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Part 3 of “When the Elves Are Gone” now available!
If you have been reading “When the Elves Are Gone” over at World of Myth, I’m happy to share that the third and final part is now available! you can read it here: https://jayzohub.com/darkmythproductions/theworldofmyth/112/fantasy/when_the_elves_are_gone/when_the_elves_are_gone.html?fbclid=IwAR2ErKkUK3-w0L_RztIEQMG_qLBl2XQT638cal_-MCtQXJ9x_xItQAl5zls And here are parts 1 and … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, fiction, publication, When the Elves Are Gone, World of Myth, writer, writerlife, writing
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Lost Notebooks and Second First Pages
About a year ago, I lost nearly 100 pages of drafting towards a project I had been trying to lay track for for many years, when the notebook I was writing it in went missing. (I know, I know. In … Continue reading
Writing Through Lacunae: Generative Erasures, Medieval Multiverses
By actively turning attention to the erasures and lacunae left on, in, and by my subjects of study … allowing myself along the way to think and write deeply into them… I am continuously learning, re-learning, and helping my students and readers to learn, how to engage with my work.
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Posted in Academia, Arthurian Things, Conferences and Professional Development Opportunities, Research and Scholarship, Teaching, writing
Tagged adaptation, Arthurian Legend, Arthurian Things, Arthuriana, Arthurtime, Beowulf, creative writing, fantasy, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae, identity scholarship, King Arthur, literary reception, medieval literature, Medieval Studies, medievalism, poet, poetry, Representation in literature, representation in teaching, scholarship, teaching, Teaching medieval literature, translation, writer, writing
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“When the Elves Are Gone” Part One now out at World of Myth Magazine
I knew it was a weird little bird from the beginning, because it was designed that way–I never billed it as a traditional short story, because it’s just not. Continue reading
Posted in fiction, Publishing, writing
Tagged amwriting, amwritingfiction, Eco Fantasy, fantasy fiction, fantasy short story, fantasy writer, fiction, hybrid fiction, hybrid speculative fantasy, speculative fiction, speculative writer, When the Elves Are Gone, World of Myth Magazine, writer
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Microfiction “Crossing the Threshold” up at A Story in 100 Words
Hello World, and hope you’re doing well. I’m writing to you today from the confines of what professors sometimes jokingly, sometimes despairingly call “grading jail,” that period of time between the end of the academic semester and the due date … Continue reading
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Tagged amwriting, fiction, micro fiction, microfiction, postcard fiction, publication, Publishing, short story, short-short story, writer, writing
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My first craft essay
Hello all! One of the first questions people ask you as a writer is “where do you get your ideas from?” or, “How do you come up with things to write?” or, “How do you write/ what’s your writing process?” … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthurian Legend, Arthurian Things, craft essay, craft of poetry, medievalism, poet, poetry, poetry writing, writer, writerlife, writing
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A Lesson Learned
The only truly enduring aspects of my life, the only through lines linking my earliest childhood memories to the present moment, have been curiosity–a drive to know, to ask Why? Yes, why? But why? What now? what comes next? and find the answers–and a burning urge, a need, to write, to make, to create. Continue reading
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Tagged Covid-19, life lessons, pandemic, self-awareness, self-reflection, teaching, writer, writing
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Pandemic Poem #31
What are you dreaming about and loving fiercely today? (Reading tip: if you are reading this on your phone screen, turning the screen sideways will result in a correct placement of each line; otherwise, they are broken up in unusual … Continue reading
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Tagged amwriting, amwritingpoetry, Author, authorcommunity, authorlife, pandemicpoem, pandemicpoetry, poem, poet, poetry, poetrycommunity, poetrylife, poetrynation, writer, writercommunity, writerlife, writing
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Pandemic Poem #29
Pandemic poem #29. Not everyone finds their person, not everyone has a person, not everyone wants a person, not everyone believes in soulmates. I did, and I do, and I’m grateful. (Reading tip: if you are reading this on your … Continue reading
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Tagged amwriting, amwritingpoetry, Author, pandemicpoetry, poem, poet, poetry, poetrycommunity, poetrynation, responsepoetry, writer, writing
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Pandemic Poem #26
Pandemic poem #26 came as I lay on the floor, petting a cat and just looking at the ceiling, at the light coming through the blinds, and feeling my body and mind actually settle and drop in energy. Things I … Continue reading
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Tagged amwriting, amwritingpoetry, authorlife, pandemicpoetry, poem, poet, poetry, poetrycommunity, poetrylife, poetrynation, responsepoetry, writer, writerlife, writing
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Melissa Ridley Elmes 