Annie is a novelist, blogger, nationally award-winning poet, and two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated short story author. Her debut collection, You Have to Let them Bleed, and her debut novella, The Extra, are both set for publication in 2025.
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Category Archives: Poetry
Sonnet Building Step 2: “Structuring a Skeleton”
[Not feeling the sonnet stuff? Skip to the prose discussion. ] Now that you have gathered the DNA for your sonnet, it’s time to connect the knee bone to the thigh bone, so to speak. But before you get all … Continue reading
Sonnet Building Step 1: “Gathering DNA”
The very first thing you must do before you sit down to write a sonnet is find an idea worth writing about. Trying to write a sonnet with no initial concept is pretty much guaranteed to give you a dull, … Continue reading
Intro to Sonnet Building 101
So, five people expressed interest in participating in a step-by-step sonnet writing series here on the blog. I was a little torn by that, to be honest. It wasn’t as many people as I hoped, but it was enough that I … Continue reading
Book Title Poems
The Setup So a few weeks ago, I came across this post on Art of Trolling. Heads up: it’s naughty, but quite amusing. And more than a little silly. And even so, I thought, “Wow, that’s really cool. I wonder … Continue reading
Evolution of a Sonnet
Originally posted on April 22, 2011 at 12:26 PM Maybe you’re a free-verse poet fighting the idea of testing out new forms. Intimidation, preconception, and lack of knowledge are all very real factors. Or maybe you’re not a poet at … Continue reading
