A link to a new poem published today, thanks to The Ekphrastic Review @ekphrasticrev + some thoughts about writing in response to art.
Author: Becadroit
Prompted to respond
There's any amount of reasons to write, they are innumerable. Sometimes, it's about creating a piece with something you're given. There's an argument about how all writing is in response to stimulus of some kind, and I appreciate that line of thinking. However, I was imagining more formal situations, such as writing challenges and strict … Continue reading Prompted to respond
Not only writing, but also
Last week in writing: I provided feedback on a proof before my story is published, and confirmed corrections. Submitted works to three journals. A poem written in response to a specific call out was accepted. Recorded more rejections, as is the way of writing. Updated my database (I use The Writer's Database) for pending, rejected … Continue reading Not only writing, but also
March in April
Why not review 2019's Little Women and draw out half formed ideas about ambition, art, and other stuff.
Rambling about rumbled
Hello. I'm very pleased to share my flash fiction piece Rumbled, which is out today in the thunder themed edition of Flash Frontier over in Aotearoa / New Zealand. Kia ora! Piece by piece, the map of my words is slowly spreading. Pin points of meaning, strung together as a narrative whose thread is myself, … Continue reading Rambling about rumbled
Sweet April
Three new poems and some new writing news. Who knew...well I did.
March ends with a story
A new story by me, published over at Hearth & Coffin Literary Journal.
Following my own brick road
I make notes. A few sentences, a paragraph, a couple of words. These are the tiny bricks upon which I can build a work. When I go back to these notes, sometimes I keep writing, and I find myself looking forward to what I'll find out, where these bits and pieces will take me, because … Continue reading Following my own brick road
Little things
A new poem is published, and I write about the three part trick to writing...
Prompted
Yet another writing update, with notes on the benefits of writing exercises.
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