Musical Pencil

One of my older poems is posted in Loch Raven Review's Spring issue - This poem was inspired by "Late" - a Cecilia Woloch poem - which I admire very much. As I began learning poetry - I followed the advise of a wise man - who told me to choose work I felt connected to somehow and practice typing those pieces - in the same way I practice a piano song - He said -eventually, that music will find its way into my fingers and hopefully begin revealing itself in my own work. "A capella" is a poem written after much typing practice of "Late". Looking back now, I see that I may have followed my inspiration closer than I would now that I've removed my training wheels, but I must say- for me - this poem was a transition into a stronger personal voice and the exercise worked - I'm proud of this poem for how it represents the music that inspired it and for the growth I was able to see in myself as a poet. I'm also proud, that I no longer need to practi...

New story up at Insolent Rudder . This is an odd little piece written in a completely different style for me. I'm always trying on new styles - like fashion, can't decide which pigeon hole I'd feel most comfortable in - so anyway, the piece is called "Cotton Candy Meltdown"- I wrote several stories using a cotton candy simile...not sure why- just happened. This particular piece emerged based on a photo prompt. The photo was a picture of a friend's Pakistani husband...the focus was blurred ...sort of like the outer edges of the picture were spinning clockwise...going down the drain sort of thing. Her husband looked like he was stumbling and rubbing his eyes. On a writing site...all of the "players" that week - had to create a flash fiction based on that particular prompt. This is what I came up with: http://www.insolentrudder.net/spring2009_Cotton_Candy_Meltdown.html I'm grateful Insolent Rudder accepted the piece and also sad..because this is th...

From time to time, I battle with the insomnia demon - who makes me feel as if my brain has been pickled--eyes like those red boiled eggs in a jar. This half-life state is portrait in an experimental fiction I recently wrote, which has been published in elimae this month. There are so many fantastic authors featured in this zine, I'm honestly shocked to have anything included. check out: http://elimae.com/2009/04/Pickled.html J.A.Taylor, Donna Vitucci, Dave Erlewine, Howie Good - the list of top-notch writers featured in elimae is endless.

I'm excited to announce - the first story I've ever received payment for ...is now live on Everyday Weirdness . No, it isn't an April Fool's joke -if you do check the link below- you have to make sure you search for April 1st 2009 on that site, because they are archived by date not author or title, etc. Anyway, the story is posted and I'm happy. It's weird - I know -but weird was the point :) I hope you like it. If you don't, I'm sure they have some other stories you will like - I've read many I found fascinating - some by Strangelove. How about that name? poifect. http://everydayweirdness.com/e/20090401/