tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71003036747321621452024-03-14T07:01:22.774-07:00Notes on (the Writing) LifeA blog on my life as a writer....and other interests, tooJaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comBlogger278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-53953706472335645542010-08-12T12:17:00.001-07:002010-08-12T12:17:51.392-07:00Two New Poems<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_BPzhLoUZV6UlnVnSdvumvJGLUxAwOeIajn_uumm74YjRX9qqsc8hPT-WZnh8yHrBN9VdI-2Np8zayFOxYkkgmwQjp4sMbhk_T0ZyWNYO3ISbNr9hW_G8yGOiggOdR6OzQ2yKnxRRP7K/s1600/home_1_00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_BPzhLoUZV6UlnVnSdvumvJGLUxAwOeIajn_uumm74YjRX9qqsc8hPT-WZnh8yHrBN9VdI-2Np8zayFOxYkkgmwQjp4sMbhk_T0ZyWNYO3ISbNr9hW_G8yGOiggOdR6OzQ2yKnxRRP7K/s320/home_1_00.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I'm delighted to have my poem, <a href="http://sexandmurder.com/the_zombie_inside_a_strip_club.html">"The Zombie Inside a Strip Club"</a> in the recent issue of <b><i>Sex and Murder Magazine. </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">This is my first appearance in this dark and fascinating journal.</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blossombones.com/summer10/pupek_s10.html">"S. Freud and the Ants"</a> appears in the new issue of <i><b>blossombones</b></i>. It's wonderful to make another appearance in this invigorating journal.</div>Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-63688713888238106502010-08-05T17:22:00.000-07:002010-08-05T17:22:49.913-07:00Berkeley Heights Public Library Book Blog: Summer Fiction<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8nmT1FmFWyRU7i6DnOo-I6tmOFcgekctpNVBVebD9OWkl2OrbUXxD1fAdnUeSjjL6zJMvqEFhmDCqHfjWu_AoznfMDm1c3qn0-Om5bqJflRt2WPMZWn8OQElPd00od9oDPjXLFw6KcVFj/s1600/My+Pictures13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8nmT1FmFWyRU7i6DnOo-I6tmOFcgekctpNVBVebD9OWkl2OrbUXxD1fAdnUeSjjL6zJMvqEFhmDCqHfjWu_AoznfMDm1c3qn0-Om5bqJflRt2WPMZWn8OQElPd00od9oDPjXLFw6KcVFj/s400/My+Pictures13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-60606417154302455682010-08-02T05:46:00.000-07:002010-08-02T05:46:53.457-07:00The Livelihood of Crows--From Mayapple Press<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #4f604f; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span align="left" style="color: #819681; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;" styleclass="style_ArticleHead"><span style="color: #819681; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">The Livelihood of Crows</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #4f604f; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">By <a href="x-msg://70/#Slaviero" title="">Jayne Pupek</a></span><div><span style="color: #4f604f; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #4f604f; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #4f604f; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #4f604f; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Publication date: August 15</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #4f604f; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #4f604f; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #4f604f; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=66039855&msgid=557702&act=34PF&c=500173&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mayapplepress.com%2FBookPages%2FSlaviero.htm" title="Cyborgia"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img align="left" alt="" border="0" contenteditable="false" height="220" id="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.4" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.4" src="https://app.icontact.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/500173/f02d38d2a1eb33b714303fe56d594397/image/jpeg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px;" title="" width="147" /></span></a><span style="color: #4f604f; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><div style="margin-left: 120px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jayne Pupek’s bold narrative voice, which is laced with dark humor, takes us on a journey through beauty and brokenness. Pupek creates a world of sensuality emanating from the banal and the quotidian, in remarkable language and exceptional contemplation. Many of these poems are shadowed by crows and other opportunists, such as door-to-door proselytizers, and the forces that might take our minds, or our lives. <em>The Livelihood of Crows </em>comes with passion and empowerment—an astonishing, haunting book.