Faith Charity and Hope has just gone up at Short Humour. Brian said:
Hi Oonah,
Many thanks for 'Faith Charity and Hope'. I particularly liked that one.
http://www.short-humour.org.uk/writersshowcase/faithcharityandhope.htm
I have to say - so do I. I hope you will too.
Sunday, 17 August 2008
Saturday, 16 August 2008
Double Exposure
My story Trap has been chosen to appear in A Man of a Few more Words - the Short Humour print anthology. I am of course delighted.
Also Bill West and Avis Hickman-Gibb are also to appear there. Well done you both!
To be chosen as a favourite of someone's is always flattering. And Best Laid Plans has been put onto this site: http://hermitosis.blogspot.com/2008/08/microhorror-pick-of-week.html
as well as Micro Horror.
I'm kicking off this feature with Oonah V. Joslin's excellent story, equal parts impact and economy:
"Best Laid Plans"
Thank you Tom.
Also Bill West and Avis Hickman-Gibb are also to appear there. Well done you both!
To be chosen as a favourite of someone's is always flattering. And Best Laid Plans has been put onto this site: http://hermitosis.blogspot.com/2008/08/microhorror-pick-of-week.html
as well as Micro Horror.
I'm kicking off this feature with Oonah V. Joslin's excellent story, equal parts impact and economy:
"Best Laid Plans"
Thank you Tom.
Thursday, 7 August 2008
August Links Continued
This link takes you to Static Movement's Index page where you will find a link to my story The Shark's Tooth
http://www.staticmovement.com/augustnew.htm
I was delighted to see this illustrated by Lee Kuruganti, who does such amazing artwork for Static's cover each month. That shark is perfection!
But you will also see stories by Avis Hickman-Gibb, Mark Dalligan and Pamela Tyree Griffin, editor of The Shine Journal. Check out the whole Issue. It's invariably worth it.
My Micro Horror story this month has just gone live - or maybe not...
http://www.microhorror.com/microhorror/author/oonah-v-joslin/best-laid-plans/ Nip over and leave a comment.
August is a popular month for weddings. We just celebrated our 28th anniversary.
http://www.staticmovement.com/augustnew.htm
I was delighted to see this illustrated by Lee Kuruganti, who does such amazing artwork for Static's cover each month. That shark is perfection!
But you will also see stories by Avis Hickman-Gibb, Mark Dalligan and Pamela Tyree Griffin, editor of The Shine Journal. Check out the whole Issue. It's invariably worth it.
My Micro Horror story this month has just gone live - or maybe not...
http://www.microhorror.com/microhorror/author/oonah-v-joslin/best-laid-plans/ Nip over and leave a comment.
August is a popular month for weddings. We just celebrated our 28th anniversary.
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
The Newton House Hotel and La Bella Sicilia
If you are thinking of passing through Knaresborough in Yorkshire, DON'T. Go and stay there instead!
The Newton House (tele: 01423 863599) is run by friendly people and is a lovely place to stay with great facilities and an amazing breakfast menu. I'm not easily amazed at breakfast, believe me.
La Bella Sicilia is a Restaurant in the market Square - Castlegate. tele:01423 869918 to book. What's not to like? But their lemon icecream flute with Italian Lemon Liquer is for the tart at heart like me.
The town itself offers splendid walks and spectacular views and is close to so many other places of interest. Go there!
The Newton House (tele: 01423 863599) is run by friendly people and is a lovely place to stay with great facilities and an amazing breakfast menu. I'm not easily amazed at breakfast, believe me.
La Bella Sicilia is a Restaurant in the market Square - Castlegate. tele:01423 869918 to book. What's not to like? But their lemon icecream flute with Italian Lemon Liquer is for the tart at heart like me.
The town itself offers splendid walks and spectacular views and is close to so many other places of interest. Go there!
Saturday, 2 August 2008
August Links and comments
Vanishing Point was written as a flash challenge but it is creative non-fiction really and so it is categorised in The Linnet's Wings. I have a real horror of spiral staircases.
http://www.ddwebsites.com/?stn=9035&mpageno=5&pageno=19
Don Webb of BwS passed on a message from a reader which I very much appreciate - especially since the person who made the comment knew Ludek. I'm thrilled! Thank you Jindra.
Date: July 28, 2008 7:22:33 PM EDT (CA)
To: donwebb@allstream.net
Cc: "Wojciech Jacobson" <wjacobson@op.pl>
Subject: Ludek
from Jindra:
Ta báseň me úplně dostala, už si ji čtu půl hodiny. Jako bych doopravdy viděl Ludka
That poem has knocked me down, I am reading it already for half an hour. Indeed, as I would catch sight of Ludek.
Jindra Kuchejda is a Czech yachtsman who skippered the yacht "Victoria" during her circumnavigation in years 1999-2004. The Victoria was a sort of replica of Magellans vessel. Jndra knew Ludek. Last Sunday he read the poem on the site of Bewilderingstories.
http://www.ddwebsites.com/?stn=9035&mpageno=5&pageno=19
Don Webb of BwS passed on a message from a reader which I very much appreciate - especially since the person who made the comment knew Ludek. I'm thrilled! Thank you Jindra.
Date: July 28, 2008 7:22:33 PM EDT (CA)
To: donwebb@allstream.net
Cc: "Wojciech Jacobson" <wjacobson@op.pl>
Subject: Ludek
from Jindra:
Ta báseň me úplně dostala, už si ji čtu půl hodiny. Jako bych doopravdy viděl Ludka
That poem has knocked me down, I am reading it already for half an hour. Indeed, as I would catch sight of Ludek.
