Josh Medsker created a project about four years ago called Medskerpedia, and now he has started a new version of this pretty amazing poem-a-day practice–Medskerpedia Mark II. I wanted to know more about this new project, so I interviewed Medsker to find out what he is up to […]
Contrary to popular opinion, there are many ways to earn an income for today’s resourceful writer, particularly in the digital age. The “starving artist” image is so ‘80’s! Trust me; I should know. In my long and colorful career as a professional scribe, I’ve pursued darn near all […]
For poets, reading is both business and pleasure. You can hide out in Squaw Valley workshopping your verses all you want, or enter every writing contest you stumble across online. But the most enjoyable way to become a better poet? Reading more poetry. It’s simple enough to find […]
The Rock Canyon Poets group curates a poem-a-day (almost every day) and shares it in our Facebook group, as well as a writing prompt with a poem every Sunday. The curator, Lisa Connors, often selects poem samples from literary magazines who are currently open for submissions. If you […]
It has been both a blessing and a burden. Music, that is. For years I carried my secret around like I was the recipient of King Tut’s curse. Friends knew I wrote prose and poetry but they were unaware that I was also a very frustrated wannabe composer. […]
Pretty Owl Poetry, a Pittsburgh-based online literary arts journal, is introducing a new prompt series: POPcraft: Tarot for Poets. Every other week a new writing prompt will be featured on the website (www.prettyowlpoetry.com) and will focus on a Tarot spread readers can use for writing inspiration. A play […]
The use of a particular English word like “peace” varies over time. Some words become more popular while other drop in popularity. On the Google Books Ngram Viewer we can look up the historical usage of “peace” in English, “paix” in French or “paz” in Spanish. We […]
