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Work In Progress- Feedback Wanted

A section for members to post work in progress, feedback and comments are encouraged. This is also a good place to discuss projects and possible collaborations.

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Reviews

In this forum, you can post topics related to reviews, independent/small press releases, links to your reviews on the web, copies or original reviews, advice on reviews, requests, or seek reviewers for your publications.

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News And Current Events

A place for news junkies, political animals, and debate enthusiasts to shoot the breeze on current events.

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Writing Topics

Discuss forms, styles, techniques, ideas, suggestions, reviews- any topic that pertains to the craft of writing.

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Readings And Projects

Talk about what you are doing, or what you are planning. Connect for readings, collaborations, outreach, community projects, volunteer requests, and events. There is also an "Events" planning module here, see top tabs.

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Writers Needed

A forum for small press, publishers, zinesters, and editors of all stripes to post about content, art or help needed. Post your calls, your projects, events, and suggestions about finding contributors. There is also a group (see groups) for small press/publishers to network.

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Miscellaneous, Random

Topics that defy categorization.

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Network and Community News/Updates

The place to check for updates, new features, community bulletins, notices.

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Jim Benz

flux

breath
skin
hair
nails
teeth
rage




alleviation




Posted by Jim Benz on February 8, 2010 at 1:54pm

Justin Blackburn

Parents

Parents



I will never be able to please my parents


I have performed oral sex on them ten thousand times each

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Posted by Justin Blackburn on February 8, 2010 at 1:17pm

David McLean

epic rites advance orders

Just now the four March 1st releases are uploaded to Small Press Distribution so advance orders can be taken at the link. The books are Dead Reckoning by Todd Moore, Crudely Mistaken For Life by Wolf Carstens, Doing Cartwheels Doomsday Afternoon by John Yamrus, and… Continue

Posted by David McLean on February 8, 2010 at 7:19am

Caleb J Ross

One for the good guys...right? Lauren Conrad reads Clevenger




Lauren Conrad, of The Hills fame, is reading Craig Clevenger’s The Contortionist’s Handbook. Let me repeat…no, just read that sentence again; this is text, not audio, you lazy bastard.
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Posted by Caleb J Ross on February 6, 2010 at 7:14pm — 2 Comments

I Am

Submit your works to SalingPusa Distro

HI! i'm opening a distro early March. Send your zines, art, music, etc in for consideration. Check out the FAQs.

Posted by I Am on February 6, 2010 at 6:23pm

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Beto Palaio replied to Beto Palaio's discussion 'A Haiku Daily (Keeps Wrinkles Away)' in the group Haiku/Tanka
Loneliness The worst of the pain Of being human
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Jodi MacArthur replied to Beto Palaio's discussion 'A Haiku Daily (Keeps Wrinkles Away)' in the group Haiku/Tanka
Sooner or later We find out it isn't luck Keeping us alive
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Jim Benz replied to Beto Palaio's discussion 'A Haiku Daily (Keeps Wrinkles Away)' in the group Haiku/Tanka
cabin fever -- standing barefoot in the snow drinking beer
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Andrew Bowen replied to Joseph M. Gant's discussion 'Link Swapping - Sex and Murder Magazine' in the group Indie Publishers/Zines
Sounds good man. BTW, did I send a link to my blog in the "Faces" submission you just picked up? Thanks for taking a look at the site. Andrew
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maryse replied to Beto Palaio's discussion 'A Haiku Daily (Keeps Wrinkles Away)' in the group Haiku/Tanka
Warm as May Beach sandles out Forcast of snow for the weekend?
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Joseph M. Gant added a discussion to the group Haiku/Tanka
Why I don't Write Haiku
Why I don’t Write Haiku the squirrel’s deep footprints—  a short life, hard nuts go down swallow spite gagging.
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Joseph M. Gant joined Outsider Writers Collective's group
Haiku/Tanka
Welcome structure enthusiasts.
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Jim Wittenberg replied to Joseph M. Gant's discussion 'Prompt #10 - Sex' in the group Poets
hidden these memories tear me in half it was passion, not love one part of me wants to relive the experiences another part of me is frightened & these passions I can never reveal these passions I can never share what remains of them I’ve torn…
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Jim Benz replied to Beto Palaio's discussion 'A Haiku Daily (Keeps Wrinkles Away)' in the group Haiku/Tanka
slow day -- sitting in the bathtub drinking bourbon
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Wandering Mind writing something new.
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Joseph M. Gant replied to Joseph M. Gant's discussion 'Link Swapping - Sex and Murder Magazine' in the group Indie Publishers/Zines
I can link the website, but we are trying to steer clear of personal blogs. Our primary criteria for linking is "does the site accept submissions for or publish art or words" By contributing work to Sex and Murder, you are free to link your blog in…
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Andrew Bowen replied to Joseph M. Gant's discussion 'Link Swapping - Sex and Murder Magazine' in the group Indie Publishers/Zines
Hey Joseph, I'd love to swap. Here's my zine, www.divinedirtquarterly.com, and my blog if that's cool, www.bowenandrew.blogspot.com. I'll post Sex and Murder on both. Peace, Andrew
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Beto Palaio replied to Beto Palaio's discussion 'A Haiku Daily (Keeps Wrinkles Away)' in the group Haiku/Tanka
Life goes by Stay in earth the carbon As smoke reach the sky
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Lynn Alexander replied to Lynn Alexander's discussion 'Looking For Distro Partnerships And Zinesters, Collabs' in the group Indie Publishers/Zines
I can send a copy of MUST if I have an address. I am sending some already to I AM. The sub guidelines are pretty vague, it is a "collective" zine and all kinds of things find their way into it. There isn't an editor but I guess because I make it (l…
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Joseph M. Gant replied to Cat Cousteau's discussion 'Prompts 2.7.10 -- UFOs' in the group FLASH FICTION
Hey Cat, have you chickened out of my prompt at Poets? I think I set a bar no one should feel embarrassed to cross. LOL.
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Cat Cousteau replied to Cat Cousteau's discussion 'Prompts 2.7.10 -- UFOs' in the group FLASH FICTION
LMAO. City of Brotherly Love. Nice.
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maryse replied to Beto Palaio's discussion 'A Haiku Daily (Keeps Wrinkles Away)' in the group Haiku/Tanka
barely a rainbow graces the sky rain showers persist
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Joseph M. Gant added a discussion to the group Indie Publishers/Zines
Link Swapping
Hi, As poetry editor for Sex and Murder Magazine, I am on a quest to reach the rest of the underground lit community through link swapping. Our site is being re-tooled to include a page for links to other great places for images, words and the stuff…
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Joseph M. Gant replied to Cat Cousteau's discussion 'Prompts 2.7.10 -- UFOs' in the group FLASH FICTION
Thanks man. I don't write much prose.
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Jason Henry McCormick replied to Cat Cousteau's discussion 'Prompts 2.7.10 -- UFOs' in the group FLASH FICTION
HAHAAAAHAHA! Too funny! That third sentence is an ass kicker. I see you've taken the dry and dead serious approach to humor. If you can pull it off, which you have, then it's so much funnier. Here your humor pulls the reader in, instead pushing them…
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