</span></div><div style="margin-left: 120px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #4f604f; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #4f604f; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Self Portrait with Skeleton Arm</strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #4f604f; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><div"></div"></span></span><div><div align="left"><div"></div"></div><div"><span style="color: #4f604f; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #4f604f; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div"></div"></span><div><span style="color: #4f604f; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="arialfont12px"><span class="arialfont12px"></span></span></span><div class="arialfont12px"> </div><div class="arialfont12px"><em>after Edvard Munch</em></div><div class="arialfont12px"><div class="arialfont12px">Black asks for nothing; it asks for everything.<br />
What it wants most is to wrap you in its arms<br />
and hold you inside an oblivion that never subsides.<br />
In lithograph, it separates a man from his body,<br />
a bone from a man. It devours light and good fortune.</div><div class="arialfont12px">Black quells the ruckus of doves mating in the azaleas<br />
outside your window. It shadows koi, shimmering trinkets<br />
in a shallow pond, and inks your clean palms, your eyelids.<br />
It invites old ghosts to return to your dreams in the shape<br />
of drying roses, little skulls. It dresses you daily<br />
in widow’s garb and colors the hearse<br />
that carries your husband to the rocky hillside<br />
where his grave is dug, waiting. Black sleeps</div>in the dark musky loam of your garden and in the coffee<br />
grounds pitched on the compost heap. It rises on all fours<br />
and walks on the back of a cat stalking mice in a field<br />
ablaze with late pumpkins, abandoned gourds.<br />
It shines across the undulating flanks of horses<br />
storming the ridge and then takes to the sky without apology,<br />
its wings opening on the caw of another morning.</div></div><br />
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<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A couple new poems have been published. "Blue Velvet," is up at <a href="http://www.chizine.com/blue_velvet.htm">Chizine</a>. Also have two new poems--"Axe and Saw" and "Killer's Song" at the <a href="http://thedarkfiction.com/?page_id=160.">Dark Fiction Spotlight</a> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> Cliterature is an online magazine dedicated to expressions of women's sexuality in writing. We publish both creative and </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">critical works quarterly. Women's sexuality deserves a medium in the writing and publishing worlds, two arenas where interest in male sexuality has prevailed far too long.</span></span>Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-46159719636721332872010-06-05T22:44:00.000-07:002010-06-05T22:44:29.756-07:00Contagion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Eah8vHxmecI9kLt7MiVEXm0_sRvPPeNv8pX7U4of9S3NjlogiIv7hC8g75XxLA8QFKuiXD_rImEeuRlcpBzqF0-732kZ7SGNYMXrzO85MA3U14Az5m7zmKlMBoqEDrLfwDctYkRSGU5X/s1600/worry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Eah8vHxmecI9kLt7MiVEXm0_sRvPPeNv8pX7U4of9S3NjlogiIv7hC8g75XxLA8QFKuiXD_rImEeuRlcpBzqF0-732kZ7SGNYMXrzO85MA3U14Az5m7zmKlMBoqEDrLfwDctYkRSGU5X/s200/worry.jpg" width="151" /></a></div>I'm thrilled to have a poem, "Contagion," in the final issue of<a href="http://www.hollyrosereview.com/june10pupek.html"> Holly Rose Review</a> on the theme of "worry." I'm sad that this will be the last issue, but delighted to have my work in two issues of this fine journal of poetry and tattoos.Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-17630981849996104302010-06-05T13:39:00.000-07:002010-06-05T13:39:37.490-07:00100 Hacks to Help You Become A Better Writer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuO3prGUQ5dLZvg4JRq8D5Dt77MlsH4lv6nNhyphenhyphen0Afs3EjFmySh8z56C46zRZeD-aT4kLk07Pp5iiDi8UyeQmN5aKR7EmxexluTGwmLi-yxvzZC2YIfeE5dLsbVwXduxs9hRWscM7V3rPwz/s1600/book_work_teacher_238276_l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuO3prGUQ5dLZvg4JRq8D5Dt77MlsH4lv6nNhyphenhyphen0Afs3EjFmySh8z56C46zRZeD-aT4kLk07Pp5iiDi8UyeQmN5aKR7EmxexluTGwmLi-yxvzZC2YIfeE5dLsbVwXduxs9hRWscM7V3rPwz/s320/book_work_teacher_238276_l.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.onlinedegree.net/100-hacks-to-help-you-become-a-better-writer/">100 Hacks to Help You Become A Better Writer</a><br />