Jindra Kuchejda is a Czech yachtsman who skippered the yacht "Victoria" during her circumnavigation in years 1999-2004. The Victoria was a sort of replica of Magellans vessel. Jndra knew Ludek. Last Sunday he read the poem on the site of Bewilderingstories.
Friday, 18 July 2008
Bewildering Stories
This week Ludek's Dawn is up in Bewildering Stories. It was inspired by Wojtek Jacobson's photo Sunrise beyond Belot Strait, also appearing alongside. Do go and read it.
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue298/ludeks_dawn.html
Don Webb, the editor of BwS said: You have the right idea about poetry, but other contributors -- with the notable exception of those from Britain and Ireland -- seem to think that poetry should be either prose with line breaks or else some incomprehensible balderdash. Thank heaven for you and John Stocks and Doug Pugh.
I love the work of both these writers and I am so happy to have been compared favourably with them.
The photograph is from, My name is Ludomir/ mam na imie Ludomir by Maciej Krzeptowski and Wojciech Jacobson and is in Polish and English.
Ludomir Maczka was a geologist and master yachtsman and explorer who led an exceptional life which I have been privileged to touch, through his friends.
I'm off on holiday now... Lucky me!
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue298/ludeks_dawn.html
Don Webb, the editor of BwS said: You have the right idea about poetry, but other contributors -- with the notable exception of those from Britain and Ireland -- seem to think that poetry should be either prose with line breaks or else some incomprehensible balderdash. Thank heaven for you and John Stocks and Doug Pugh.
I love the work of both these writers and I am so happy to have been compared favourably with them.
The photograph is from, My name is Ludomir/ mam na imie Ludomir by Maciej Krzeptowski and Wojciech Jacobson and is in Polish and English.
Ludomir Maczka was a geologist and master yachtsman and explorer who led an exceptional life which I have been privileged to touch, through his friends.
I'm off on holiday now... Lucky me!
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
July Links
http://www.everydayfiction.com/division-by-oonah-v-joslin/
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/anthologies/284-296_antho2.html
http://staticmovement.com/oonahvjoslin.htm
http://shortstory.us.com/08/07/story/wildnight.html
http://www.microhorror.com/microhorror/author/oonah-v-joslin/julys-the-time-for-jelly/
http://www.theshinejournal.com/joslino.htm
Every Day Fiction has published Division this month. It's another of my very short flashes. Virginia Diaz said: See now, that is a superb juxtaposition- the dead flowers falling from the Bible and the picture of the lost twin in the same book. Who knew you could put foreshadowing into a piece that compact? Very nice.
Thank you Virginia! Flash is like poetry. You have to choose each word and image carefully. There's no room for exploring feelings so you have to take short cuts that the reader will easily follow. This one is full of those. Bible, wreathed, cut photograph, death...even the title is a clue.
I have just been notified by Don Webb of Bewildering Stories that two of my pieces, Blast and Exposure are in the 2nd quarterly Review. This means I have made it into 3 Quarterlies in a row! I am delighted.
My friends, Avis, Sarah Hilary and Bill West are also there. Well done to all three of you.
Spike is a poem I wrote in a flash forum. Pike? I thunk...What can I possibly have to say about pike? Well, there you go!
Wild Night is based on an actual incident when our cat was a kitten. No I don't know how the rabbit got up the stairs and into the bedroom. But there you go!
July is the Time for Jelly - well this might not be the jelly you had in mind...Micro Horror Jelly...
A Tribute to her Beauty was written in the week Benazir Bhutto died. To that extent it is a flash poem - quickly written and relatively unrevised. I like to do that sometimes. It's more honest.
A friend of mine in writewords commented:
And thank you for writing that poem about Benazier Bhutto. It is very moving, and I think it was something important that needed to be said. Robin
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/anthologies/284-296_antho2.html
http://staticmovement.com/oonahvjoslin.htm
http://shortstory.us.com/08/07/story/wildnight.html
http://www.microhorror.com/microhorror/author/oonah-v-joslin/julys-the-time-for-jelly/
http://www.theshinejournal.com/joslino.htm
Every Day Fiction has published Division this month. It's another of my very short flashes. Virginia Diaz said: See now, that is a superb juxtaposition- the dead flowers falling from the Bible and the picture of the lost twin in the same book. Who knew you could put foreshadowing into a piece that compact? Very nice.
Thank you Virginia! Flash is like poetry. You have to choose each word and image carefully. There's no room for exploring feelings so you have to take short cuts that the reader will easily follow. This one is full of those. Bible, wreathed, cut photograph, death...even the title is a clue.
I have just been notified by Don Webb of Bewildering Stories that two of my pieces, Blast and Exposure are in the 2nd quarterly Review. This means I have made it into 3 Quarterlies in a row! I am delighted.
My friends, Avis, Sarah Hilary and Bill West are also there. Well done to all three of you.
Spike is a poem I wrote in a flash forum. Pike? I thunk...What can I possibly have to say about pike? Well, there you go!
Wild Night is based on an actual incident when our cat was a kitten. No I don't know how the rabbit got up the stairs and into the bedroom. But there you go!
July is the Time for Jelly - well this might not be the jelly you had in mind...Micro Horror Jelly...
A Tribute to her Beauty was written in the week Benazir Bhutto died. To that extent it is a flash poem - quickly written and relatively unrevised. I like to do that sometimes. It's more honest.
A friend of mine in writewords commented:
And thank you for writing that poem about Benazier Bhutto. It is very moving, and I think it was something important that needed to be said. Robin
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
