Progress and Poetry

Apr 05, 2024 5:00 pm

'Tis April, the time for Poetry!

Or, Woo Hoo, it's National Poetry Month again!

The time where I jump into the insanity and write a poem a day on my blog.

And this year I'm going to attempt some video readings of those poems for Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.

You'll find all of this month's poems on my blog

Click for the Poems!

And speaking of my blog...

Here's a little taste of a Drabble Wednesday post.

Smiles

Blank faces and stares waiting to be entertained. Drab little lives craving distraction, amusement, noise to fill the hollow void. Something to make them smile, paste a fleeing grin on their face as they stuff their private lies down deep, melding into the communal seduction.

Anticipation and applause rise with the curtain, as the players begin their roles. With eager eyes, everyone watches the stage, the clowns prancing, dancing, giving the crowd their drug of choice. Now a happy throng, never suspecting the price they will pay for their smiles. For our clowns are hungry and our knives are sharp.

If you'd like to read the other two stories, pop on over.

Drabble Wednesday: Tales of Horror

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On the writing front, The Headless Corpse (Heyward and Andersen #3) is ready for beta readers! If you'd like to read an edited draft and give me feedback, you can check it out on Story Origin. Please Note: This is not a book for download. This is to be read online and is a chance for you to share your thoughts and opinions with me about what you liked and disliked in the story. Access to the story ends May 10.

Link For Beta Readers

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News for Writers

In June, I'll be presenting at this year's AuthorTube Writing Conference again.

This year's topic: Lost in Genre

This is a great event for authors and I encourage you to check it out

https://www.authortubewritingconference.com/

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This month's Inside the Book fact

The character of Blackthorne in the Saga of the Outer Islands trilogy was inspired by actor Ioan Gruffudd's performance in the British miniseries Horatio Hornblower. And this also is why the character has a Welsh accent in the audiobook recording. In the test recordings, Captain Morrow and Blackthorne sounded too similar, so my narrator and I decided to grant Blackthorne the accent as the actor who inspired him is Welsh.

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