We all know that Amazon has become persnickety about publishing book reviews and that they have been blocking many folks from leaving reviews as well as removing many of the book reviews that you have taken the time and consideration to write. Indie Blu(e)and Go Dog Go Café would LOVE to publish your book reviews! … Continue reading DO YOU WRITE BOOK REVIEWS? INDIE BLU(E) AND THE GO DOG GO CAFE WANT THEM!
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Five More Days to Submit to But you don’t LOOK sick: Battles we fight with invisible illness – an Anthology
Indie Blu(e) Publishing is still accepting submissions for an anthology about the lived experience of chronic, invisible physical illness. If you have been diagnosed with such an illness (for example: lupus, MS, fibromyalgia, chronic Lyme disease, migraine headache, etc.) or are a caretaker for someone who has, share your truth with us. We believe that … Continue reading Five More Days to Submit to But you don’t LOOK sick: Battles we fight with invisible illness – an Anthology
I Want To Fall In Love Again – Christine Ray
I want to fall in love with words again roll them sensuously around my mouth caress them slowly with teeth with tongue before I swallow whole their rich taste of chocolate and bourbon a silken burn as they work their way slowly down to my core I want to fall in love with sentences again … Continue reading I Want To Fall In Love Again – Christine Ray
Song Of The Dead- Christine Ray
I have learned to carry my ghosts with reverence slip them gently into my coat pockets cradle them close to carotid pulse these most loyal of my companions lull to the steady beat of my survivor’s heart they are with me always unseen but not unfelt borrowing touches through my fingertips stolen glances through my … Continue reading Song Of The Dead- Christine Ray
Still I Rise- Maya Angelou
In honor of the anniversary of Dr. Maya Angelou's birth You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells … Continue reading Still I Rise- Maya Angelou
Sewn – Christine Ray
we line up the edges of our frayed hearts thread a sharp needle with silken floss spun from fragile hopes newfound trust dreams private smiles midnight whispers passionate kisses we sew slowly carefully small, neat stitches smoothing wrinkles from our fabric ensuring fit checking for gaps puckering going back once or twice to unsew missteps … Continue reading Sewn – Christine Ray
aquamarine – Christine Ray
melancholy an aquamarine tide that washes over me flooding my banks piercing my sea walls reminding me how deeply human I am how delicate how fragile this woman’s heart © 2018 Revised 2019 Christine Elizabeth Ray – All Rights Reserved
Call for Submissions: There Is Strength In Our Stories
In honor of Sexual Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month, Blood Into Ink and We Will Not Be Silenced are putting out a call for submissions for your lived experience of sexual harassment and assault. We believe that there is strength in our collective voices. We believe our work is not done. Writing and art accepted … Continue reading Call for Submissions: There Is Strength In Our Stories
Call for Submissions for But You Don’t LOOK Sick: Battles we fight with invisible illness – an Anthology
Indie Blu(e), publisher of We Will Not Be Silenced, is now accepting submissions for an anthology of writers and artists who live with a chronic but invisible illness, or who care for someone else who does. The focus of this anthology is revealing the honest experience of living with invisible illness. We want it all: … Continue reading Call for Submissions for But You Don’t LOOK Sick: Battles we fight with invisible illness – an Anthology
Monika Carless Reviews Melody Lee’s Season of the Sorceress
Reading Season of the Sorceress brought me heart-deep into the kind of poetry and prose that wakes us up and creates space within the soul. Melody's work reveals the beauty of words in a deep, earthy way. My witch's heart was captured without apology. Each story, each poem took me further into mystical imagination. There … Continue reading Monika Carless Reviews Melody Lee’s Season of the Sorceress
