Third Wednesday

My poem, "Imperfection", is included in the Spring 2016 issue of Third Wednesday . Yay, the drought seems over.

Zzzzzzz

Contrary to what some might think, when a writer has writer's block, the writer doesn't actually stop working. It's a matter of what is produced. My poetry as of late seems "blah" and it lacks the excitement it sometimes used to give me. I've been trying to reread some surreal poetry I used to love to get me in the mood, but meh. But that doesn't mean I haven't stopped writing. I also am constantly submitting poetry. Constantly. Sending out poems almost every day. And after a dry spell, I will have a poem in the next  issue of Third Wednesday, which is a positive.

New Year, New Poems

The turn of the new year brings more published poems! I have three poems in issue #13 of The Literary Hatchet and two poems in the new issue of Pif Magazine. Enjoy! Here's to more publications (fiction, I wish, as well as more poems) in 2016 and to work harder on the goal of actually, someday, calling myself a novelist. I just actually may do some rewriting on Shade, as an editor suggested.

On a side note, I will be taking the Jeopardy! online test once again on the 26th. Wish me luck! I've been trying out for several years. Maybe one day it will happen. It's a very complicated process just getting on the show. Even if you pass the online test (they say passing is getting around 35/50 correct) your name is thrown into a random pool to even get called for an audition. Then, of course, you better have a stellar audition.

Bete Noire

My poem, "She Drowns in Dreams", appears in Bete Noire issue #21. You can purchase this as a print or download. Otherwise, sorry, it is not available online.

Boy, sometimes I feel like I'm typing this stuff for no reason. I am terrible at promoting. I post my publications on Facebook as well, but Facebook is horrible, the silly things that actually do get people to "like" and comment on.

Illumen

My contributor copy of Illumen arrived in the mail last week. Yay! This is my first appearance in the magazine and I am quite happy as a lot of well known speculative poets are published here, including Bruce Boston, who is featured in this very issue.

Yellow Mama and Words for Autumn

The Halloween issue of Yellow Mama is online and features three poems by me.

It feels like forever since I have had work published. Summer is always a dry spell, however. A lot of publishers take the season off, either with publishing or reading submissions.

The new issue of Illumen is out. I have to find out if my poem/s are in this issue because I haven't received a contributor's copy yet and haven't seen a table of contents. Also, I should have some work soon in Bete Noire as well. Should be out around Halloween. Plus, more poems in The Literary Hatchet have been accepted. Stay tuned...

I wish I can make an effort to update this blog more, but I'm just not into "sharing" my life. I'm sure I've said it many times before. Part laziness. Part shyness. Part internet paranoia. Is there ever much to say anyway? I haven't had much published lately. I'm starting to think my email is broken. I haven't gotten any rejections in the mail, let alone acceptances, and I have over a dozen submissions sent out. My novella is in literary limbo so I've started to submit that elsewhere. Eh, at least a rejection will let me know the world is still out there...