Ok, I was joking about this on Facebook so I decided to do a full fledged post on it. No tricks! Although if you do want a treat, ya know you can find out more about pre-ordering my 2nd chapbook at Folded Word. Haha! Ya know I had to!
I wanted to add a picture to [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Trick or Treat Virgin
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged halloween, trick or treat virgin on October 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Friday Wrap Up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chapbooks, friday wrap up, poems on October 30, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Here we are again. A Friday. Almost the end of the month. And a chance to report in.
S: 3
A: 0
R: 1
Again, small numbers as I have not been writing a great deal although I did scribble some poems down on Wednesday that I will work on revising next week.
One of my prior acceptances, however, is [...]
Thursday Poem Share
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Poetry, writing exercise on October 29, 2009 | 8 Comments »
What to show you next from Paper House?
How about a prose poem.
The Red Voice
The voice they want is red. Not a screaming voice, but one still toned to red with words that come out rounded like lava lamp liquid. The laugh of that voice is deep for a woman. Succubus. From me they get that [...]
Video Wednesday
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fiction, Poetry, video on October 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
First up is a non-fiction piece from Shape of a Box by Melanie Faith. Clicking on Shape of a Box will take you to Shape’s blog that has the video window for the piece as well as the text, but below is the direct video link. You won’t regret sharing a little time with Melanie’s [...]
Submitting Chapbooks
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chapbooks, Poetry, publishing on October 27, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I am hoping to do another post about submitting full length books, but first I wanted to talk about submitting chapbooks since I was looking for a place to send the one chapbook I still have pending.
What is a chapbook? I have always called it a short book of poems (or fiction/cross-genre) below 32 pages [...]
Monday Shout Outs
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blogs, monday shout outs, Poetry, publishing on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Finished an issue of The Colorado Review over the weekend. I believe I received the subscription because I entered their first book contest. I really enjoyed the fiction and non-fiction in this journal but not so much the Poetry so I don’t think I will be sending my poetry their way in the future. But, [...]
Where to Send Your Work
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged choosing lit mags, publishing, submitting your work on October 25, 2009 | 7 Comments »
A lot of people have asked me recently how I decide where to send my work for publication consideration. I have tried quite a few different systems, but honestly, I’m starting to feel haphazard in the work of getting published. Anytime I can feel a shift coming. I always feel antsy when I feel a [...]


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