I'm sure it's no great surprise that I'm somewhat fond of stationery. I'm not sure whiteboards fall under that category (even though they come with markers) but I am more excited than I perhaps should be to have these four new boards stuck to the wall (okay, the wardrobe doors) of my study/writing space. Pink and blue may seem like odd colours for whiteboards, but I think they're pretty cool (unfortunately purple were sold out). Anyway, I'll probably mostly use them as magnetic boards, with the very cool magnets I also bought.
This means I now have a sensible place for all the opportunities (with deadlines) for poetry submissions that are coming up. Oh, and a to-do list that I will have to see often (which is much longer than the picture suggest).

I've been thinking for months about blogging again, and because I haven't been able to shake it, here I am.  I won't be back at Words in Progress, but here instead, though I can't promise you how often I'll stop by.  Or what I'll crap on about (where is that cross-out font option?).

But as a first topic, I'm very excited to have a poem in the current issue of Quadrant: my first appearance there. I am very impressed with their fast turn-around: the poem was accepted mid-January and the March issue arrived in my mailbox on 1st March. With a cheque, and we all love to see one of those.