What makes a Well-Rounded Woman is the idea discussed in day four’s remix. Taken from the story Caveat Emptor this found poem looks at what is a woman’s real worth as reflected in culture and society. Pages 76-77 were the source text.
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Pulitzer Remix Day Three
The story A Modest Proposal provides the source text for the next installment, Pan was found using pages 68-69. This found poem reflects upon isolation, infertility and drive for survival.
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Pulitzer Remix Day Two
The second remix is from pages 56-57, the short story The Maiden.
Using three stanzas of six lines, ten lines, then six lines again; this found poem entitled Femininity is an ode to the definition of womanhood and femininity, or perhaps a discussion from different perspectives.
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Pulitzer Remix Day One
The first poem from The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford was sourced from the first section of the Table of Contents. This first poem is entitled Advice to a Young Woman.
This post used 22 words as the pool for source text, with five being the word ‘the’, thus reducing the selection to 18 words. Using homonyms, the resultant found poem provides a bit of advice for someone.
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Spring Time
Spring has sprung and with it seeds are flowering across the backyard meadow. Some new seeds are planting here with launch of Three by Five, a new interview series that goes live on April 3rd. Over the course of the month, on days of the month with a ‘3’ in them, five questions from interviews of authors, writers, indie artists and other interesting or intriguing people will be posted. Three by Five will continue as a recurring feature with at least one new interview subject a month.
Author First Look – a chance to read the first chapter, or a few poems, by indie authors and writers.
Book + Review will continue with new reviews posted intermittently. You might find your next favorite author or at least, a good read for an upcoming flight, vacation, commute, treadmill walk or just because.
Through the fall, I’ll continue the current calls for submission for two anthologies, Dress Right Dress: The Uniform and its Stories, and Repeal Day: When DADT Became History.
If you’re part of the writing community, and interested in a guest posting here just send me a message.
And there will be the occasional blog tour where you will find other indie authors tagged for you to discover.
Coming tomorrow – the first Pulitzer Remix posting – found poems from each of the Pulitzer Prize winning fiction books. Eighty-five poets writing thirty poems, posting one each day of the month of April in honor of National Poetry Month. You’ll find mine posted here along with a link for the main site where you’ll be able to visit the other 84 poets and their found poems (and mine).
Links: Three by Five, Author First Look, Book + Review, Dress Right Dress: The Uniform and its Stories Info and Call For Submissions, Repeal Day: When DADT Became History Info and Call for Submissions, Pulitzer Remix, National Poetry Month, Random Spring.
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Indie Author Stops on the Information Super Highway
Today’s post is about two very useful sites I visit often. Both have useful and interesting topics posted daily that provide insight and information for any emerging writer or indie author.
First is Joel Friedlander and The Book Designer blog where over 700 articles are available that guide and educate authors through the publishing process. Discussions covering diverse aspect of publishing a book are covered from fonts and using aspects of specific word processing programs to self publishing do it yourself issues. Blogging and book design, E-books and E-readers, Marketing and Reviews, Social Media and Webinars, Blog carnivals and guest posts – Joel Friedlander has created a clearinghouse of information for authors. The tag line for The Book Designer is “Practical advice to help build better books,” and that is exactly what the site visitor finds. Looking for more detailed, specific ways to improve your own author toolbox? Check out Tools and Resources, want to invest in some training, click on Training Courses for classes that Joel offers and Books and Guides for links to order his books. Joel Friedlander is a recognized authority in self publishing and book design. Just reading the free resources on this blog provides an informative apprenticeship in self publishing with exposure to many other perspectives via the blog carnival and guest posts that are also part of the site. This is a stop on the information super highway that belongs on every blog roll. Visit often. Follow Joel Friedlander on Twitter @Carnival_Indies and @JFBookman
Next up is Molly Greene who blogs her journey as an indie author with frequent guest posts that will help someone looking at the independent author route make more informed decisions and maybe prevent a few regretful ones made from lack of information. Molly blogs her personal experience, with occasional bits from her real life, resulting in an informal, chat around the kitchen table atmosphere. She talks about the challenges and opportunities for indie authors and brings in occasional experts with interesting perspectives. I’ve returned to Molly’s site numerous times for a refresher on Createspace verses Lightning Source for self-publishing – a vital bit of self-education for the indie author. Looking for helpful, effective tools for promotion and use of social media, Molly Greene has some insights to share. When scrolling down my twitter feed, Molly is one of the authors I most often retweet, her information is always timely to what I as an emerging indie author is interested in reading and need for improving my promotion and self marketing. Another stop on the information super highway worth visiting. Follow Molly Greene on Twitter @MollyGreene.
