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Thank you so much for this excellent list Radha. This is the time of the year I use for complete slow down, cleaning the 'house' and for reflection--this list will be great for the last. 2022 has been a very important year for my writing since this is the first time I have shared my work with the world (primarily on Medium). I met with positive feedback and that created a positive reinforcement loop of sorts. It gave me the confidence that I have something worthwhile to share. It was also a year when I started developing my voice. The more I write, the more well-defined, stronger and confident it becomes...and then I break it all up to try something different :) It has been an iterative process and is still work in progress...to be continued in 2023.

2023, I also hope to get more formal about my writing (start submitting my work to publications etc.) and see how that goes. I also intend to get more structured about filing, so my words don't fly away on old scraps :)

Your manuscript workshop was definitely a great support--thank you for that :)

Wishing you and yours a very happy, peaceful and calming holiday season!

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I promise me that I will reflect on successes, no matter how small-- I need the reinforcement, which leads to encouragement. That much acknowledged, I wrote more poetry in the past year than in the previous 3 (and more) combined. I'm embracing more experiments in writing , less focused on outcome/finished poem. Thanks to my small community of dedicated poets, my process has expanded to include many new (and wonderfully productive) approaches. What's calling me is the urge to write more within themes/motifs that speak to me. And get my collection closer to manuscript-ready!

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