Monday Update 1/30/12
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ysabetwordsmithThese are some posts from the later part of last week, in case you missed them:
Microfic by Rix_scaedu
Update: "Cast List for Fiorenza the Wisewoman"
Barnes & Noble vs. Amazon
Read "Horses as a Plot Device"
Read About Were-Thylacines
Torn Tongue: Verbs Beginning with "R"
Read "Friendship" by Rix_scaedu
10 Writing Rules to Consider
Update: Plunge Magazine
How America Loses Jobs
Read "Snake on Duty" by Skjam
An Attack on the Arkh Project
Read "Slang and Swearwords" on Torn World
More on Ebooks and Libraries
The most exciting news from the past week is that my poem "The Cathedral of the Michaelangelines" has been nominated for the 2012 Rhysling Award in the long poem category. Woohoo!
Poetry in Microfunding:
"The Inescapable Agony of Being" is a $20 poem about aliens masquerading as human. It only needs $2 to be fully funded! "The Morose Mascot" follows Horace the porcupine as he flees his horrible mistress. It belongs to The Adventures of Aldornia and Zenobia, and needs $46.50 to complete. New today is "The Godfather" in which Fiorenza and Don Candido discuss their respective roles in the community. It belongs to Fiorenza the Wisewoman, and needs $38 to be fully funded.
Torn World writing update:
Approved as canon: "Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal," (fiction), "Courtship Displays" (poetry). Back to me for edits: "Catch and Release," (fiction), "Seafoam Fashions," "Hide Away," "Red Glass, Green Glass," "Bitter Herbs" "Getting the Goat," (poetry), "Half-Leg," "Northern Game: Bola-Ball," "Northern Game: Ice Gliders," (nonfiction). Currently in front of the canon board: "Unlicensed Dreams" (poetry), "Grapejelly," "Wild Herbivores of the North" "Dolls of the Empire" (nonfiction), "Dusting Off the Green Speech" "Doing the Work," (fiction). Drafted: "Cutting Cords and Clasping Hands," "Like Ash Before the Wind," "Breaking the Ice," "From Dark to Bright," "Beached Fish," (fiction), "The Hearsay Cafe," "The Colors of the Rainbow," "How Skycat Got Her Name" (poetry). In revision at home: "Water Dance," "When the Wind's Teeth Sing," "The Bones of Need" "Raining Kittens," (fiction). Currently writing: "Catch of the Day," "Reaching for the Moons" (fiction).
Awards
Nominations are now open for the 2012 Rose & Bay Awards which honors crowdfunding excellence in the categories of Art, Fiction, Poetry, Webcomic, Other Project, and Patron. Please visit the nomination posts to browse projects and nominate your own favorites. Full details for this award are on its landing page, and the nomination pages have category details.
Nominations are also open for the Rhysling Award recognizing exceptional speculative poetry. The SFPA has posted some Rhysling eligible poems online and mine are also available on my website. If you're a SFPA member, please nominate your favorite poems for this award. Also, this award now accepts crowdfunded and self-published poems! So all of my 2011 fishbowl poems are eligible -- look under the "poem" tag to find them.
Weather has been variable here -- rain, ice, flitters of snow, clear days. Today is breezy and clear. I've seen more mourning doves and cardinals at the birdfeeders recently, in addition to the sparrows.
Microfic by Rix_scaedu
Update: "Cast List for Fiorenza the Wisewoman"
Barnes & Noble vs. Amazon
Read "Horses as a Plot Device"
Read About Were-Thylacines
Torn Tongue: Verbs Beginning with "R"
Read "Friendship" by Rix_scaedu
10 Writing Rules to Consider
Update: Plunge Magazine
How America Loses Jobs
Read "Snake on Duty" by Skjam
An Attack on the Arkh Project
Read "Slang and Swearwords" on Torn World
More on Ebooks and Libraries
The most exciting news from the past week is that my poem "The Cathedral of the Michaelangelines" has been nominated for the 2012 Rhysling Award in the long poem category. Woohoo!
Poetry in Microfunding:
"The Inescapable Agony of Being" is a $20 poem about aliens masquerading as human. It only needs $2 to be fully funded! "The Morose Mascot" follows Horace the porcupine as he flees his horrible mistress. It belongs to The Adventures of Aldornia and Zenobia, and needs $46.50 to complete. New today is "The Godfather" in which Fiorenza and Don Candido discuss their respective roles in the community. It belongs to Fiorenza the Wisewoman, and needs $38 to be fully funded.
Torn World writing update:
Approved as canon: "Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal," (fiction), "Courtship Displays" (poetry). Back to me for edits: "Catch and Release," (fiction), "Seafoam Fashions," "Hide Away," "Red Glass, Green Glass," "Bitter Herbs" "Getting the Goat," (poetry), "Half-Leg," "Northern Game: Bola-Ball," "Northern Game: Ice Gliders," (nonfiction). Currently in front of the canon board: "Unlicensed Dreams" (poetry), "Grapejelly," "Wild Herbivores of the North" "Dolls of the Empire" (nonfiction), "Dusting Off the Green Speech" "Doing the Work," (fiction). Drafted: "Cutting Cords and Clasping Hands," "Like Ash Before the Wind," "Breaking the Ice," "From Dark to Bright," "Beached Fish," (fiction), "The Hearsay Cafe," "The Colors of the Rainbow," "How Skycat Got Her Name" (poetry). In revision at home: "Water Dance," "When the Wind's Teeth Sing," "The Bones of Need" "Raining Kittens," (fiction). Currently writing: "Catch of the Day," "Reaching for the Moons" (fiction).
Awards
Nominations are now open for the 2012 Rose & Bay Awards which honors crowdfunding excellence in the categories of Art, Fiction, Poetry, Webcomic, Other Project, and Patron. Please visit the nomination posts to browse projects and nominate your own favorites. Full details for this award are on its landing page, and the nomination pages have category details.
Nominations are also open for the Rhysling Award recognizing exceptional speculative poetry. The SFPA has posted some Rhysling eligible poems online and mine are also available on my website. If you're a SFPA member, please nominate your favorite poems for this award. Also, this award now accepts crowdfunded and self-published poems! So all of my 2011 fishbowl poems are eligible -- look under the "poem" tag to find them.
Weather has been variable here -- rain, ice, flitters of snow, clear days. Today is breezy and clear. I've seen more mourning doves and cardinals at the birdfeeders recently, in addition to the sparrows.
