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A few poems I'm very happy with!

I've mentioned Wrizzit before. It has attracted creative people leaving Substack, and it does have Substackish features, but Wrizzit is really it's own place. The general atmosphere there is highly focused on creative work, which is mostly writing at this time, but developers looking to get visual artists interested.  People can start magazines there for other members to submit work to. They are curated collections, and some have more requirements than others. I've had a few poems accepted into magazines. The poems are available directly from my profile, along with other poems I share there, but I want to give you links to the magazines so maybe you'll take the time to read writing from other authors and poets, as well. Psalm of Manipulation is in  Fuck Your Lecture on Craft , a collection inspired by the Noor Hindi poem Fuck Your Lecture on Craft, My People Are Dying . Leaving Home is in  mouth stained red with words left unsaid , which is all pieces about regretting n...
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Weekly Tarot Reading

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This week's general reading is tough advice to follow at times, but it is good advice.  Have confidence in what you do. There's a lot of work to get to where you want to be, and the opportunities don't come from waiting for other people to tell you who you are. It's your work and your journey. Know yourself and commit to creating what you want.  Three cards from the Rhythm and Soul Tarot deck. King of Jazz (Wands), 3 of Jazz, and The Eon (Judgement). I have  spots open for personal readings . There are four types of card readings, or you can get a dice reading. I email the reading to you as a detailed pdf report that walks you through the whole thing.
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Here I am! But where am I going?

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It's been... well, it's been a LOT lately! But you probably already knew that, because I'm betting it's been a lot for you, too. This is going to be one of those posts in which I kind of ramble my way through things. Organizing them into neat little facts and announcements just isn't the point I'm at.  So what point am I at? That depends on what you're asking about. The various points do all connect on a map of my writing, though. It's spring, and that means plants are waking up. I've been cleaning up the ones that come inside for the winter because it will be time for them to go back outside any day now. The ones that always live inside don't need as much cleaning up, but there has been some trimming and preparing them for another growing season. A few of them needed to be repotted. It won't be much longer before it's time to get the vegetable garden going for this year, so the preparation process for that has already begun. There are al...
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Weekly Tarot Reading

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I had things I wanted to write about here last week, but it didn't happen. Looking at this week's tarot reading, I'm feeling the message. Sometimes it's a trade. Take on a new thing, and let something else sit for a while.  Three tarot cards from the Rhythm and Soul Tarot deck. The Ace of Jazz (Wands), 8 of Roots (Pentacles), and 10 of Jazz (Wands). That spark of inspiration and fire of hope is lightning up! But be careful not to take on too much. If it's calling for dedication and hard work, you might already be at your limit.  I'm keeping the weekly general readings simple, but I have  fives kinds of readings to choose from  for a personal reading. You get a detailed report sent as a pdf. No need to worry about fitting anything into a schedule. 
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Weekly Tarot Reading

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I've made information about divination services that I offer available, but I admit I don't usually talk about it much because I talk about my writing a lot more. Or, if you follow me on social media then you know I've been talking about my plants lately.  I want to change that. The talking about divination part. (I'm going to keep talking about plants.) I'm going to work on giving a quick, general reading for the new week on Sundays or Mondays. And we may as well start with this week!  Three cards from the Rhythm and Soul Tarot. 3 of Roots (Pentacles), 9 of Jazz (Wands), and The Devil. We start with there being something that needs to be group work, but then it feels like a lot of work is being done alone. That doesn't stop it from happening, but it does make the work seem harder. Maybe also slower. Then we look at what The Devil has to say about this. Maybe you are working alone, but it would be because you've somehow put yourself in that posit...
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More Thoughts About More Poetry

I've been doing a lot of writing! I mean, you might expect that because, well... author, books, you know. There are a lot of things that go into that, though, that are not days of just letting the words pour out. I've been happy with how much of that has been happening.  Spring is working it's way in. That's what the non-human animals in the house tell me. Us humans are having a hard time believing it because the temperature keeps dropping back down every time we start thinking maybe we should start doing Spring Stuff soon. The Spring Stuff will take away some of my writing time, which will then turn into Summer Stuff. It's not that I'll have to stop writing for most of the year, but I will have to accept that it's going to slow down again. In addition to the fairy tale retelling novel that I'm working on, I'm getting more comfortable with poetry. As I've said before, there's a part of me that wishes I had never walked away from it. Realizing...
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Names and Their Power

I've said before that I'm not good at talking about a project while I'm still working on it. I don't know what might change between when I talked about it and when it's finished. I don't know if the energy I put into talking about it will drain energy away from the writing. If I say too much, what if I feel like I've mostly told the story and there's no reason to write it anymore?  But I do want to share something about what I'm currently working on. No, not the one that got pushed aside for now. No, not the one that I'm not seriously working on but my mind keeps whispering little hints of inspiration for. The one in the middle. The one I've been immersing myself in and coming up for air just so I can dive back in and keep writing!  If you follow me on Bluesky, you've probably seen me posting little bits for the daily #WIPSnips prompts, so you know it's a fairy tale retelling. Names get mentioned, but I haven't talked about how I...
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