Melanie Unruh 
I got a major writing rejection this week. This was the kind that makes you feel like you’ve simultaneously been bludgeoned in the head and stabbed in the heart. Over the years, I’ve come to realize that if I want to put my writing out into the world, I have to learn to live with … Read more
When you’re working on a piece of writing, especially one that’s involved and/or long, it can be helpful to expand the way you think about it through different mediums. Sometimes this may involve making maps (hi, I’ve definitely done this), music playlists for your characters (also guilty), or mood boards. I didn’t know just what … Read more
When I began my MFA program in the fall of 2007 (has it really been that long?!), Jennifer Lynn Krohn was a part of my cohort. A poet at heart with a strong work ethic (she used to write poetry in her car on her lunch break at work) and a fun preoccupation with the … Read more
New at Plume This year, Plume has been on quite the journey. We’ve featured some awesome writers, partnered with new vendors, helped sponsor the Albuquerque Women’s March, expanded our Women Who Write blog feature, and raised money to publish an anthology of our first year of letters from successful women writers. We also rebranded our … Read more
Hello, Plumesters! We hope you’ve been having a fun, productive summer. It’s already back to school time here in The Land of Enchantment, if you can believe it. One nice thing about school starting up again is that because so many literary magazines are connected to colleges and universities, we’re now about to enter look-at-all-the-open-places-to-submit … Read more
I met Erin when we were both teaching at a community college here in Albuquerque, but I really got to know her when I took a creative nonfiction class she was teaching (It’s a long story, but suffice it to say, it was a great class and I got a published piece out of it). … Read more
If you’re even a casual follower of this blog, then you’re probably well aware of my preoccupation with audiobooks this year. After I had a baby last October (has it really been nine months?!), I had no time to read, but I had plenty of time in a dark room trying to occupy my mind … Read more
As writers, there is a lot of pressure to publish our work. Certainly, many of us want to get our writing out there (and, dare we say, even get paid for it?), but should publication be the ultimate goal for a writer? Not a Destination Here at Plume, we say no. There is nothing wrong … Read more
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” -Anne Frank You probably read the title of this blog and thought, Wait, isn’t this a site about creative writing? What does the border have to do with Plume? To answer the first question, yes, Plume is a … Read more
A Year in Plume It’s been a year now since Jennifer and I started Plume. What a wild ride! From first putting our early ideas together, to entering the business plan competition, to launching a Kickstarter to get the venture off the ground, to choosing featured writers, to packing and shipping our first Plume packages, … Read more