gone fishing

I haven't been writing that much of late, and though I have plenty of old pieces that I could be posting, I feel that I need to be a bit more reserved with what I publish here. not because I don't want to share my work, but because I am becoming more interested in being a little more than self-published. a lot of the literary contests, magazines, anthologies, etc., will not consider previously published work, and a good amount consider posting to one's blog as publishing... I mean, that makes a lot of sense, I think; hell, to make this post, I will have to click my mouse over the graphic of a rectangle with the word "publish" embedded in it.

I do want to keep up with this blog, though. over the past year or so, I have accumulated several different ones, and this one means a bit to me, if only because it sparingly represents my art. I will be updating with a few more visuals if my lousy computer (shhhh, baby, don't listen to what mama is saying, she loves you, don't crap out....) permits me. I will be promoting my performances a bit more here, and critiquing them; I recently did one that I don't believe I ever promoted here, which is a shame because I came off the stage feeling as if I nailed it; a new thing for me to feel whilst performing my own work.

I have published a zine, of which I should be making a second, revised edition and actually peddling. I gave most of the first run away, happily, but I feel that I'd like to at least break even for one pressing. I'm sure a lot of artists can relate to the fact that I really don't want the issue of money to encroach upon my art, but it is a beautiful little dream of mine to think that perhaps one day, I will be free to only be working on it, and still be able to meet my needs. not to say that I don't enjoy the work that I do right now, but I would like to switch things around a little. full-time art, then work on some after-school programs to fulfill my desire to warp children's minds, I mean, give them something to enrich themselves.

I don't know if anyone reading this notices, but I tend to edit my pieces after they've already been posted. that is something that originally had me thinking that I should perhaps at least give myself a waiting period before publishing them here. I'll probably start going through the poems that I have already posted here, and critique them a bit; that's a mode that I'm in right now... edit edit edit. I invite you, dear reader, to help me out. any constructive, relevant criticism, or praise, is welcome. I might not apply it, as is my prerogative, but it helps to have external insight.

also, I will start posting my craft stuff here, since I do consider that art as well. since I will be taking down my craft blogs, I will start moving the posts over here, which should be interesting. I'm going to miss those blogs, if only for their names: "stranded in surreality," and "apocalypse crafting." they both have different meanings for me, and now will be relegated to tags for future posts here. I know that there are those that might disagree about the art/craft connection, but it's not like I ever present myself such that I expect complete agreement anyway. if you don't give a shit about those projects, it'll be easy enough to ignore those postings. yes, I will be doing some tagging of my own here.

well, that is all for now. have a happy day!