Here's the deal...

I simply don't have time for the visual poetry assignment, which is a shame because Tom's stuff is great. As I type, I'm procrastinating a paper.

I was wondering if you lot could help me with something. I endeavor to get into a graduate-level writing workshop here at BU for the fall. The professor is the head of the creative writing department at BU, Leslie Epstein. (He has a Wikipedia page and everything.) As the class is mostly for MFA students, I've been informed that someone like me is admitted into the class "ONCE IN A BLUE MOON," pending review of a forty-page manuscript. So, I want to get feedback from as many fellow writers as possible. Basically, you're it.

Please comment on this post if you can see yourself reading and responding to a couple of stories in the next couple weeks. I'm posting them to the Docs page now.

Thanks in advance!

Quick Draw

Short Shorts and NPR

NPR has announced a new feature called "Three-Minute Fiction." It's pretty much just what it sounds like; they're looking for works of fiction that can be read on air in the span of three minutes (they suggest 500 words or less). So I thought to myself, Hey, I know some people who have short shorts (the microfiction, not the clothing--though more power to you either way). Here's a link to a longer description of the feature: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105685925 The deadline is July 18th.

Feedback and the Hook Up

Hello all. After dabbling in Google Docs for sometime trying to figure out a way to post flash fiction comments there, I've raised the white flag. I'll post some comments here shortly.

On another note, if any of you are interested in reading fiction and/or poetry for Post Road Magazine (now published by BC), let me know and I'll contact the new Assistant Managing Editor.

Visual poetry? Hmmm .... This will take some thought.

Better Blogs & Gardens

How about some summertime sprucing up?

1) Is it possible to post audio files? It would be awesome to hear the works read by the authors and by the readers.
2) Let's set another micro-duel deadline. Let's also give feedback. Though I've already read the wonderful posted micros, I'm going to re-read and post comments this week.
3) Here's my micro-duel idea: visual poetry. Post any combination of words and images and interpretations by next Monday, noontime.

Did anyone else celebrate the summer solstice?

How about West Coast Time?

I decided to take a day trip to California. And if you don't believe that, I'm late for the showdown. On the bright side, if I'm to keep the wild west metaphors going, that probably means the rest of you are dead or injured already, which is good news for me, since I'm a terrible shot with a revolver.

Bam! Pow!

Posted my lunchtime short. If only every other lunch were so productive.

Can't wait to read yours. Hurray for playing!