Saturday, October 29, 2011

Three pieces of Insight for the Day



I write in red ink these days, it spreads across the papers I collect. The words passive voice; word choice, spelling error spill out of my hand, but I never forget: a soul lives in every word written. Every word spoken.




Disfunction. Misinterpretations. Repetitions. Wacky equations. Good is always on the horizon.



Sometimes it's easier to neglect making art; to neglect visual and verbal expression; to stare off into space. Because life doesn't always reveal the importance of reflection; of replication/ interpretation. Because who can tell how big an audience, if ever an audience, what for? These words echo the reminder: the reasons to make art are just as significant as making love: for history, for the better of the body, for the better of the earth, to spread energy, the earth is incomplete and boring without it.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Inspiration for a Sunday



(Thanks, Kim Brown, for sharing!)

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Small Press Festival in Frostburg, MD


Dear Good People,

This coming Saturday, October 15th, is Frostburg State University's Center for Creative Writing Small Press Festival, and that's exciting to me for the following reasons:

1. Shady Side Review will be serving on the panel: Online Journals: From Paper to Published.
2. Athena Pappas, my dear friend/ poetry co-editor/ poetic partner in crime, and I will be selling chapbooks we published.
3. I will be selling my own chapbook.
4. Frostburg is beautiful in the fall.
5. The line-up is great:

10:30 am - Registration; Meet and Greet the Editors and Publishers; and Light Breakfast

11 am- Book Fair Opens

11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Publishing Basics
YA/ Children's Writing: A Round Table
Reading and Writing Online
Freelance Writing

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Horror: A Round Table
Self Promotion
Writing Spirituality
Blogging, New Media, and Journalism

Break

2:00 pm - 2: 45 pm
DIY and Self Publishing
Poetry: A Round Table
The Novel: A Round Table

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Writing Local
Scriptwriting: A Round Table
Online Journals: From Paper to Published
Publishing Basics

4:00 pm- 4:30 pm
Book Fair
Light Refreshments

If you're in the area: BE THERE!

More Info: http://www.frostburg.edu/cwcenter/smallpressfair.htm