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Real writing, no matter its form or intended audience, honestly reflects the passions and ideologies of the author. Any nuggets of advice that flit about on the internet, in books and newspapers and magazines, through conferences and classrooms only help tighten technicalities. Students or aspiring professionals wanting to galvanize their writing abilities should certainly explore the follow hacks in order to gain a much broader knowledge of the craft’s mechanical elements. They cannot teach creativity or lessen its subjectivity, however.<br />
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1. Prologues are not always necessary.<br />
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As the stellar Daily Writing Tips points out, prologues work for some stories while failing on others. Use their tips on figuring out when springing for one may be entirely unnecessary.<br />
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2. Suspension of disbelief only goes so far.<br />
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Though science fiction and fantasy require more suspension of disbelief than others, all writers need to understand its limitations in all genres.<br />
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3. Keep character sheets.<br />
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Short and longer fiction alike can benefit from keeping a detailed character sheet on hand in order to maintain consistency.<br />
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Anna sent along these tips from her blog. Read the rest of the list <a href="http://www.onlinedegree.net/100-hacks-to-help-you-become-a-better-writer/">here</a>.Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-44762918412854798732010-04-25T08:24:00.000-07:002010-04-25T08:24:55.861-07:002009 Bram Stoker Award Winners<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><br />
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<tr><td align="RIGHT" valign="TOP"><b>Novel:</b></td><td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">AUDREY'S DOOR by Sarah Langan<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"> This is a personal favorite of mine. Langan is a remarkable writer!</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="RIGHT" valign="TOP"><b>irst Novel:</b></td><td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">DAMNABLE by Hank Schwaeble</td></tr>
<tr><td align="RIGHT" valign="TOP"><b>Long Fiction:</b></td><td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">THE LUCID DREAMING by Lisa Morton</td></tr>
<tr><td align="RIGHT" valign="TOP"><b>Short Fiction:</b></td><td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">“In the Porches of My Ears” by Norman Prentiss</td></tr>
<tr><td align="RIGHT" valign="TOP"><b>Anthology:</b></td><td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">HE IS LEGEND edited by Christopher Conlon</td></tr>
<tr><td align="RIGHT" valign="TOP"><b>Fiction Collection:</b></td><td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">A TASTE OF TENDERLOIN by Gene O’Neill</td></tr>
<tr><td align="RIGHT" valign="TOP"><b>Nonfiction:</b></td><td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">WRITERS WORKSHOP OF HORROR by Michael Knost</td></tr>
<tr><td align="RIGHT" valign="TOP"><b>Poetry Collection:</b></td><td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">CHIMERIC MACHINES by Lucy A. Snyder</td></tr>
<tr><td align="RIGHT" valign="TOP"><b>Lifetime Achievement Award:</b></td><td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">Brian Lumley, William F. Nolan</td></tr>
<tr><td align="RIGHT" valign="TOP"><b>The Silver Hammer Award:</b></td><td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">Kathryn Ptacek</td></tr>
<tr><td align="RIGHT" valign="TOP"><strong>Richard Laymon President's Award:</strong></td><td align="LEFT" valign="TOP">Vince A. Liaguno<br />
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By Michael Mewshaw<br />
