The Floating Bridge Review has issued a special call for submissions on the subject of poetry and work (obviously, one of my favorite subjects!). Stop by and take a look at the guidelines. Submissions are due on March 31, 2014.
I am officially blogging at my new website. Here is the direct link to my blog — please join me there! I will be updating the general website as the new year moves along.
I, for one, am sincerely happy that 2013 is over. So many of my friends and family members had a rough year that it seemed that everyday I had bad news. Sure, there was good news, too — but perhaps I got too overwhelmed in all the Apocalypse madness that I only seemed to focus on the bad.
On the writing front, after a great 2012, I had a slow publishing year. I sent out a lot of submissions but also got a lot of rejections. Most of my major accomplishments came out at the start of the year, so I had a long dry spell where my work just didn’t seem grace any journals. I have been actively writing and publishing for about 10 years now, and most of the time I brush rejection notes off the table (or out of the inbox!) But when I get a whole slew of them, I start to have doubts about my talent as a writer.
But 2014 is already showing promise. To celebrate that promise, I have moved to a real website. Yep, Karen is ready to join the new year. Besides incorporating links and my general information, I will have a blog on this website. I do plan to keep The Scrapper Poet up for a while, at least to share links, but for now, you can find me at http://www.karenjweyant.com/
(Keep in mind that this is a work in progress. I know there are dead links and other snafus — but building a website has actually taken me longer than I thought it would!)
The Scrapper Poet 