There are many resources on the web in the community of writers and independent authors. Actually, there are numerous circles (or tribes) of writers and there are many more helpful sites out there. These are two I visit on a recurring basis which makes them definitely worth sharing.
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Poem and Short Story Publish
Bay Laurel, an online literary journal of previously rejected fiction and poetry, published the Winter 2012 issue. I have both a poem and a short story in this issue.
The poem, Stone Upon my Heart, reflects upon relationship, family and loss. I wrote this poem over several months after my wife and I lost our second child in the 13th week of pregnancy in January 2011. This poem was the starting place of a collection I am currently working on that will delve into being the “other mommy” in a same gender family, the experience of being the non-biological parent and what is family today.
The short story, Captain Harper Says Goodbye, was written several years before the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. This short, short story describes the experience of a military family who must say goodbye before an overseas combat deployment yet the family is hidden and can not be acknowledged. With the repeal of DADT last year, many GLBT families no longer experience what is reflected in the story. Many still do though, as for some, the action of coming out in their military unit remains an action that would invite hostility or negative career impact. The story thus reflects for some the reality that remains for LGBT military members and their families.
Read Stone Upon my Heart here.
Read Captain Harper Says Goodbye here.
Bay Laurel online journal here.
Thanks for reading.
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One Week Left for Entries Emerging Writer Scholarship to SFWC 2013
Emerging writers, struggling artists of narrative nonfiction, poetry, and fiction you have one week left to send in your entry for the registration scholarship to attend the 2013 San Francisco Writers Conference in February. The winner receives not only a fully paid registration to the conference, but also a standard book publishing package complements of BookBaby, and a one year Sunshine membership to the writer’s resource and community at San Francisco Writers University. If there are any runner ups, they also receive a one year membership at San Francisco Writers University. 
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Guest Post at OutServe Magazine
Visit OutServe Magazine for my guest blog post regarding Chaplains in the Military as Force Multiplier or Force Distracter.
The Chaplain must be greater than his or her personal beliefs; for if not, all those that believe different are unable to trust the Chaplain, and their spiritual needs within the unit will go without an avenue for relief. A Chaplain who is unable to attend to the diverse and pluralistic nature of any given military unit is not a force multiplier, but a force distracter.
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Vicki Hudson and Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour
Recently I spent an enjoyable time with Dr. Andy Jones speaking on writing, writing life and other interesting topics as a guest on his Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour. This intriguing hour each Wednesday at 5pm on KDVS 90.3 FM is “… a live weekly public affairs program that airs on KDVS 90.3 every Wednesday evening from 5-6 p.m. On the air since 2000, Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour features interviews with local and faraway poets, innovative thinkers in the worlds of technology and social media, and practitioners of many other forms of creativity, including theater music, and writing across new media. Poets with new books, innovators with new projects, and representatives of local art enterprises are invited to contact Dr. Andy to schedule an appearance on Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour.”
Dr. Andy is a terrific poet and all around fun individual whom I met at the San Francisco Writers Conference a number of years ago. Each year at the conference he leads several poetry related workshops as well as is the MC for the public reading of writers and attendees of the conference on Saturday night accompanied by the cool cat drums of Brad Henderson, another insightful poet.
Listen to the interview on the KDVS web site. 
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