288 pp. Other Press $14.95</div><div style="font-family: Times, Garamond, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; padding-left: 28px;">Reviewed by Jayne Pupek</div><blockquote><blockquote><em>All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. (Leo Tolstoy)</em></blockquote></blockquote><div style="font-family: Times, Garamond, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; padding-left: 28px;">Tolstoy’s words are from his renowned classic, <em>Anna Karenina</em>, but they certainly fit the dysfunctional family that is at the center of Michael Mewshaw’s eleventh novel,<em>Lying with the Dead</em>.</div><div style="font-family: Times, Garamond, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; padding-left: 28px;">In <em>Lying with the Dead</em>, a manipulative and dying matriarch gathers her three adult children at their Maryland childhood home so she may confess her sins. The narrative rotates among the three voices of the siblings. Maury, the firstborn, who currently lives in California, is afflicted with Asperger’s syndrome and reveals that he spent twelve years in a maximum-security prison for murdering his father with a butcher knife while trying to protect his mother. Candy, who had polio as a child, is the dutiful daughter/martyr who stayed behind to take care of her gravely ill mother, forfeiting her own happiness and the man she loves.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">READ THE REST OF MY REVIEW AT <a href="http://internetreviewofbooks.com/apr10/lying_with_the_dead.html">THE INTERNET REVIEW OF BOOKS</a>.</span></div></span>Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-82520216201951782232010-04-06T15:20:00.000-07:002010-04-06T15:35:51.430-07:00New poems at Press1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwR7Z9Kx6DcmyOZTxmOBH9nUxyMI59qBYSk1MUnpaEsdQUuZVZzAsoA_kDSQWFWm3NEBot7o8tLqsdT0Y6coiy15SOt63PRbHaAeu91bpK4tCSREfTd-jlbZ__uYgPuWa7pMvF-XG5fIMb/s1600/backtowork-didiwood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwR7Z9Kx6DcmyOZTxmOBH9nUxyMI59qBYSk1MUnpaEsdQUuZVZzAsoA_kDSQWFWm3NEBot7o8tLqsdT0Y6coiy15SOt63PRbHaAeu91bpK4tCSREfTd-jlbZ__uYgPuWa7pMvF-XG5fIMb/s320/backtowork-didiwood.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I am thrilled to have six poems included in the new issue of<a href="http://www.leafscape.org/press1/v4n1/pupek.html"> Press1</a>. These six poems were written in response to the amazing doll photographs provided by Didi Wood (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The photo above is titled <i>Back to Work,</i> Didi Wood)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">. It's a delight to be in the company of other poets I admire.</span></span><br />
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I'm looking forward to reading the entire issue tonight while the dolls whisper comments in my ear.Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-89862185897423197152010-03-31T07:22:00.000-07:002010-03-31T07:25:53.976-07:00zombie 2.0<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXePhTm34q2rzirK2YkwDGQmyeMTRXYgGegI8LbNSzXb5wVHlsmZC_6RzPCSlPMmKfpVPalJbE4k7I7xrS4hlgYibgj6ZSUawuaWxBtsvZ9HeMeETtblGtOiR0ID131hfcsVpQs0S3bj9/s1600/ZOMBIE_POSTER2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXePhTm34q2rzirK2YkwDGQmyeMTRXYgGegI8LbNSzXb5wVHlsmZC_6RzPCSlPMmKfpVPalJbE4k7I7xrS4hlgYibgj6ZSUawuaWxBtsvZ9HeMeETtblGtOiR0ID131hfcsVpQs0S3bj9/s320/ZOMBIE_POSTER2.png" /></a></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.cordite.org.au/content/poetry/zombie-2-0/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ea9999;">Cordite's Zombie 2.0</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ea9999;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ea9999;">is now online! I am delighted to have three poems included in this issue and to be in the company of such other fine poets!</span></span></span>Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-56605876193073473952010-03-28T07:37:00.000-07:002010-03-28T07:37:57.737-07:00IsReads--An Awesome Idea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-Vgp7xMl2Z9moqAfcPAafwQT53jn_7qIph1Q2dqK34BdHDxfSWRaUWEGg9pG04klPBeHZh7KEWwCrv3XJb41XQffR0AVQbSyHGXEjRdpnDYlYIQpiAvcip7p29dvs6ayIBxpn4f4hT4t/s1600/Is.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-Vgp7xMl2Z9moqAfcPAafwQT53jn_7qIph1Q2dqK34BdHDxfSWRaUWEGg9pG04klPBeHZh7KEWwCrv3XJb41XQffR0AVQbSyHGXEjRdpnDYlYIQpiAvcip7p29dvs6ayIBxpn4f4hT4t/s320/Is.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<a href="http://www.isreads.com/">IsReads</a> is an "outdoor journal" founded by <a href="http://www.publishinggenius.com/">Publishing Genius</a> in 2006. In 2008, <a href="http://www.keyholepress.com/">Keyhole Press</a> came on board to co-edit. Kathryn Regina is the managing editor. <br />
