friday Writing Group on Facebook for some poem a day, or whenever prompted action 
Party on, writers! 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1512919158978356/
Daily Prompt Love Catch-Up! 9 Brand New Prompts!
March 28, 2018
20 March 2018
Make art about who’s watching.
21 March 2018
Make art about self-acceptance.
22 March 2018
Make art about what you’re hiding from.
23 March 2018
Make art about what you’re searching for.
24 March 2018
Make art about getting messages from the dead.
25 March 2018
Make art about when the mothership returns.
26 March 2018
“In this here place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that dances on bare feet in grass. Love it. Love it hard.”-Toni Morrison
Make art about that magical machine you inhabit.
27 March 2018
Make art about the growth that can come from encountering opposition.
28 March 2018
Always a visitor, always away.
Make art inspired by my visitor this morning.
Mary Carroll-Hackett: Poetry and Prose 
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