We’re on the other side of the middle of October—how did that happen? Hope the month has been treating you well. There's a call for submissions I want to mention. Through LinkedIn, I heard from Mary Elizabeth Parker creator and chair of the Dana Awards, and she is encouraging you to submit work for consideration. The purpose of the Dana Awards is to offer monetary encouragement for work that has not been recognized. Novels, short fiction, and poetry are considered. … [Read more...]
Literary wanderings
Here’s where my literary curiosity has taken me lately. First, I’ve been reading some of the Lord Peter Whimsey books Dorothy L. Sayers. They’re like delicious candy but then amongst the sweet something sour and bitter surfaces, and that is the racial and religious epithets used in those days (1920s and 1930s). In one way I think it’s great we don’t use those words any more, but then I remember the Redskins. The new U.S. Poet Laureate, Charles Wright did an interview … [Read more...]
Falling
Today at 9:29 pm is the Autumnal Equinox so I thought I'd share my poem. I 've had a long dry spell; something like 15 rejections in the past two weeks so I figure I'll publish one of my own poems here. Hope your writing is going well, that your dry spell is short, and that autumn is kind to you. Peace, love, and solace Autumnal Equinox On a Saturday, wind blowing, sun in a wide sky, this family of four goes to the woods, or what passes for them around … [Read more...]
Glimpse of Solace: “Wistful wishful” and “Fields of green”
Settling into September
Not much to report except to say I am finding comfort in routine. My wonderful writing group The Writers has started up again, and my Wednesdays are all about writing, my writing friends, and hearing and critiquing new work. So far Sharon Fiffer and Goldie Goldbloom have moderated. You may know Sharon Fiffer from her mystery books (the Jane Wheel series), the anthologies she worked on with her husband Steve Fiffer, or from their Evanston writing workshops. Also, she's let … [Read more...]
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