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The concept of the outdoor journal is to put short poems in unusual places, like on abandoned buildings and in shopping carts.Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-42959676692889342012010-03-23T06:46:00.001-07:002010-03-23T06:46:51.478-07:00No More Nestle or Kit Kat for Me!<object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VaJjPRwExO8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VaJjPRwExO8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-24761089866871317032010-03-20T16:42:00.000-07:002010-03-20T16:42:39.540-07:00Review in THE INTERNET REVIEW OF BOOKS...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-9dSTETcp45-NmqaId7d1OfNu3LpGlGnJmiYEjfIg2-Zs6qgq9gNdhqz8nwHd1ckhYsNQKRrW_aNGNf9SIFQQxivjFZ0cA6MjBtUif8Fu7ML4mwfTG3YyYHdWIuAs8Jg1wx3-hJHxMtx/s1600-h/front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-9dSTETcp45-NmqaId7d1OfNu3LpGlGnJmiYEjfIg2-Zs6qgq9gNdhqz8nwHd1ckhYsNQKRrW_aNGNf9SIFQQxivjFZ0cA6MjBtUif8Fu7ML4mwfTG3YyYHdWIuAs8Jg1wx3-hJHxMtx/s400/front.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><h2><em>Reality, not sympathy</em></h2><strong>FORMS OF INTERCESSION</strong><br />
By Jayne Pupek <br />
102 pp. Mayapple Press $15.95<br />
Reviewed by Doris E. Pavlichek<br />
<blockquote><blockquote><em>There is more hope in a cup of coffee <br />
than a stack of holy books... </em></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><em>At forty-three, I’m too old to wait on a redeemer. <br />
Sometimes you must intercede on your own behalf. </em><br />
— From the title poem </blockquote></blockquote>Jayne Pupek’s first full-length book of poetry examines the life of women from every angle, delving into many aspects—abortion, infidelity, mastectomy, doubt, death—from which a less seasoned or courageous writer might shy away. Pupek, having published two chapbooks and a novel and having had her poems included in anthologies and nominated for The Pushcart Prize, has the fortitude and staying power of her own favorite poet, Sylvia Plath. <a href="http://www.internetreviewofbooks.com/mar10/forms_of_intercession.html">Read the rest of the review.</a>Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-6533010365974473952010-03-14T18:06:00.000-07:002010-03-18T11:16:56.144-07:00A Few Acceptances<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PoqkzCKa6TXd2NoZxOqZQPzob9WQvDOwvynRcbXK-fa7ul3tICFjlScw-KFThFmocvIs0brmTdlO8NuD3TvbNU6G5eWON3imYpePMaMn-sakefPFTkd2vQr5RJ44EH9AYLdOEfLQZ3w9/s1600-h/25013_1298229429359_1639100767_694052_8118259_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PoqkzCKa6TXd2NoZxOqZQPzob9WQvDOwvynRcbXK-fa7ul3tICFjlScw-KFThFmocvIs0brmTdlO8NuD3TvbNU6G5eWON3imYpePMaMn-sakefPFTkd2vQr5RJ44EH9AYLdOEfLQZ3w9/s400/25013_1298229429359_1639100767_694052_8118259_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i>The Red Room: Writings from<a href="http://www.leafscape.org/press1/"> Press 1</a></i> is scheduled for release any day now! I am thrilled to be included in this anthology, edited by <a href="http://www.leafscape.org/aang/index.html">Arlene Ang</a>, <a href="http://www.leafscape.org/vfox/index.htm">Valerie Fox</a> and <a href="http://drexelpublishing.org/2009/09/28/maya-200910-updates/">Jordan Schilling</a>. <a href="http://www.cordite.org.au/">Cordite Poetry Review</a> has accepted three poems for their upcoming issue: "Way of the Zombie," "Missing Girl, 1986"and "Zombie Sex." <a href="http://www.chizine.com/">ChiZine</a> has accepted my poem, "Blue Velvet," inspired by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lynch">David Lynch</a> film of the same title. "A Kind of Suffocation" will appear in Thursday's issue of <a href="http://www.darkskymagazine.com/">Dark Sky Magazine</a>. I am thrilled to have my work appear in these exceptional journals and magazines!Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-84012722616870324092010-03-01T21:15:00.000-08:002010-03-01T21:15:18.524-08:00Bright Star<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lTetIodauIM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lTetIodauIM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Based on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, which was cut short by Keats' untimely death at age 25.