Hello, it's December 2023, the last
month of the year.
Today, December 31st, I'm here with
our usual feature, in which I tell you a little about the relevant initiatives
and activities, in the field of poetry, that Nonô attends or participates in,
and I also lift the veil on some of my dreams and goals so that, if you're
interested, you can get to know me a little better:
01/12/2023 - The blog's image has been changed to Christmas mode
and will remain so until King's Day, January 6, 2024. On that same day, the
blog will go on hiatus. Work will continue behind the scenes until March 21,
World Poetry Day, and I will only update with the article "Literary and
Poetic Events for the following month". The decor and font will also
change, but I invite you to come and visit me to see how it looks.
02/12/2023 - Nonô started creating poems to take part in the
Erotic Poetry Competition run by Amor Carnal. She sent in her application on
17/12/2023.
On 26/12/2023, she received an
email from the publisher that is not worth disclosing here. Basically, this is
another one of those initiatives that some publishers launch as a competition,
but which in reality are just ways of misleading and encouraging the poet to
invest in seeing their work published. In any case, it was worth it for the
stimulus of creating poems outside the usual scope and who knows, maybe one of
these days they'll be published out there.
Throughout the month Nonô continued
to feed this blog with content, as well as filming, editing videos and updating
social media.
12/12/2023 - Attended the Writing group at the Palácio Galveias
Library. An initiative in which Nonô began participating and which is expected
to last until May 2024. In this first phase, I took up prose books that I
started writing when I lived in Trás-os-Montes, but which, for various reasons,
I hadn't had the time, energy, availability, knowledge, techniques, to take up
again. Now, with more personal and literary maturity, I intend to bring these
writings to fruition. The book I've been working on is entitled "Diary of
a trip to China" and it's a book of travel literature.
20/12/2023 - It was the day I gave and autographed my second
published book to a very special friend.
20/12/2023 - My copy of Atlantic Connections VIII arrived in the mail.
21/12/2023 - Snack with some members of the creative writing group.
Nonô's Christmas
This year Nonô decided to give her
family and friends her Poetic Anthology, included in the In-finita collection,
and to sign autographs with special affection.
Nonô's dreams
I could talk here about the dreams,
plans, goals and ideas I have in the area of writing and poetry. However, I'm
not going to do that this month. This part of the article will probably be used
in the future, in 2024, to showcase creations. This time I'm not going to
commit to anything, I'm just going to let it flow.
So, another month has gone by at
breakneck speed, with countless participations and gatherings in poetry and
writing, as well as walks around Natal, but as always, I can only attend to a
few.
You can see the highlights and
achievements here. Behind all this are long hours of work and learning because
it makes me happy and being happy is my purpose in life.
I'll say goodbye with poetic kisses and see you soon,