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
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
I first met Jessica Helen Lopez when I was in grad school at the University of New Mexico and Jessica was an undergrad. She was already a superstar in the poetry slam community and I admit I was a bit intimidated. She may be larger than life but she is down to earth and a … 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
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
Author and intuitive writing coach, Chloe Rachel Gallaway, is the founder of The Winged River Writer and author of The Soulful Child: Twelve Years in the Wilderness, a memoir of her childhood through age twelve in the wilderness of Northern New Mexico. Chloe’s unusual life of growing up deeply connected to nature and spirit has … Read more
Guest post by Nathalie Bléser, part two in a series of 5 So let’s build the set. It’s Monday evening. Tonight the veil between worlds, between vivitos y muertitos (the living and the dead), is the thinnest. Magic already happens in the number of writers around the table: only three women have gathered in Jennifer’s … Read more
Green-Eyed In the age of social media, it’s easy to look at other people’s curated lives of sunny vacations, spousal outpourings of devotion, and Pinterest-perfect desserts, and feel a little tug of jealousy. But what about when it comes to other people’s presentation of their accomplishments and habits in the realm of writing? It’s another … Read more
Guest post by Nathalie Bléser, part one in a series of 5 I recently put out a call for submissions to our website, and Nathalie Bléser quickly volunteered. I used to host regular drop-in writing session called Monday Writers and Nathalie attended on occasion, a delightful addition to our group. ~Jennifer Simpson “From the Moon … Read more