</span>Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-29838453760311449912010-02-24T06:20:00.000-08:002010-02-24T06:20:54.657-08:00A Reader's Advice to Writers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGNYr1o4JyhL7ibB-hYqPKGGvqwQv5QRdKWdELD_EWg026ZuTZ4wzHiUglHJWuycI8BOePU22yV6Gnghyv1h4vggHZ__UZaO9Njzc-a3yOU3IfHnEACb8SdYeiozwuBf4ox6HRUZCo1L9/s1600-h/md_horiz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGNYr1o4JyhL7ibB-hYqPKGGvqwQv5QRdKWdELD_EWg026ZuTZ4wzHiUglHJWuycI8BOePU22yV6Gnghyv1h4vggHZ__UZaO9Njzc-a3yOU3IfHnEACb8SdYeiozwuBf4ox6HRUZCo1L9/s320/md_horiz.jpg" /></a></div>Laura Miller wrote an interesting<a href="http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/2010/02/23/readers_advice_to_writers?source=newsletter"> article</a> about her advice (as a reader) to novelists. The article appears in <a href="http://Salon.com/">Salon.com</a>. I don't necessarily agree with everything she said-- particularly the bit about humor-- but overall her points are valid and good ones to mull over. She also references the recent lists of suggestions from authors that appears in <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/20/ten-rules-for-writing-fiction-part-one">The Guardian</a>. I particularly enjoyed these lists by other writers.Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-1386665163621238782010-02-21T16:16:00.000-08:002010-02-21T16:16:20.120-08:00HWA 2009 BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaa1yIaPwdrgqlSvK1QxeJEmQzxc9obrYV5qGScOh_5v1sXnPEDhHRs5YnqofyZiz11eQF5_EImt7YnJPuGd_o2Tu8-tQNtTR3bqmsYDbHBSzhRBrOyNiK7Dy4oQ7cK18-LcCEdJSUbc9H/s1600-h/stoker-250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaa1yIaPwdrgqlSvK1QxeJEmQzxc9obrYV5qGScOh_5v1sXnPEDhHRs5YnqofyZiz11eQF5_EImt7YnJPuGd_o2Tu8-tQNtTR3bqmsYDbHBSzhRBrOyNiK7Dy4oQ7cK18-LcCEdJSUbc9H/s320/stoker-250.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', LucidaGrande, Lucida, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"><span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;">HWA 2009 BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEES</span></span><br />
<span class="text" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;">Superior Achievement in a Novel<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>AUDREY'S DOOR by Sarah Langan (Harper)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>PATIENT ZERO by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin's Griffin)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>QUARANTINED by Joe McKinney (Lachesis Publishing)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>CURSED by Jeremy Shipp (Raw Dog Screaming Press)<br />
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Superior Achievement in a First Novel<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>BREATHERS by S. G. Browne (Broadway Books)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>SOLOMON'S GRAVE by Daniel G. Keohane (Dragon Moon Press)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>DAMNABLE by Hank Schwaeble (Jove)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>THE LITTLE SLEEP by Paul Tremblay (Henry Holt)<br />
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Superior Achievement in Long Fiction<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>DREAMING ROBOT MONSTER by Mort Castle (MIGHTY UNCLEAN)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>THE HUNGER OF EMPTY VESSELS by Scott Edelman (Bad Moon Books)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>THE LUCID DREAMING by Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>DOC GOOD'S TRAVELING SHOW by Gene O'Neill (Bad Moon Books)<br />
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Superior Achievement in Short Fiction<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>KEEPING WATCH by Nate Kenyon (MONSTROUS: 20 TALES OF GIANT CREATURE TERROR)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>THE CROSSING OF ALDO RAY by Weston Ochse (THE DEAD THAT WALK)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>IN THE PORCHES OF MY EARS by Norman Prentiss (PS Publishing)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>THE NIGHT NURSE by Harry Shannon (Horror Drive-in)<br />
