Melissa Llanes Brownlee

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The Awesomeness of Our Community and My First Wine and Words

Today, I want to celebrate the amazingness of YOU!

Yes you!!

You, my friends and fellow writers, who are so generous and awesome! I am coming up to 50% of my AWP goal and it’s all because of you. From the bottom of my heart, I want to say thank you so very much for your support!

It’s really hard to ask for money, especially for something like this, which might seem frivolous to some, and the fact that you all are willing to help me to get to AWP means so much to me.

My first Wine & Words happens tomorrow night for you east coasters (tomorrow morning for me) and I am so excited to hang out with all of these really cool writers! I have another one for US folks on June 1 (May 25 for my UK/Europe friends) (check out my AWP fundraising page for the details if you want to join in… I already have 5 fantastic writers signed up for the US and 3 for the UK).

I still have space in my Plural POV workshop with Crow Collective too if you want to have something a little more formal than a “writing” hangout!

Sorry for the self promotion… always weird. I am doing my best to be okay with it. Ultimately, I wouldn’t be if it weren’t for all of you, and for that, I am grateful. Again, thank you so much.

I am here in this space now, because 4 (5?) years ago I decided to make this life, my writing life, a much bigger priority, and in those years, I have found all of you. Sending you all light, love and, as always, creativity.