I’m off today to Still Point where I have reserved a cabin in the woods to do some writing and recharging. I am allowing myself the possibility of writing nothing at all; I know I wasted a lot of time at the beginning of my first writers colony experience worrying about writing — and consequently,…
Category: creativity
A Quiet Birthday
Groovy! Elena’s got the next few pages of the Jane Quiet story up over at the Goth Scouts blog, as well as a giggly Goth Strip riffing on the Beowulf movie. Thanks to all who’ve called and emailed — it’s much appreciated. Though of course it would be great to actually see people, the weather…
Prose at the Rose: Tramontano
The latest episode is now on the air. Check out my interview with Jan Tramontano. Her work has appeared in Poet’s Canvas, Chronogram, Mom’s Literary Magazine, American Intercultural Magazine, Knock, The Culture Star Reader and Women’s Synergy to name a few. She is currently working on her first novel and is a member of the…
Magister Class
At the invitation of Crispinus, I came to his class to speak to the students about my novel Pelzmantel. It was my first experience of the kind; I’ve spoken about my writing on panels at conferences, but never in front of students (except incidentally in my creative writing classes). So it was a nice ego-boost,…
A Fine Day Out
I went on a retreat yesterday with a bunch of friends to nearby sanctuary called Universal Pathways, run by a fabulous woman named Mary Browne. Mary and her husband had lived on a sheep farm for over forty years; but in recent years they have sold the sheep and converted the land (and a few…
Corvid Sightings
Last night at my pal Barb’s new house, we were greeted by her new door mat with a raven and a line from Poe’s immortal poem, images of crows and ravens everywhere, and better yet by some Legendary Magpie Mead! Quite tasty — and local, too. We’re going to have to get some for ourselves….
Tangible Accomplishments
After I finished grading the medieval lit exams (exam grading goes soooo much faster than paper grading), I took some time to begin the Halloween cards. I’m taking a slightly different approach this year, and more work is involved, but I found the “assembly line” process kind of soothing (I guess that’s my heritage after…
Ubuweb
Liz Hand over at the inferior 4+1 wrote today about Ubuweb. Wow — what a site! Like I need another place to waste time, but just look at all the artists listed — people like Beckett and Deren and Burroughs and Cocteau! What a cornucopia of delights. Video and audio both — a treasure trove…