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Superior Achievement in an Anthology<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>HE IS LEGEND: AN ANTHOLOGY CELEBRATING RICHARD MATHESON edited by Christopher Conlon (Gauntlet Press)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>LOVECRAFT UNBOUND edited by Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse Books)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>POE edited by Ellen Datlow (Solaris)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>MIDNIGHT WALK edited by Lisa Morton (Dark House)<br />
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Superior Achievement in a Collection<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>MARTYRS AND MONSTERS by Robert Dunbar (DarkHart Press)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>GOT TO KILL THEM ALL AND OTHER STORIES by Dennis Etchison (Cemetery Dance)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>A TASTE OF TENDERLOIN by Gene O'Neill (Apex Book Company)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>IN THE CLOSET, UNDER THE BED by Lee Thomas (Dark Scribe Press)<br />
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Superior Achievement in Non-fiction<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>WRITERS WORKSHOP OF HORROR by Michael Knost (Woodland Press)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>CINEMA KNIFE FIGHT by L. L. Soares and Michael Arruda (Fearzone)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>THE STEPHEN KING ILLUSTRATED COMPANION by Bev Vincent (Fall River Press)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>STEPHEN KING: THE NON-FICTION by Rocky Wood and Justin Brook (Cemetery Dance)<br />
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Superior Achievement in Poetry<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>DOUBLE VISIONS by Bruce Boston (Dark Regions)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>NORTH LEFT OF EARTH by Bruce Boston (Sam's Dot)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>BARFODDER by Rain Graves (Cemetery Dance)<br />
<span class="header-red" style="color: #b8111a; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia, serif;"> • </span>CHIMERIC MACHINES by Lucy A. Snyder (Creative Guy Publishing)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"><pre>curling them around
i hold their bodies in obscene embrace
thinking of everything but kinship.
collards and kale
strain against each strange other
away from my kissmaking hand and
the iron bedpot.
the pot is black.
the cutting board is black,
my hand,
and just for a minute
the greens roll black under the knife,
and the kitchen twists dark on its spine
and i taste in my natural appetite
the bond of live things everywhere.</pre></span>Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-69484140613991752362010-02-09T07:25:00.000-08:002010-02-09T08:57:31.294-08:00Teachers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfD3eWWkqojEyQ6vHB-9OmKVtlZxY7ZXNSwqLc8rf88dwDimO8L1jIiRuqlr_NlXD6unGReN4sa4-FwAoC78ohf3WbLAP6ZepDjzArO1uw2Q6KjkmAadcvzV_Yn4LZzClWsvAuNOOcuhgn/s1600-h/file3821237864675.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfD3eWWkqojEyQ6vHB-9OmKVtlZxY7ZXNSwqLc8rf88dwDimO8L1jIiRuqlr_NlXD6unGReN4sa4-FwAoC78ohf3WbLAP6ZepDjzArO1uw2Q6KjkmAadcvzV_Yn4LZzClWsvAuNOOcuhgn/s320/file3821237864675.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Teachers have always played an important role in my life. I had an unusual early education because of my disability. During the mid-60s, when I was a child, children with disabilities were only beginning to be included in mainstream classes, at least in the rural areas of the South where I grew up. For the first six years of my formal education, I had a homebound instructor, Dora Shiflett. She, more than anyone, inspired my love of books. She also assisted in the writing of my first poem. Although she is no longer living, I think she would be proud to know that I had become a novelist and poet. She is the Dora to whom I dedicated <i>Tomato Girl</i>.<br />
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I found a couple of lists on the blog, <a href="http://practicing-writing.blogspot.com/2010/02/friday-finds-top-writing-blogs.html">Practicing Writing</a>, that contain a number of good resources for writers. Check them out!<br />
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<a href="http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2009/02/05/top-100-creative-writing-blogs/">Top 100 Creative Writing Blogs</a><br />
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<a href="http://universitiesandcolleges.org/top-100-blog-to-improve-your-writing-in-2010/">Top 100 Blogs to Improve Your Writing in 2010</a><br />
