NO-COMFORT ZONE FOR THIS WEEK POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY!

Carol A. Stephen

Last week I hinted that I already had something in the works for this week, and I am happy to tell you that I have pledged to participate in the 11th Annual Poetry Super Highway Great Poetry Exchange!

I have added my chapbook, Above the Hum of Yellow Jackets, to the list of participants.  In March, I’ll be given the address of another participant to send a copy of my book to them.  In return, I will be receiving one from somewhere out there in the poetry world!  What fun!

If you want to participate yourself, and you have a book you’d like to send out on the Poetry Superhighway, visit here: http://poetrysuperhighway.com/PoetLinks.html   BUT HURRY!  The deadline is this Wednesday.

By the way, I still have some copies of the chapbook available for sale, so if you’re interested drop me a comment and I’ll let you know the finer details of doing that.  CAS

No-Comfort Zone Success this week

Carol A. Stephen

This week, I made a little progress on submissions by sending a second group of poems off to The Light Ekphrastic. The deadline is tomorrow so I am crossing my fingers on that one.

And I’ve been discussing my fears about travelling with a friend, who assures me that I am quite crazy, just like always! Of course, you need a little of that to be a poet, so it doesn’t really concern me (the crazy part I mean!)

I have a little plan for the upcoming week’s No-Comfort task, but I will keep it to myself for now, so that if nothing else, I have something to share next Sunday about it!

Cheers for now, and keep challenging yourself!

Carol

Outside the Zone this week

Carol A. Stephen

This week I submitted an article that I had not even thought about submitting till an hour before.  It’s a non-fiction piece about my illness and surgery three years ago, and the fears that  I am now fighting that resulted from that experience.

This took me out of my comfort zone both as a writer who needs to get past a fear of rejection, and by revealing something very personal.
Now I am just waiting to hear if it’s accepted! 
Oh, yes,and I also sent in five of my small stones for potential inclusion in the next River anthology.
 

Poems are up at The Light Ekphrastic for Issue 9

Carol A. Stephen

Today is a bit of a brag. I had mentioned my poem (well, poems, really) being accepted for the latest issue of The Light Ekphrastic.  Here is the link to the first page of the issue.  There are some wonderful artists taking part, so be sure to check them all out. http://thelightekphrastic.com/

My particular page is here, with my poems and the photographs of Marlayna Demond: http://thelightekphrastic.com/issues/february-2012-issue-9/stephen-demond-february-2012/

There is also a call for submissions to the May issue. Deadline is February 20th, so there isn’t much time. But it’s a lot of fun and a bit of a challenge!  Check out the submission guidelines here: http://thelightekphrastic.com/submissions-2/

C