Oct 28, 2022 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes, Poetry
A poem for this moment in our lives… (October 28, 2022) BY MAGGIE SMITH Life is short, though I keep this from my children. Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways, a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways I’ll keep from...
Oct 18, 2022 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes
I’m overjoyed to support Clarion West’s annual fundraising gala by gifting the organization a complete novel edit for an aspiring (or published) writer. Clarion West is a fantastic organization for writers who work primarily in the SFF domain. Here are all...
Sep 23, 2022 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
Rosh Hashanah — September 25-27, 2022 new year. Ned Hayes Rosh Hashanah comes this year on a day of cool wind, a breathtaking portent of winter taking the world, rude lover tossing the sheets away. in autumn the sadness of all things is greatest for now...
Jun 27, 2022 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, On Books, Past Notes
The best YA books on the autistic experience/outsider experiences. I have some recommendations — published in Shepherd, the Best Books recommendation magazine. We all have important stories to tell. So my mission in life is to tell stories from many different...
Jan 16, 2022 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
The poet Langston Hughes was a great inspiration to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Examples of their connection are expansive. In 1956, King recited Hughes’ poem “Mother to Son” from the pulpit to honor his wife Coretta, who was celebrating her first Mother’s Day. That...
Dec 21, 2021 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes
Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you....
