Danse Macabre

I haven't been keeping up on this blog (oops), although I have been working hard. The beginning of this month my poem, "Evening Cannibalism" was published in Danse Macabre's Daily Gazette .


And I kept meaning to post here that sometime ago I was informed that my poem, "Woman With Leaves in Her Hair" (originally published in Liquid Imagination) was nominated for a Best of the Net award. Which gives me the feeling that it's true what they say, that it is an honor to be nominated. It's such a great feeling and a great incentive to keep working.

More Pif

My poem, That Midday Ennui, is now online at Pif Magazine. I must mention I love they posted a picture with a kitty above my poem. :)

Bete Noire

Issue #26 of Bete Noire is now available in print or E-book. It features my poem, "Revelation". There is also work by Marge Simon and Bruce Boston.

Illumen

The Winter 2018 issue of Illumen features my poems "Sometimes We Drown" and "Doomed". This is my first publication of the new year and here's wishing for many more!

Liquid Imagination

Issue 35 of Liquid Imagination is online and includes my poem, "The Woman With Leaves in Her Hair". This poem I'm sure I wrote almost a decade ago. It's nice to finally find a home for it. Sorry there's no audio narration to go alone with it. I have no idea how to make an MP3. Besides, I feel a little shy about my voice in public. I haven't gone to a poetry reading in almost twenty years!

Literary Hatchet

The Literary Hatchet #18 is now available both in print and PDF and features three more of my poems.


Today also marks the completion of draft #2 of my next novel (I am not spoiling the title yet). Now on to the hardest part: typing it (I know I'm a writer, but I hate typing. Hate it hate it). Once I finish that, however, I can begin the third (and final) draft. That's how my process goes when I write fiction: Draft #1 is the rough draft, where I may only have a beginning paragraph or idea in mind. No ending is usually in sight, but I work to find that ending and keeping going until I do. Draft #2 is a revision, making notes, adding or deleting scenes, perhaps writing character studies. Draft #3 is where I work from my laptop (everything else is just on paper. I'm old-fashioned that way) and work on polishing the manuscript, not leaving a single paragraph behind until it is perfected as best I can.

Dreams of Dali

I don't know for how long, but it is only now that I realize my poetry chapbook is out of print and I have removed the dead Lulu link from the side of this blog. It is unfortunate that it is considered "retired" by its publisher, as I guess that publisher does. C'est la vie. I guess it's time to write a new book of poems. I had tried previously to collect some poems for a horror-relate chapbook, thinking at first I had a quality-length manuscript, but I was wrong. There just weren't enough poems of that nature.