My Gargoyle Arrived!

I wasn't expecting it so early in the summer, so this was a wonderful surprise, and the issue looks awesome, thick and chock full of literary goodness.
(And I was pretty happy to see my poem on page 92.)
Again, I think my mood was a bit dark when I wrote it, but my mood was not dark when I opened that package.  This is my first publication in a print journal other than an anthology or college/grad thesis publication, so it's kind of an exciting thing.
I also learned recently that two of my poems from Arsenic Lobster would be published in their anthology for this year, so one particular lonely shelf of my bookcase is starting to feel a bit less lonely.

New Melusine, hot off the ether...

Spring/Summer 2010

Three Poems in Arsenic Lobster...

... and it made me smile to see an excerpt from one at the top of the issue's "toast".

Not that it's a very smiley poem, but I guess it has a certain grim humor.  I do think I was in a rather dark place last year when I wrote those poems, but I guess darkness can be inspirational.  I guess anything can be inspirational, really, even lightness, but like a lot of writers, I admit I have a tougher time writing when I'm over the moon.

Anyway, there's some seriously great stuff in this issue, and I'm just excited to be included in it.

Yay, I'm on the Kindle (Prick of the Spindle's Poetry Open Edition)

I don't own a Kindle, but I'm still very pleased by this!  Well, I was pleased just to be listed among the honorable mentions in PotS's Poetry Open, and then double-pleased to hear the contest's finalists would be featured in a special edition.  And I guess there's a touch of sheer vanity at the thought of infiltrating a new medium... in the same way, I suppose, that I'm pleased to see my name on Amazon for the first time beside the word "author."  Yeah, I never claimed not to be pretty silly.

If you have a Kindle or the equivalent, check it out:

Prick of the Spindle Poetry Open Competition No. 1

Maybe I'll get myself a Kindle one of these days, sooner rather than later, although I'm partial to the thought of an iPad, which looks like it would make a pretty good reader.  (Dreams.)

Honorable Mention in Prick of the Spindle contest

I'm excited to see my poem, "Things to Do on a Summer Evening," in the list of honorable mentions for Prick of the Spindle's first Poetry Open Competition.

Another new issue of Melusine...

... has hit the 'nets. I must admit I'm partial to the look of this one, aesthetically... the frosty background theme suits my winter state of mind and the art is pretty darn cool. The content's pretty excellent, too, if I may say so (I didn't write most of it, nor lift a finger with regard to the background or the art, so I think I may safely say these things. I did, however, spend an awful lot of time in the last few days sitting at this computer... ouch, my neck. But always worth it, of course ;)

http://melusine21cent.com/mag

New poem...

... in Caper, a really cool newish lit journal that editor Lisa Marie Basile describes as "a poetry and prose journal of the speakeasy aesthetic."
Something to brighten a new year that, so far, can use brightening.