The Pilot

(The Q doesn't really matter too much, but I loved the A.)

A. For weight and balance purposes, I have to have souls on board.

Yes?

April

Happy 20th Birthday, Tom!

Paperless

Online chapbooks are nice. Dusie has this from Amy King.

FGWC?

Maybe we have a name. What do you think? FGWC? No explanation? Make up lies about what it means? Let it be a very flexible persona?

Dissemination

I wasn't particularly looking for a poem this morning, more like a cup of coffee and some clean jeans, but this man says he wants to be my friend on Goodreads: Hugh Behm-Steinberg. Since he already has 475 friends I'm sure he's running fast and loose with the term, but that's okay. I googled him to see if he's written anything good, anything worth adding him to my Goodreads list.

There's a couple of tactics of reproduction, but I never can remember their names. One idea is that you spread a million seeds and hope something sprouts. The other idea is you jealously guard a couple plants and do everything you can to make sure they do well. I've always been more of a No. 2 producer, with some sprinkling of No. 1. I guess in the writing world you have to be a bit of both if you want your work read. Still...

Writers' News

Writers' workshop was great last night, as Ryan has mentioned on his blog. It was wonderful to have Scot & Dane & Kasey turn out. They added exponentially to the mix. Mark escaped from work and was able to join us for the first time in a long while! We squeezed ten around Chris's table and it was all good, except for the exploding beer, but we cleaned that up.

So here's the aftermath:

We're adding one more Wednesday night workshop for April, on the 30th, 7:15. Scot has agreed to host it and her house is close to IUSB! I'll send the address around when the time comes near.

Dane also volunteered to host a workshop in the future. We'll work out the details next time.

We'll look more at the May schedule in a couple of weeks. School will be out!

And I didn't remember to bring up our name issue....

Writers' Workshop Tonight!

Yes, pay attention!!! We're workshopping tonight at Chris O'Brien's. Yes, you can come, even though you didn't write anything and maybe you didn't even get the e-mail and you'll be late and whatnot. There will be food, drink...

Boobs

(A short poem by the Finlander for his wife in rememberance of Valentine's Day. Another poet to keep an eye on...)

I like boobs
so sue me!
Just because my eyes
do not look into yours
as we talk.
Is that a good reason
Not to look into mine?
Like George Bush looked into
Vladimir Putin's.
And saw his soul.
And it was good.