It’s usually a pejorative term, said with an implied or even audible sneer, but why should it be? After all, formal poetry is generally accorded respect. Both formula fiction and formal poetry employ a template for their construction. In the case of poetry, the template is often very strict. Writing a proper sonnet involves a [...]
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Formula Fiction
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fiction, poetry on 30 May 2008 | 6 Comments »
Notebook 2
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged notebook, poetry on 17 February 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You still have time to enter the first Conditional Realities give away. Just throw your name into the hat at this post by midnight and you’ll have a chance at a free signed copy of my novel. I’m deep into the research and writing of my newest novel, 2D, and at the same time I’m [...]
Sasquatch
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged poetry, working in paradise on 7 February 2008 | 5 Comments »
Washington’s Skamania county, where I live, is mostly sparsely populated wilderness, home to Mount St. Helens, and also the world’s only Bigfoot refuge. Back in the sixties (long before I moved here) there were a lot of reports of possible Sasquatch sightings here. Many people found what they took to be Bigfoot tracks in snow [...]
Mary Oliver
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged poetry, the writing life on 6 February 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you want to see someone’s eyes glaze over, ask them if they’d like to hear some of your poems. It’s an instant excuse generator. Not that I blame anyone for staying away from poetry readings. I usually avoid them myself because no matter how good the poet, I almost always find myself fuzzing out [...]
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