Lisa Holcomb

Day Two of looking through my poems for things to enter for the annual PST contest. In case you don't know about this one, it's actually 100 smaller contests rolled into one. So I'm digging through over 500 poems I've written to find 100 that fit the right subjects, forms, or other requirements for these contests. I set up my All Poetry Scrivener file years ago to make it more easily searchable by keyword or number of lines in a poem, so I should know fairly quickly how many new poems I need to write. Contest Deadline: August 15th. Wish me luck!

Look who's headlining at Winnsboro Spoken Word Open Mic Night later this month!!

Upcoming Speaking Engagement – May 6, 2026

This Wednesday, I'm speaking to the Open Door Writing Group about Characters and Body Language.

Upcoming Speaking Engagement – May 6, 2026 This Wednesday, I’m speaking to the Open Door Writing Group about Characters and Body Language.

March 2026 Stats

In March, I wrote 6037 words. Of those words, 416 were for this blog (2 short posts), 2474 were for my journal, 0 were for handouts, scripts, and slides for lessons 2744 were on various social media accounts, 168 were poetry (2 short poems), and 651 were in short stories (4 pieces of flash fiction). There were only 9 days that I didn’t write anything, but my word count was low due to several things....

March 2026 Stats In March, I wrote 6037 words. Of those words, 416 were for this blog (2 short posts), 2474 were for my journal, 0 were for handouts, scripts, and slides for lessons 2744 were on various social medi…

Hey y'all! I'm talking about Writing Subplots at Open Door Writing Group today! Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel! Hope to see you soon!

Upcoming Speaking Engagement on March 19, 2026 at the Rusk County Poetry Society

I will be speaking to the Rusk County Poetry Society at their March meeting on March 19, 2026 in Henderson, Texas. My topic is "Line Breaks and White Space." Hope to see y'all there!

Upcoming Speaking Engagement on March 19, 2026 at the Rusk County Poetry Society I will be speaking to the Rusk County Poetry Society at their March meeting on March 19, 2026 in Henderson, Texas. My topic is “Line Breaks and White Space.” Hope to see y’all the…

Today I took a Skillshare class to learn how to bind a small notebook with an elastic cover band, side pencil holder, and expandable pocket. It was a quick, fun class! :)

February 2026 stats

February 2026 stats In February 2026, I wrote an unreasonably tiny amount of words (4422). Of those words, 416 were for this blog (2 short posts), 1972 were for my journal (27 entries), 722 were for handouts, scripts,…

January 2026 Stats

In January 2026, I wrote 5329 words. Of those words,• 802 were for this blog (3 short posts),• 1230 were for my journal,• 2156 were for handouts, scripts, and slides for lessons (one for the Open Door Writing Group and one for Asher Point Independent Living Facility),• 585 were on various social media accounts,• 63 were poetry (1 short poem and 1 long),...

January 2026 Stats In January 2026, I wrote 5329 words. Of those words,• 802 were for this blog (3 short posts),• 1230 were for my journal,• 2156 were for handouts, scripts, and slides for lessons (one for the Open D…

Speaking Engagement at TPL on January 28, 2026

This week at 1pm in the Makerspace at the Tyler Public Library I will be speaking at the Open Door Writing Group on Planning Your Writing Life, including tips and tricks to help you live your best, most creative, productive writing life.

Speaking Engagement at TPL on January 28, 2026 This week at 1pm in the Makerspace at the Tyler Public Library I will be speaking at the Open Door Writing Group on Planning Your Writing Life, including tips and tricks to help you live your best,…

Full 2025 Writing Stats

I’ve been very bad about tallying up all of last year’s writing, but I think I’m finally done with it. In 2025, I wrote 104,303 words. Of those words, 5559 were for this blog (29 short posts), 3,660 were in 2 essays 26,396 were for my journal, 43,436 were for handouts, scripts, and slides for lessons (15 lessons), 15,692 were on various social media accounts,...

Full 2025 Writing Stats I’ve been very bad about tallying up all of last year’s writing, but I think I’m finally done with it. In 2025, I wrote 104,303 words. Of those words, 5559 were for this blog (29 short posts), 3,66…