I've added a new page for poems, or as I sometimes think of them, failed songs. ;) I like to keep my Muse fresh by daring her to do poetry in and around working on my novel-in-progress (Street Glass). Poems and songs usually need to get ideas across with a minimum number of words, and learning how to compress my meaning is useful for fiction writing. And, it's just fun. My poetry would probably make English lit majors cringe, as much for format as anything else. I've never "studied poetry" so don't expect anything formal.
The first entry, "Three Words", doesn't have an especially positive mood but I like certain aspects of it. I'll include new entries intermittently. Some of them may wind up in Street Glass, probably in altered forms, but mainly the entries are just exercises. I'm debating the wisdom of posting a poem here that I intend to include in my novel. We'll see.
And because I've finally realized that people may visit my blog who are not members of Critique Circle, I'm going to include a page explaining Street Glass: what the basic premise is, who the major characters are, stuff like that. If I could draw, I'd include drawings of the players too. Like many writers I suspect, I can see some of my characters crystal-clear in my head. I wish I knew a police artist, I bet they could help me with pictures of these people.
My part-time Census job is finally over! Woo-hoo! More time to write!!
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