Scene Break May 29, 2024
May 29, 2024
MAY 29, 2024
I was born 69 years ago today. My friends and family have been sending me bunches of stuff on Facebook and text. I will put what I can here. I don't know if you can make them work or not but if so they're kinda cute.
https://www.facebook.com/677307896/videos/1012563307266712/
https://www.facebook.com/100093885923160/videos/2142980826083836/
https://www.facebook.com/a6e7f8a4-4b58-4c19-b362-794468fd3f42
https://youtu.be/MjF1bG5LUcs?si=o2zNrxBYHZ20WrsP
https://www.facebook.com/1557647140/videos/1610813246427686/
https://www.facebook.com/726747016/videos/443802184921694/
https://www.facebook.com/616240249/videos/1491205201513222/
https://www.facebook.com/100000935040037/videos/1490719521856056/
Ok enough of this.
WHAT'S NEW IN POETRY
The sad news is the anthology I was working on with the other person has folded due to her health issues.
The good news is a handful of us (myself and the ones I recruited to be in that anthology) wanted to publish our poetry as a chapbook together. One of us, Johanna, said she'd always wanted to have a small publishing company. This seemed like the best time. Now we are collecting more poems for our project.
The company is called Cicada Song Press. More to come later.
We need poetry about the members of the 27 Club. You can find out who they are by viewing this list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club
We want poems about artists, musicians, actors, writers, etc. Not ordinary people. If you are so inclined, send your work to me.
WHAT'S UP WITH MY NOVELS
I queried 12 agents and had one rejection for UNDER THE BUBBLE. I haven't sent anymore yet but I'm about ready to. I'll query a few agents every month.
My second novel, DREAMS TO VISIONS, is once again being rewritten from the beginning. A few years ago, an editor gave me some bad advice and I took it. It made this book not as enjoyable. After having a few people read the first 4 chapters, I realize I need to start in a different place. The place I'd started before.
Needless to say, this has been discouraging. I am pretty tired of starting over but something in me won't let me move on. However, I was able to jot down some ideas for scenes using tarot the other day. Scenes I know will happen later in the book. At least that's a start.
Instead of calling the next section WHAT I'M READING I'm calling it WHY I'M BARELY READING.
It's been so hard to read when I can barely keep my eyes open. I can sit on the couch and fall asleep almost immediately but then in bed I toss and turn. I can read in short spurts but tackling a book is next to impossible. My sleep issues might be a culmination of meds, caffeine, staying up too late, eating too late. But mostly I tell myself, Mom was like this, too.
I'm busy with my book, the poetry for the 27 Club collection, and new poetry I sometimes write. Then my eyes start to close, and I head for the couch.
PUBLICATIONS SINCE LAST SCENE BREAK
2 Viator poems with Ice Floe Press https://icefloepress.net/2024/05/10/two-constraint-poems-mona-mehas-art-robert-frede-kenter/
2 poems in Tipton Poetry Journal https://issuu.com/tiptonpoetryjournal/docs/tpj60
1 poem in Calliope https://calliopeontheweb.org/
My Meter & Mayhem interview https://youtu.be/JIgQdis-BeA
STAR TREK
1 more episode of Discovery and it will be over for that series. I love Discovery! It was the one that brought the Trek universe back to our world after so many years without any new Star Trek. Some people complained about it because it jumped in time. Others complained about how the Klingons looked. I loved how those Klingons looked! I'm sad to see Discovery end but happy we had it for 5 years. Also so looking forward to Starfleet Academy, Section 31, and maybe Origins and Legacy. Those in charge have pretty much decided that 5 years is long enough for a Trek series. (TNG, DS9, Voy all went 7 years.) I feel lucky that Discovery and Lower Decks got 5 years each. TOS, followed by TAS, almost one series divided in half, were less than 5 together. So was Enterprise. And Prodigy got booted and picked up by Netflix with season 2 on the way.
NOTE: If you don't know all the acronyms maybe you should watch more Star Trek.
TODAY'S PICTURE
My daughter texted me all the birthday pictures included in this newsletter, including the one at the top of the page.
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