A lovely star has departed this realm
Onto something else more apt
For who she became & is becoming.
We regard her in almost saintly status
For she was fine.
Kind.
Charming in a quiet peaceful way & brilliantly sweet.
Fare thee well bright and lovely one.
One of my overall aims in the writing expedition I’ve taken on since around the start of covid times has been to see all my work out there in one place.
Now, thanks to moving the project along with Grant Hudson at Clarendon House Publishing, it has happened. WooHoo! And here they both are:
THE LUCK BIRD
http://www.amazon.com.au/Luck-Bird-Speculative-Collection-Dreamers-ebook/dp/B0DHD5159P/ref
NED’S REDEMPTION
http://www.amazon.com.au/Neds-Redemption-Speculative-Short-Collection-ebook/dp/B0DHDCTMTF/ref
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The series of both Poetica and Galaxy from Clarendon House have been a regular second-monthly scifi, fantasy or poetic submission and read. It only gets better. Poetica #19 contains my poem, New Day, Early Morning. Great cover.
Am sitting at Gate 2 waiting another half hour to board the Melbourne flight. Leaving home at 4.50am got me here on time if not early, so time to reflect and update here.
So some food for thought for today, Friday 2nd August. The Van Gough quote is a tad melancholy, right? However, I think it’s probably true. Maybe those who are broken by life can appreciate the wonder of art (visual, written..) more than those who are enjoying life without art. (Could that ever be possible? A life with no art? The heart shrinks a little.)
So what else? I’m about to attend some of the Fairy Tale Society 2024 Conference and looking forward to what it may inspire and bring forth. Yes, I have written a few fairy tales in the past few years. Stay tuned.
Hi all. This is a start to wish everyone good days of fun and relax and even write over Xmas New Year, and to round up this year. It’s been a whirl and to write it all down would be worthy of a book, but a snapshot will suffice.
Spring comes and it’s getting warmer…I am continuing to write essays, also considering refinements to the memoir idea, and writing regular poems getting accepted with The Writers Club. I’m am regularly submitting to Clarendon House Publishing Poetica and Galaxy series each second month. I wrote a couple of 100 word drabbles which were submitted to a competition with Starry Eyed Press. Let’s see how we go!
It’s mid year already and I’ve had a busy year so far. There’s travel, retreats, writings, hellos and goodbyes. It’s all fitting in there. I’ve been to India twice – Mount Abu, and Bangalore in the south; both places for retreats with the Brahma Kumaris, and with a broad international groups of participants.
Am having continued good luck in having acceptances from Clarendon House Publications with the Poetica and Galaxy series of anthologies. This is very exciting! It’s a joy to read these books & thanks to Grant Hudson for his inclusion, and his wonderful photographic art, as well as the Inner Circle Writers Group which ALWAYS has some great posts.
I’m in a semi-editing mode. In fact I’ve been in this space since early 2022 and it’s become my writing direction. I have six or more short stories I need to edit and each one is a project within itself. I’m also submitting; usually a short story every couple of months, (one of the edited ones as I’m not starting any new ones yet), and poetry at least monthly, sometimes bi-monthly. It’s not what I would call prolific right now and that is totally fine. This isn’t writer’s block – whatever that is – for me it doesn’t happen. I have other work which is keeping me tip top and on top of things but I’m not stopping my writing. Impossible.
Last Sunday I spent a day at WestWords in Parramatta and enjoyed the 4 sessions including writer’s discussing their books, a stimulating writing workshop from the lovely Deaf writer Fiona Murphy, more writers interviewed about their books and finally a chance to read some poetry in the afternoon slam. It was the first time I have read for a public group like that – all women too – and I must say I got emotional. It was a great day although glad to get back to the mountains afterwards as it was a Big Day Out, having just come back from India and all that that entails in ‘transitioning’ and ‘recalibrating’ and ‘settling back in.’
I have a couple of upcoming publications in anthologies. My story from the dragon’s viewpoint, “The Dismal Dragon” will be featured in the Black Hare Press 500 Fiction series book, DRAGON. It comes out on March 21st and here is the pre-order https//readerlinks.com/l/3208099.
My short fantasy story called “The Wishing Chair” about disenfranchised forest djinn from Persia celebrating their love and magic will be in the upcoming GALAXY #9 anthology from Clarendon House Publishing. Thanks to Grant Hudson, a supportive and broad-ranging publisher.
Some wise words: Inner Strength means transforming mistakes into Wisdom.
Wait a minute. Has this been the quickest year yet? Here we are heading towards the end of 2022 like a fast train. I hope everyone’s staying on the rails as a lot of things seem they are rapidly changing. And that includes my blog here. How so? I’m changing so what I write and put my attention (ie: time and energy) to is also different. I like it. I hope you do too. I hope you keep up.
2022 has seen more publishing of my poetry than previous years. This was an intention and it bore fruit. I’ve also just entered several short stories into an Australian award program, so let’s see how that goes. Stay tuned.
India calls and travel is easier than it has been for the past few covid years, so I’m off in February. More news to come. May your festive season be Merry and easy. Yo 2023. 🎵💜🎶
D.J. Elton Writer 