Posts

Showing posts from September, 2012

Poem In Process

Image
 Poem In Process I start  in the slush queue un - noted , unseen, unread waiting for another's perusal for the start of the journey perhaps with a request for change coming from a holding place. Released, revised, replaced I can now go on my way towards acceptance and publication or to be felled by the scarlet slashes of the correcting pen But maybe I will silently withdraw and leave you curious and wondering.

Poem In Process

Image
Poem In Process I start in the slush queue un-noted, unseen, unread waiting for another's perusal  for the start of a journey Released, revised, replaced I can go on my way towards acceptance and publication  or to be felled by the scarlet slashes of the correcting pen. But maybe I will silently withdraw and leave you curious and wondering.

The Naked Author meets The Fully Clothed Writer

Image
                                    Well, have to say my first reaction to the title of this article was to picture a rather unsavoury scenario of unclothed authors with notebooks, pens and laptops. The word 'laptop' conjures up all sorts of possible predicaments in this image – or maybe it’s just me. Anyway, the article in  Writers News  is nothing to do with nakedness as in baring one’s body, but more about baring one’s literary attempts, at the time of  inception. Author Silvia Hartmann will be using "Google Docs cloud-based office suite"  to let readers share her latest novel online as she types it. Followers will be able to access her writing progress using a public access web page which will go live at 9am on 12th September. Silvia says that the project is 'An amazing opportunity for me as an author to push the boundaries of the author/reader relationship. It will be thrilling to write knowing that people will be viewing each word, pa

Never put off till tomorrow, or the next day, or the next ...

Image
Just in case the reader of this blog fears that I may have slunk off with no intention of blogging again, I can put you out of your misery in this respect and let you know that I am still 'here' and relatively alert. I have been resting my body and mind recently - allegedly.My body doesn't seem to be responding much to the   resting mind you, as the same old aches and pains are around whether physically at rest or not. I have known for a long time that my mind isn't too keen on resting of course. I don't seem to have been born with the ability to relax, though I am quite  adept at explaining the many techniques to others who don't have a problem with carrying them out. It could be an age thing but like I say, I've always been the same, so I think it's more to do with personality or, I hesitate to say, laziness.  I have written many times about procrastination and know that writers and artists are renowned for it. But as time goes by I am more of th