I took my blog down for awhile to get away from the public forum and get perspective. I got quite a lot of that after a visit to a new opthalmologist today, leading to a new entry in my ongoing journal on my struggles with glaucoma. For more, read here... I'll just say, sometimes you need illusion to inspire the miracle of hope to salve some of the greatest wounds.... [More]

My laptop up and died two days ago. So much for waiting to the last minute to do my reviewing. I had all of Saturday to myself. My wife was hosting a 'candle party' which involved the kids. I was to take the laptop and get out of the house and now I'm at the library and can't get in the frame of mind to review. I had to go online and order a part for my computer. These computers are packed with so much firewall protection, it take forever for pages to load. I'm looking... [More]

Thanks to for the Quill nomination. Thanks to for letting me know that was nominated by Em for Best Short Poem. I think that's the first nomination of that type for me since joining this site. I recall being in other contests where I've had to submit my own items for consideration. Don't recall anyone doing this since honored for a Wow award at her port. To think, I only submitted the poem into the Shining Stars contest because they needed entries from Rising Stars. It w... [More]

Finally! A review completed as I am starting to make a run at this Sunshine reviewathon with 10 days left. I was preparing to hit send when I got to thinking about how we have to report reviews to affiliated groups for credit. As with Rising Stars, Angel Army and now Sunshine for me. I always have to go to a forum and post who or what I reviewed. Such a tedious process. And then it hit me. Boy, it would be nice if we could CC a review to another to help them track. I know people don't ... [More]

Sometimes, I can't explain a poem to make someone understand it's meaning. I usually know what compelled me to write, as is the case with . And in a response to a review, I think I have in a nutshell what the poem is about: It's loosely used as a metaphor for being a writer in this community. I imagine all the members in a room/online like this, doing their own thing. I want to make some noise to get attention sometimes and don't know how, or what the right way is. And it fe... [More]

I got to thinking about newsletters at Writing.Com. I once subscribed to several newsletters, but figured I didn't need them emailed to me if they are archived. But I've noticed, I've missed out on some things that are currently happening because I check them so infrequently. And now I wonder if others do the same thing. The reason for wonderment started after I had a poem featured in the Romance/Love newsletter last month. The only reason I would know this is because I got a revi... [More]

Ever have one of those poems that you thought would get more attention, but just sits there in your port collecting dust? I've decided to take the advice of another member and post an abridged version of my epic poem "Heart To Pilot". The redux debuts today: I won't post the original here for now. The new version needs a chance to spawn on its own. If it doesn't draw much attention, then I'll just have to go on admiring the original and how I was inspired to wri... [More]