Tag: writing

• 2021 SFPA Poetry Contest and Bonus Halloween Poem

  Happy October and happy Halloween/Samhain to those of you who are celebrating this year! I have some publishing updates to share, including one that is aptly themed for the season. My speculative/scifi poems “Docking on Phobos” and “Fireflies in Retrograde” were recently announced as second and third place winners in the long category of the…

  Clarabelle Miray Fields

  October 26, 2021

  Uncategorized

  author, halloween, poems, poetry, publishing, scifi, writer, writing

• The Best News of My Life So Far

  This February, I received what is probably of the best news of my life so far. I’ve been waiting for my physical copy to arrive in the mail before sharing the news on here, and it arrived yesterday. So, here is the news…I have been nominated for a 2021 Rhysling Award for my poem “Penelope,…

  Clarabelle Miray Fields

  May 12, 2021

  Uncategorized

  fantasy, fiction, poetry, publishing, writer, writing

• 10 Tips for Fighting Writer’s Block in the New Year

  What’s my New Year’s resolution for 2021? Like most writers, I want to write more, a lot more. My productivity was nowhere near where I wanted it to be in 2020, and I want to change this in the coming months. But, as with most New Year’s resolutions, keeping this resolution will likely be challenging…

  Clarabelle Miray Fields

  December 31, 2020

  writing

  2021, fiction, goals, holidays, lists, literature, magazines, new year, poetry, productivity, prose, publishing, resolutions, self-help, self-improvement, self-publishing, writer, writing, writing help, writing tips

• Why Learning to Code Has Made Me a Better Writer

  Writers draw inspiration from everywhere—childhoods, travels, daily lives, memories, hopes, fears, dreams, imaginations. Almost everything that a writer does has some kind of influence on their creative work, shaping, informing, and changing the fabric of their creations. My own writing has undoubtedly been influenced by many aspects of my life. I’ve seen a lot of…

  Clarabelle Miray Fields

  November 29, 2020

  Essays, tech, writing

  coding, computers, good writing, stories, tech, technology, web dev, web development, writer, writing

• On Growing Up Middle Eastern After 9/11

  “Don’t forget to wear your nazar!” Growing up with Turkish and Syrian relatives, this sentiment was something I heard often as a child: warnings to remember to wear my nazar to protect myself from the evil eye. In casual conversation in the US, giving someone the evil eye often means giving someone a dirty look…

  Clarabelle Miray Fields

  October 24, 2020

  Essays

  essay, evil eye, international, memoir, middle east, nazar, superstition, syria, turkey, writer, writing