Scent - 11

sweetness lingering in the kitchen and dining room
firm dough baked slowly to produce
crumbly, sugar scented, melt-on-your-mouth
shortbread

Wednesday Words - EOTE

Welcome to my second Wednesday Words!

Today I'd like to introduce you to EOTE. It stand for Ends of the Earth because it goes out all over the world. 

EOTE is a free 'zine aiming to promote emerging artists, writers, photographers, painters; anyone creative in fact! Each issue is different and offers beautiful pictures, intriguing poetry and an entertaining story. 

I want to promote this 'zine because I have had a fair amount of poetry published in it. The blogsite is quite new but it is definitely worth signing up for the 'zine which comes out in April, August and December. And in April's issue they have printed one of my musings...

Pop over and have a look and see what you think. (They're always looking for new people to promote...)

EOTE

Scent - 10

fresh compost smelling of greenness despite its dark appearance
scenting what it has been;
food, tree, plant and wormery leavings

Scent - 9

ripe tomatoes slowly cooking down with garlic, basil and oregano to make a rich, tomato sauce
sweetness induces mouth-watering hunger

Collecting Cobwebs, Gathering Brambles Giveaway - Winner Announced

Once again, I invited Dracomagan to select the winner for the Giveaway and once again, she got distracted. This time she had words with our neighbour who insists on playing his radio in his garden, very loudly. There seemed to be a lot of gesticulating with the giant potato peeler, so I'm waiting for a visit from the police...

However, Sir Peagreen was again on hand to randomly draw the winner's name out of a spare helmet and I am please to announce that the winner of Collecting Cobwebs, Gathering Brambles is: -

Sue Bunting

Congratulations Sue! I have sent you an email requesting that you send me your address before midday on Thursday, 12th April. 

A huge thank you to everyone who took part in my second ever giveaway. It was, once again, a truly international giveaway - just take a look at all the comments  here

Due to work committments I'm taking a break from giveaways for now, but hope to have some more to promote in the autumn!

Comments on Clippings #4 from Linda Turner

Moments: I wish I could find the Paul Weller poem Ten Times Something Empty which had the same feel to this. Oh gosh, the hollow, beautiful lonelines he captures in that, which you manage too in this. Captivating depth of thought. Yours, I mean. 

The Kaerling; A really good choice of excerpt. The human emotions mingle in perfect harmony with the nature descriptions of where she is. The chant, as I would call it, slides in well into the pattern and feel of the narrative. And it finished at a very satisfactory point. 

Dragon Wind: What fabulous energy and vivacity this has. So effective in capturing the ferocity of the storm. 

Grey Matter: This has such dignity. I would in fact say, majesty. Such an unusual subject. Immediately attention-grabbing. Lovely. 

Aromatic Leaves: This is so sensually evocative that I could smell everything she describes. In fact, I nearly sneezed! What a beautiful background it is set against too. 

In fact, all the artwork is superb. Well done to all concerned. 

from Linda Turner

If you haven't yet read Clippings #4 please email me at

Freya 

with Subscribe Clippings in the subject line

Scent - 8

hot sun on cut grass 
the fresh juices drying, dying
the scent of hay without the dust irritating me

Scent - 7

decaying corpse, rotting, waterlogged
not stagnant water but polluted by corruption
bloated flesh poisoning that which supports it

Giveaway ends today at midnight...!

Giveaway of Collecting Cobwebs, Gathering Brambles by Elizabeth Leaper (Libby) ends today (6th April) at midnight, British Summer Time.

To enter the Giveaway please visit Giveaway  and follow the instructions.

To find out more about Libby you can read her blog tour at this site starting here

And to read my review of her book click here

Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

Golden Visions # 17 – A Review

My short story The Rusalka Ritual was published in issue 17 of Golden Visions Magazine in February this year. Beautiful produced and professionally finished this is a magazine to support. If you like fantastical tales (whether in the past, present or future) then you should seriously consider subscribing when they come back online in September 2012.

Easy to read with a whole range of styles and content. I spent several, very happy hours devouring the contents – mentally, not physically. From dark tales of childhood nightmares to an Ice Queen besotted by power, the subjects also included a modern day Castle Frankenstein, a dreamscape story and an intriguing tale of weight and chocolate…

My favourite story in this issue was Neptune Rising by Edmund Wells. It was hilarious right from the start, he draws pictures of his characters with amazingly few words and I got to know the protagonist immediately. The scenes were vivid and I’d even got the Australian accent before he used the word cobber. Loved the play on Norse legend which melded well with the futuristic setting. And as for David…! He was the perfect side-kick, or was he actually the main man? Perhaps Logan was the side-kick after all… Whichever, it was a rollicking good tale and my only criticism of it was that it ended too soon. Hey, maybe that’s not a crit after all!

If you’d like to read my story The Rusalka Ritual  please contact Golden Visions