http://ficklemuses.com/blog an online journal of mythic poetry and fiction Sun, 16 May 2010 17:22:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en FM contributor Alan Morrison has a new book out from Smoke Stack Books, "Keir Hardie Street." From the publisher: "Allan Jackdaw, an unremembered early twentieth-century poet, undertakes a fantastical journey on the hidden Sea-Green Line of the London Underground. Along the way he meets the ghosts of William Blake, Robert Tressell ... http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2010/05/16/contributor-news-alan-morrison/ Being a henotheist, I generally have some measure of belief in any myth I'm writing with (at least in the pantheon the myth is grounded in), but writing my particular god is different than writing other gods. For one thing, though I pretty much always present gods as sensual beings, ... http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/31/to-believe-or-not-to-believe-that-is-the-question/ Thanks to FM contributer Stephen Mead for sharing this: The Tapestry of Bronze is sponsoring a series of poetry contests to celebrate Greek and Roman mythology and the Olympian gods. The subject of the fourth contest is Demeter (also known as Ceres), the Goddess of the Harvest. All poems remain the property ... http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/22/tapestry-of-bronze-fall-2009-contest/ Fickle Muses nominated three outstanding contributors for the the Best of the Web Anthology: Sean C. Hayden for "The Cobbler of Buttercup" Israel Wasserstein for "Stepping into the Woods" and Kean Kaufmann for "Reverse Persephone" http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/31/fm-nominees-for-best-of-the-web/ Negations An Interdisciplinary Journal of Social Thought Expanding the Realm of Discourse Negations explores the nature of civilization and society including the ethical theory that underpins civilization. The journal is indebted to the writings of  thinkers including Herbert Marcuse and Albert Schweitzer. Their seminal ideas inspire our vision of a conversation that expands the realm ... http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/31/call-for-mythology-submissions-from-negations/ Stephen Mead's new book of art and poetry, "Our Book of Common Faith," is now available from Amazon.com. Mead says, "The book is an exploration of world cultures/religions (including atheism as a form of belief) as an impetus for union as opposed to violence. (That is, if human beings would just ... http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/22/contributor-news-stephen-mead/ It's that time again, when Leslie and I will be going back over the past year's poetry & fiction to select our nominees for online & small press awards. Which are your 2009 favorites so far? http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/16/best-of-fm-2009/ I've been thinking lately about the real value of getting published vs. self-publishing. Of course, as a poet, it's a different question than it is for fiction or nonfiction prose writers, who have more paying options (though also more competition). So I hope some prose writers (as well as poets) ... http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/26/to-publish-or-to-self-publish/ Literary zines providing content in a variety of formats I've heard of. Literary zine paying writers $1,000 per story? This you've got to check out: http://flavorwire.com. http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/17/electric-literature/ I got a request for Fickle Muses to start a twitter stream, and I was wondering how many fans would be interested in that sort of thing. So what do you say; would you like to see FM on Twitter, Facebook, etc.? You can find me on Twitter & Facebook ... http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/14/should-fm-tweet/ If you were modernizing a myth, which would you choose and what setting would you put it in? http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/12/question-of-the-week-3/ What god, saint, etc. would you add for the modern pantheon? http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/05/question-of-the-week-2/ Poetry Superhighway's annual poetry contest opened yesterday, with entries due by Sept. 25. The fee is super cheap - $1 per poem - and everyone gets a prize - top three divvy up the entry fees, and others get prizes donated by poets and publishers - poetry books & services, ... http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/01/poetry-superhighway-contest/ Howard Camner's autobiography "Turbulence at 67 Inches" is now available from Xlibris. To order call 888-795-4274 ext. 7876. Available in hardcover ($34.99) and softcover ($23.99). Read Camner's poetry on Fickle Muses. http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/30/contributor-news-howard-camner/ If you could invite any person(s) and/or god(s) from any myth(s) to dinner, which would you choose, why, and what would be on the menu? http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/28/question-of-the-week/ As you'll see now that you've made it here, the FM blog has moved to a new format. That's right, I've finally gotten over my squeamishness about Web 2.0 and set up a space where folks can comment and interact like proper 21st century inhabitants. We'll also be making an ... http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/21/welcome-to-the-new-blog/ Originally posted May 19, 2009 FM isn't featured, but it's still pretty neat that there's an annual anthology recognizing all the great work published online. http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/14/108/ Originally posted May 18, 2009 A couple weeks back Kenneth P. Gurney released his 2nd book: Writers' Block. The book is available at Bookworks on Rio Grande in Albuquerque and through Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Writers-Block-Kenneth-P-Gurney/dp/1441437142/ $10 price, 140 pages, firm bound.  Writers' Block contains poems written between 2001 and 2006. Read Kenneth P. Gurney's poetry on Fickle ... http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/14/106/ Originally posted May 1, 2009 Poetry Super Highway's fifth annual E-book Free-For-All is on for today only, with 65 E-books available free until midnight: http://poetrysuperhighway.com/pshffa.html. I'm hoping to find to good poets I didn't know about before. Sari http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/14/104/ Originally posted April 19, 2009 Dionysus has been toying with me lately. Maybe it’s just the spring air, but I have the overwhelming urge to kick my shoes off, run screaming through the maze of cubicles where the adjunct faculty slave, grading endless stacks of composition papers, and out into ... http://ficklemuses.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/14/102/