Daily writing promptDo you have a quote you live your life by or think of often?View all responses The Roman poet Virgil wrote: Every man's last day is fixed. Lifetimes are brief, and not to be regained, for all mankind. But by their deeds to make their fame last: that is labor for the brave. … Continue reading Recalling other people’s words
Writing, interrupted
A long awaited update
Bye July
Rejections: 44 Pending: 18 Accepted (3 carried over from 2022): 12 Published: 13
Or 10 writing things I know to be absolutely certain
A writing list and a link to a publication featuring a new poem.
Summer bugs & a paring knife
Winter solstice thoughts on four things that bring me happiness Stationery: the easy flow from a new pen, fresh pages of a notebook, the vivid hues of sharp pencils, shops filled with paper stock, nifty gadgets, and organisers. Art supplies. Gorgeous stuff for stuffing about creating more stuff. Colour and movement. Simply put shiny things … Continue reading Summer bugs & a paring knife
It’s not all poetry
An art update and a link to a newly published flash fiction by me.
The second hand unwinds
Quotes from Cyndi Lauper and Andrew Marvell, plus links to not one but new two new poems published this week.
Rules of threes
Tis said bad things come in threes. Not by me today, because good things come in threes with a third piece of work newly accepted and published all at once, today. It was never my intention to only post when I have something published, but when this happens, how can I not? So forgive this … Continue reading Rules of threes
A new stitch in time
A new stitch in time, with a writing reflection and a link to a new poem over at Gnashing Teeth Publications.
Ekking phrastastic
A theory about forms of creativity interacting, and a link to a new poem.