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04
Aug
Anything but This Thing
So, updating this blog is clearly not a strong area of mine. I even have it set as a reminder in my task management software, but compared to all the other things I have scheduled, it always seems the easiest to bump to another day. With so many generative balls in the area lately, one that is summary-ish really doesn't feel like it comes in firs...
20
Jun
“Midsummer Night” in Drip Literary Magazine
I had been planning to come here and grump about getting this site shaped up, and to complain about school assignments I don't like, and to vent about how frustrating it is to reformat your computer and have to reinstall everything and get all your files and settings just so again. I could have whined about how just so far, this June is more wet, ...
01
Nov
Irreverent Elocutions 05
Irreverent Elocutions: Bibliophilic Besties Banter
05. Short Take: Updates, Cinderella, and Size Does Matter
In this Short Takes episode, we catch up on our reading adventures, achieve unintentional hilarity, and lay out how we rate books.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5YkjpfGe1gOn1CObyKJ...
27
Aug
Weekend Workhorse
Sometimes it is the smallest thing that can cause a breakthrough. This weekend, I had a minor epiphany regarding a turn of phrase I had been struggling with for "Ophelius Arrested" and suddenly I was thrown into the creative effluvium vortex. As per my process, I got my chicken scratch version down.
29
Apr
Irreverent Elocutions 04
Irreverent Elocutions: Bibliophilic Besties Banter
04. We Go Off the Leash
The fourth episode brings our listeners a story about Chris’ neighbor’s odd behavior, our “Currently Reading” highs and lows, tips on how to write in the shower, Carlos fan-boying, Chris going on an oratorical rant, and discovering new listeners.
https://o...
09
Jan
Roadblocks
So, I don’t experience writer’s block. That’s not bragging, I just approach it differently. If I’m in a writing mode, but I’m not feeling the juju for the project I’m supposed to be working on, I just write, well, anything else. Writing is never a waste, even if the words don’t end up in the final product. And often, getting whatever it was that wa...
14
Nov
Progress in the Works
I thought I’d talk a bit about my process for crafting a new poem, since, well, I’m right in the middle of it.
Nearly always, my poems begin with a nebulous thematic concept, or a particular word or phrase which I wish to feature, or both. Next, I settle on a form which will b...
27
Oct
Irreverent Elocutions 03
Irreverent Elocutions: Bibliophilic Besties Banter
03. In Which the Landscapers Screw Us Up
In our third episode, the landscapers majorly disrupt recording, we take some listener questions, we go on el...
27
Sep
Testimonial: Refraction Cycle
When it’s about controlling hundreds of articles, product pages for web shops, or user profiles in social networks, all
19
Mar
Fixed Form Poems
I've occasion to need a few new poems in relatively short time. I've found that when there is a time crunch, having the help of the rules of a fixed form help me reign in all the wild options that my brain immediately spins out of control with. Though sonnets, pantoums and villanelles are go-tos for me (I do love me a good Spenserian sonnet!), I wo...
18
Sep
Irreverent Elocutions 01
Irreverent Elocutions: Bibliophilic Besties Banter
Episode 01
The inaugural episode, which is definitely not about Chris Evans' penis, and is not keeping up with anyone.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Ls71GzYDtGFq...
17
Sep
Review: Fog, Jeff Mann
Jeff Mann, Fog.
In yet another example of the universe having a plan for things, I came to Fog through a circuitous route. I had purchased and read Jeff Mann's poetry collection, Bones Washed With Wine, years ago when I was in a particular theme of poetry by gay writers who di...