post-Katrina offerings ...

Okay. I am working away on several canvases of Blog to post. My desktop is as messy as my closet! Things like the Lamed Vov, Mayan prophecy and the Mayan Bible, sacred geometry, internet trolls, witches and Impeachment ... I've been posting to forums, following up emails and NOT coming here. I think I am disgusted with MySelf for not choosing a Blog template where it is easy-peasy to upload links. I've got lots squandered away in Word documents named Blog notes and Weblog, etc. And oodles of pictures.

I'm still in my Katrina concern phase.

This is from today's New Orleans paper:

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1129878424123770.xml

This stuff sickens me, yet I am fascinated by the human elementals "failures" and "successes". Amongst other things, including being obsessed with the monumental failulre of FEMA, I read different channelings as to God's plan in all this; I read stuff on scalar wars (a blog in the unfinished canvas stage), I look for interesting (Hate that word!), say, worthwhile post-Katrina projects. One such is:

www.gryphonking.blogspot.com

Please, please check this blogsite out. It shows what good people can do!

I got an email from Flashquake today I really, really liked and hope whoever finds this Blog will pass the info along as it is maybe a good spot for some creatives to be involved ... and I can think of a couple!

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From Flashquake.org:

We're excited about a special new project we're debuting, called "Voices from the Storm." You can find out more about it and read our call for submissions at http://www.flashquake.org/editorial/voices.html.

And please spread the word! We'd like all the writers, poets, and artists affected by the recent disasters in the southern U.S. to know that there are people who'd like to hear their stories. Thank you for your support -- this is how we make good things happen!

Debi Orton, Publisher dorton@flashquake.org

Voices from the Storm

As most of us know by now, the U.S. has been severely affected by multiple disasters in the Gulf States, resulting from hurricanes Katrina and Rita (and perhaps Wilma). We at flashquake would like to set up a venue where people affected by these disasters can share their stories and art. Fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, artwork and photographs are welcome from anyone directly affected by the storm. This includes those who endured or were evacuated from the affected areas, their family members, rescuers, volunteers, foster homes and so forth. Please, no submissions from those who weren't personally impacted by the hurricanes and/or floods directly.

This will be an ongoing project — entries selected for publication will be published in one long broadsheet that will be available on our site, and for download, as a PDF document. See our regular guidelines for information on length and rules of submission; all submissions should follow our regular guidelines.

Submission to the category: Voices from the Storm does not preclude submission to our regular journal. Published entries will receive a monetary award in the amount of $25.

The reading periods are as follows:

October 21 - November 15, 2005: Broadsheet 1
November 16 - December 15, 2005: Broadsheet 2
December 16 - January 15, 2005: Broadsheet 3

Broadsheets will be published shortly after each reading period closes.

Please submit entries to: voices@flashquake.org

Acceptance notices will be sent out prior to publication. Unfortunately, we will be unable to send out rejection notices or comments for these submissions.

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