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This is how I create a realistic paintingArt, Contributor Blogs

This is how I create a realistic painting

RamyaSadasivamJuly 6, 2022

This is the process of my painting. I start my work like this. This is how I gradually move forward. —RamyaSadasivam https://ramyasadasivam.com/realistic-face-drawing/  

10 TIPS FOR WRITING POETRYContributor Blogs, Poetry

10 TIPS FOR WRITING POETRY

Daniel J. Flore IIIMay 21, 2022

* Be an asshole (they're interesting). * Spill a drink on the page. * Eat shit for breakfast. Write about it by dinner. *…

Strange BeautyContributor Blogs

Strange Beauty

Kaci Skiles LawsJanuary 17, 2022

My first poetry book is now available on Amazon from Dead Man's Press Ink! I am so excited to share a collection of my…

How Your Creative Work Can Outlive YouContributor Blogs

How Your Creative Work Can Outlive You

Lance JencksDecember 9, 2021

Decades ago I learned my 1982 poetry chapbook, "The Wisdom of Southern California," had been added to Special Collections at Shields Library on the…

Why Your Writing Isn’t YouContributor Blogs

Why Your Writing Isn’t You

Lance JencksSeptember 13, 2021

Q: Would you categorize poetry as fiction or nonfiction? My own opinion would be nonfiction because it speaks or alludes to universal truths no…

“While You Wait” AnthologyContributor Blogs

“While You Wait” Anthology

Eliot JacobsonMay 25, 2021

Just out and soon available on Amazon (w/ 2 of my poems), the "While You Wait" anthology. This was commissioned by our local poet…

Totally DisconnectedContributor Blogs

Totally Disconnected

Eliot JacobsonMay 12, 2021

So, I finally did it ... published a "book" of my poetry. Please stop by and have a look, and maybe even read a…

Letter From the Nephew of a NaziContributor Blogs, Performance Art, Video

Letter From the Nephew of a Nazi

Lance JencksApril 29, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8m6HUU-70A

tv appearance…Contributor Blogs, Video

tv appearance…

April 10, 2021

i was on the tv show PAN Connection...for 1 hour...which is probably 56 minutes more than necessary...but it is what it is. anyway, i…

Jefferson’s ZOOM, Jan. 11 – Join MeContributor Blogs

Jefferson’s ZOOM, Jan. 11 – Join Me

Jefferson CarterJanuary 1, 2021

OAF friends, if you ZOOM, I'll be one of three poets featured on Flying Out Loud, a Zoom series out of Kentucky, Jan. 11,…

Why publishing a book is importantContributor Blogs

Why publishing a book is important

Miya KoNovember 27, 2020

Publishing a book is important, whether self-published (without imprint) or cooperatively published (with imprint). Yeah, you won't get rich or earn a lot of…

Things to think about when writing or reading poetryBlog, Contributor Blogs

Things to think about when writing or reading poetry

Eliot JacobsonNovember 26, 2019

Below are some poetry thoughts from Wayne Dodd, from a course I took from him in 1991 at Ohio University. Language as magic, as…