Remember when the guy from Sigfried and Roy ( I believe it was Roy) nearly got eaten by the lion? Or how about that idiot out in California who tried scaling the wall at the zoo last summer and copped it? Now some lady falls in a killer whale tank in Florida... do I honestly care? Of course not. However when I live outside of the United States, I am always fascinated by the occasional headline I catch through social media. The last story that I...
I've gotten two rejection letters in the past week after submitting a micro-fiction piece and some poetry. This is the first time I've submitted anything since... hmmm... 2006? Needless to say I got back two big fat NO!s Although I must say one of the NO!s actually offered constructive criticism and encouraged me to submit again... all within an extensive reply. I thought that was a very nice touch... In the meantime the work I post online has...
Today I am going to the beach. I will not be staring into space until my body pours poetry nor will I be finalizing script pages. I shall seek solace in salt water. You see... I'm slightly homesick. Even though we've previously established I can't really afford a 'home' anywhere, changing places makes you miss people. As much as I understand that, it doesn't make anything easier. So today I go to the beach and literally wash it off, because I've...
I think one of my problems with putting together some sort of anthology is that whenever I reach the time slot allocated to 'organizing' writing... I get distracted and start writing poems for some reason. Something in me at the moment insists on creating. So create now... organize in near future. I'm usually insanely organized down to my Virgo sun but things like seasons and stars and life start to distract me and the next thing you know......
I've been considering going to some open mics. I may have mentioned previously my logic for getting into stand-up comedy. Mainly it's direct feedback for Writing. I've said time and time again I don't really care what type of Writing I'm doing, as long as my time involves building things with words, I'm usually happy. The stand-up comedy scene in Brisbane is not good. I'm smiling by how tactfully I stated that... One of my main issues is that...