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And...Don't forget that this is Succour Day! The terms are:<br />
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Condition 1: All submissions should be written on Saturday February 6th, 2010.<br />
Condition 2: What you write should not be an attempt to execute an idea – for a story, for a poem, etc – that has previously occurred to you. Rather, write whatever happens to come into your head at that particular time.<br />
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More info<a href="http://www.succour.org/pages/contact"> here</a>.Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-45791873701067556952010-01-28T06:54:00.000-08:002010-01-28T07:01:46.300-08:00Poems Up at Frigg<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQI5TBK3_BeOs39brb8siyPHBdLqhAbs2q3tSjJlcwxRiKUCGjr4vjJ_B3akWbuYxDPzut5Ho5eKZwvjrtXOCwn5CmRAhL-KZlbOgQfdHc9_I7vbt7PNASGZfyNc8Bhq2sVvLzINSOlWT/s1600-h/Untitled.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQI5TBK3_BeOs39brb8siyPHBdLqhAbs2q3tSjJlcwxRiKUCGjr4vjJ_B3akWbuYxDPzut5Ho5eKZwvjrtXOCwn5CmRAhL-KZlbOgQfdHc9_I7vbt7PNASGZfyNc8Bhq2sVvLzINSOlWT/s320/Untitled.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431805272488001378" /></a><br />I'm thrilled to have six poems appearing in the recent <a href="http://www.friggmagazine.com/issuetwentyseven/splashpages/JaynePupek.htm">Law and Order issue of FRIGG magazine</a>. Check out the amazing poems by <a href="http://www.friggmagazine.com/issuetwentyseven/splashpages/ArleneAng.htm">Arlene Ang</a> and <a href="http://www.friggmagazine.com/issuetwentyseven/splashpages/DaveClapper.htm">Dave Clapper's short story, "The Rapture."</a>Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-85203321496178724082009-12-31T06:57:00.000-08:002009-12-31T07:17:25.134-08:00Happy New Year's<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7kDx8_pgjY-vcIRuvh9egJ8aYzSyvicR_Gfn18-z2kRN3Js7uEpacdsjJ-rSJEMBFHSmFVVf50quHUFBtQ1yMEKjv2EriFbkRrD0gO3oG851pi2iIcI4JO9Wh-Wr6vkMmAsx0FSAIWQU/s1600-h/cranberryCobbler.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7kDx8_pgjY-vcIRuvh9egJ8aYzSyvicR_Gfn18-z2kRN3Js7uEpacdsjJ-rSJEMBFHSmFVVf50quHUFBtQ1yMEKjv2EriFbkRrD0gO3oG851pi2iIcI4JO9Wh-Wr6vkMmAsx0FSAIWQU/s320/cranberryCobbler.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421419311913407154" /></a><br /><br />I received a copy of the<a href="http://goop.com/newsletter/63/?utm_source=Goop+Newsletter&utm_campaign=21354570c9-Goop63_12_31_2009&utm_medium=email"> GOOP</a> newsletter today, an undertaking of the actress, Gwyneth Paltrow ( a personal favorite-- and her husband-- Chris Martin of Coldplay-- isn't too shabby either.). At any rate, this issue features cocktails from some of the top bartenders. They look fun to make an even more fun to drink, so I am passing the link along for all the<span style="font-style:italic;"> responsible adults</span> to enjoy! (Yikes, do I know any responsible adults?)<br /><br /> I hope everyone has a wonderful celebration and a year full of good things!<br /><br />P.S. One of my favorite movies featuring Gwyneth Paltrow is "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377107/">Proof</a>." I also read the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Proof-David-Auburn/dp/0822217821/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262272467&sr=1-1">play </a>on which the film is based, which was amazing. Anthony Hopkins plays her father, a mentally ill but brilliant mathematician. Paltrow's character questions her own sanity while caring for him. And there is a love interest played by Jake Gyllenhaal.Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100303674732162145.post-3566133505054882922009-12-25T07:18:00.001-08:002009-12-25T07:20:51.458-08:00Happy Holidays!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWScmzG0NVZPPtb9ZlILVqXrnhNZmWvxAEYfg3vnM0B39JOBro5opczK1-7PloE_IFndFGifH1dbdnFQwIxF3_9TlQcnsgaZLQdUMW_mv_Q_GtZgRbb4FAi5blwfWEiwDrnhOyMq5R6Es/s1600-h/snowman_c.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWScmzG0NVZPPtb9ZlILVqXrnhNZmWvxAEYfg3vnM0B39JOBro5opczK1-7PloE_IFndFGifH1dbdnFQwIxF3_9TlQcnsgaZLQdUMW_mv_Q_GtZgRbb4FAi5blwfWEiwDrnhOyMq5R6Es/s320/snowman_c.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419193805336307250" /></a><br /><br />I hope everyone enjoys a safe and happy holiday!Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815870407825225561noreply@blogger.com