It was a great pleasure to be interviewed by The Wise Owl for their Tête-à-Tête interview series in their latest Jade Edition issue. The Wise Owl is a new, international, monthly e-magazine publishing poetry, short fiction, non-fiction (essays, memoirs, travelogues, reviews (books/films/TV series/OTT releases), literary/critical writing, short film, and visual art. For more information see my interview with Principal Editor Rachna Singh and submission guidelines. They are always open for no fee submissions!
While I’m no longer posting on my website regularly, There are many resources available online to use for current submission calls and other helpful tips, check out some of these excellent literary resource sites, not to mention my lists that will be useful for the long term, such as Year Round Calls. If you’re on Facebook, I’ll continue to run the No Fee Calls for Poems group as well.
Click here to read the full interview.
Here’s an excerpt:
Q: I would like to start by complimenting you on the work you are doing to promote the study and writing of poetry as a serious art form. Our readers would be interested in knowing what inspired you to write poetry and become a literary arts advocate?
A: Thanks for having me, I appreciate the opportunity! I’ve been reading and writing poetry since I was very young and have always been inspired by words. My mother tells people I was born with a pen in my hand. The more I learned about and studied poetry, the more I noticed that people don’t recognize the value of literary arts, so I do everything I can to support literary artists and to get the word out that what we do has meaning.
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