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
The Writing Life
MYTH OF POWER – RANDOM OBSERVATIONS
The companion who walks with you, matters a lot more than the God at a distance. To have a Godfather, you need to accept someone as God. Being over-rated and over-rewarded in one place stymies development. Success is all about information and power. Ability and hard work are for the minions down below. Egos and … Continue reading MYTH OF POWER – RANDOM OBSERVATIONS
Basilike Pappa Shares Her Favorite Indie Books of 2018
Name: Basilike Pappa Where you post your writing: I post on my blog Silent Hour and on Sudden Denouement - A Global Divergent Literary Collective Publications: My prose has appeared in Life & Art Magazine, Intrinsick, and Timeless Tales, and my poetry in Rat’s Ass Review, Surreal Poetics and Bones – Journal for Contemporary Haiku. … Continue reading Basilike Pappa Shares Her Favorite Indie Books of 2018
BOOK REVIEW: KINDRA M. AUSTIN’S TWELVE, BY MARIAH VOUTILAINEN
Kindra Austin’s Twelve continues where Constant Muses left off, rich and intense. By Mariah Voutilainen After having read Constant Muses, I eagerly awaited the release of Kindra Austin’s Twelve. I expected more of the imagery of Muses, with its cigarette smoke and endless cocktails. While those common threads are there, Twelve favors the much more potent darkness of decay and memento mori. In Twelve, Austin further exposes the connection between … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: KINDRA M. AUSTIN’S TWELVE, BY MARIAH VOUTILAINEN
Indie Blu(e) Publishing Announces The Release of We Will Not Be Silenced
We Will Not Be Silenced: The Lived Experience of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Told Powerfully Through Poetry, Prose, Essay, and Art is the brainchild of Kindra M. Austin, Candice Louisa Daquin, Rachel Finch, and Christine E. Ray. The four indie writers and survivors felt compelled to do something after the strongly triggering Kavanaugh Confirmation … Continue reading Indie Blu(e) Publishing Announces The Release of We Will Not Be Silenced
Nicole Lyons Review We Will Not Be Silenced
‘We Will Not be Silenced’ is a call to arms; it is muffled voices upon strangled voices ripping the gags off to scream their stories and speak truth to power. ‘We Will Not be Silenced’ is rage and heartbreak, it is the soul-crushing pain of the worst kind of human violation being laid bare for all to see, … Continue reading Nicole Lyons Review We Will Not Be Silenced
Calling All Writers! The Sudden Denouement Short Story Contest is Now Open For Submissions
The Contest is officially open! Since its inception in 2016, The Sudden Denouement Literary Collective has had the privilege of featuring some of today’s most fearless writers. With members that span the globe and editors who share a passion for pushing boundaries, we as a collective have enjoyed reading, promoting, and watching the success of … Continue reading Calling All Writers! The Sudden Denouement Short Story Contest is Now Open For Submissions
One Week Left to Submit Writing and/or Art for “We Will Not Be Silenced”
Bruised But Not Broken, Whisper and the Roar, Indie Blu(e), and Blood Into Ink are joining forces to publish an anthology about the lived experience of sexual harassment and assault. We believe that it is more important than ever before that more voices speak out and reclaim their strength by owning their survival stories. All … Continue reading One Week Left to Submit Writing and/or Art for “We Will Not Be Silenced”
Time Sensitive Call For Submissions: “We Will Not Be Silenced”
Bruised But Not Broken, Whisper and the Roar, Indie Blu(e), and Blood Into Ink are joining forces to publish an anthology about the lived experience of sexual harassment and assault. We believe that it is more important than ever before that more voices speak out and reclaim their strength by owning their survival stories. All … Continue reading Time Sensitive Call For Submissions: “We Will Not Be Silenced”
Nicole Lyons Reviews Nicholas Gagnier’s Founding Fathers
I have been shook, and I have been rocked, and I have been swallowed by a book, and an author, and my own divisive and inclusive thoughts, after the fact. With Founding Fathers, Nicholas Gagnier takes his readers to the darkest places where most of them have always been afraid to go on their own, and … Continue reading Nicole Lyons Reviews Nicholas Gagnier’s Founding Fathers
