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
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
Albuquerque is a city with no worry. Our mouths are too full of Horchata and green chile to laugh or cry about anything. There’s always an adventure, mischief, curiosity. I leave my home when it’s time to craft new writing. Staring at empty, white walls and carpet with no color becomes weak on my eyes. … 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
by Sandra Vallie “Another?” I belched, tossed my empty Marble Whiteout can toward the pile where the honeysuckle once threatened to cover the shed. Hundreds of Abuelo Goyo’s eyes glared from the aluminum pile. I pulled two beers from the melting ice in the cooler. Tossed Georgia one, grinned when the warm beer foamed up … 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
I met Erika when she was living in Albuquerque on sabbatical from her academic job. She quickly found her way into the writing community here for good reasons: She is funny and quirky and smart. Really smart. And talented–as a poet and a novelist. But what I have admired about her most is her tenacity … Read more
What’s That? A few months ago we shared some tips on how to find an agent to query once you’ve written a book and are ready to seek representation. Now we’re going to delve into that next crucial step in the process: drafting a query letter. But what exactly is a query letter? Here’s a … Read more