Susan Perry who has a great blog on creativity (Creating in Flow) at the Psychology Today site asked me to participate in a Blog Tour. It’s a way to introduce you to my writing process and two or three other creative people (I feature two). The Blog Tour asks that I answer four questions about my writing process. And I will, but let me tell you a little more about Susan Perry. She has a novel, Kylie’s Heel, and a website so be sure to visit them also. Now to the … [Read more...]
Glimpse of Solace: Memorial Day
Bleeding Heart Amid the rubble of demolition, where nothing else has survived, a bleeding heart grows, red blood dripping from delicate arcs. from Constance Vogel Adamkiewicz's poem "Bleeding Heart" in Solace in So Many Words Here's to remembering and honoring those that came before us . . . … [Read more...]
Wally Swist’s new book and Little Eagle’s RE/VERSE
Wally Swist who contributed “March Wind” to Solace in So Many Words has a new book out – it is called Velocity and is published by the Virtual Artists Collective. Here’s how the book is described: “These poems offer a distinct sense of gratitude and tribute: the spiritual connectedness experienced in constructing stone sculptures or in stacking a cord of wood; and the simplicity found in the shine of a Shaker wide-plank oak floor or the experience of loss in a favorite … [Read more...]
Updates and news: Mahan, Adamkiewicz, Hilbert, Kirk, Langan, Levine (and me)
Due to construction I have been slacking, but not so with Solace in So Many Words contributors. Kathleen Kirk has four poems, "Daughter of Midas," "Children Again," "Goldfinches," and "Mythology" in Glasschord Magazine (volume 27). I hadn't heard of this online magazine before but the website explains, "Glasschord Magazine was founded by a community of emerging artists as an open forum for creative expression. Each monthly issue explores a single theme from a variety of … [Read more...]
More September news: Adamkiewicz, Calderwood, Kirk, Bass, Swist (and me)
We had a mild winter and early spring and summer so I guess that is why fall seems to be coming a little early too. We've been treated to some gorgeous days. Since my last blog, I've heard from Constance Vogel Adamkiewicz to tell me her poems "Drought" and "Stone" were published on Little Eagle's RE/VERSE website. "Drought" was published September 11, 2012. "Stone" was published February 20, 2012. "Drought" is ominous: "Someday from the lemur-eyes of gas masks,/ we … [Read more...]