Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, September 3
This is an advance announcement for the Tuesday, September 3, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl. This time the theme will be "Neurospicy Adventures." I'll be soliciting ideas for neurodiverse people, their friends and family, hominids other than Homo sapiens, outcasts, fish out of water, psychics, fans, artists, bohemians, mavericks, oddballs, Pagans, goths, monsters, circus freaks (aka Very Special People), grinders, activists, people in fringe cultures, historic figures, culture heroes, partners, comares, superheroes, supervillains, counselors, fantasy or science fiction species, other people with psychological differences, stimming, striking out on your own, exploring the fringes of society, challenging the norms, wondering what is "real," upsetting applecarts, taking pride in something that others scorn, studying the QUILTBAG, questioning your gender, exploring your own orientation, creating intimacy, making friends, falling in love (or like), getting to know each other, growing closer, moving in together, formalizing a relationship, fumbling for vocabulary, dealing with meltdowns, leaving an abusive or unsupportive family, starting a new family, cooking together, discovering things, troubleshooting, improvising, adapting, cooperating, bartering, taking over in an emergency, discovering yourself, studying others, testing boundaries, coming of age, learning what you can (and can't) do, sharing, fixing what's broke, upsetting the status quo, changing the world, accomplishing the impossible, recovering from setbacks, the Lacuna, quiet rooms, sensory rooms, hermit shacks, art colonies or retreats, psychic fairs, new age or Pagan shops, bohemian boutiques, goth hangouts, speculative fiction conventions, odd bookstores, curiosity shops, "bottle shops" (weird stores that are not there when you go back to look for them again), circuses or carnivals, grindshops, tattoo or body art parlors, Renaissance faires, LARP grounds, SPOON bases, Kraken bases, gay bars, feminist bookstores, sharehouses, counseling clinics, queer studies / art / disability studies departments in schools, QUILTBAG clubs, freak-friendly workplaces, nonhuman environments, gardens, other freak hangouts, neurodiverse traits, chewelry, sensory-friendly clothing, diversity and inclusivity, Pagan symbols, tie-dye anything, goth fashion, historic garb, under-recognized nations, bohemian or hippie fashion, zetetic materials like dexflan, mystical artifacts, pride flags, other symbols of QUILTBAG identity, magical aspects of sex/romance, how superpowers can complicate sexuality or other identities, family dynamics, alternative family structures, partnerships not based on sex/romance, layered personal boundaries, emotional closeness, first contact, things other species consider queer that humans don't, interspecies relationships, trial and error, lab conditions are not field conditions, innovation, skin hunger, loneliness, problems that can't be solved by hitting, teamwork, found family, complementary strengths and weaknesses, personal growth, and poetic forms in particular.
See also:
The Ace-Aro Spectrum
Nonsexual Intimacies
Five Moments of Intimacy
A previous FMI bingo card from a fest on Allbingo
From my March Meta Matters Challenge activities about Outcasts:
Wednesday TV Series (The Addams Family) Overview
Meta: "Why I Love Wednesday Addams" Part 1: Introduction
Meta: "Why We Need Thing" Part 1: Overview
If your neurodiversity has not yet been represented, or only done badly, then by all means prompt for it and I'll do my best to fill the gap.
Among my more relevant series for the main theme:
An Army of One: The Autistic Secession in Space is all about how neurospicy folks of various types create a society of their own between the Galactic Arms.
Artists of Destruction is promising if you want something weird and dark.
Arts and Crafts America is ideal for wild bohemian things.
The Blueshift Troupers span a range of personalities, quirks, and sexualities, and sometimes shift gender.
A Conflagration of Dragons has the Six Races, plus dragons, each with their own set of psychological parameters.
Daughters of the Apocalypse has lost most of the formerly "normal" people. Most of the survivors are odd in some way -- or several ways.
Fiorenza the Wisewoman includes Mad Ercole, who has post-traumatic brain injury syndrome.
Frankenstein's Family features two men (one of them trans) in a queerplatonic relationship, vampires, werewolves, Caldarari, and other unusual folks. Some of the young werewolves in particular have differences.
Hart's Farm is a free love community with diverse bonding methods and personality quirks.
Monster House includes a wide range of monsters, and a couple of gay teens.
The Moon Door has characters with a wide variety of neurological conditions.
Not Quite Kansas is about two men and a demon trying to get by in a dangerous world. None of their worldviews really fit together smoothly.
One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis features Shaeth, who might as well have declared himself the God of Misfits.
Polychrome Heroics has ordinary humans, supernaries, blue-plate specials, superheroes, supervillains, primal and animal soups all of whom have their own quirks. QUILTBAG characters include Antimatter and Stalwart Stan, Pain's Gray, and Hefty in the Shiv thread (and Shiv is acespec). There is a lot of neurodiversity, from people like Persia with autism to soups with different senses to nonhumans like the whales and the shipcats. I encourage readers to prompt for any of the large casts and complex settings that I have already developed, such as:
* the bohemian folks at Hanson Hall in Omaha, Nebraska
* the Mori no Tami and their allies at Mori no Mura in Humboldt County, California
* the hippies of Emerald Mountain Glen in Vermont
* the rescued sexbots in Thalassia
* the rescued primals now at the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana
* the Withering Heights LARP in Colorado
* the Solace polycule in Atlanta, Georgia
* the cohousing and polycule in Portland, Oregon
* the various polycules from " A Celebration and a Consolation" out east
Schrodinger's Heroes save the world from alternate dimensions, and they're a very diverse group in a very conservative area.
The Steamsmith has a genderqueer lead and some other variously odd characters.
Or you can ask for something new.
Linkbacks reveal a verse of any open linkback poem.
If you're interested, mark the date on your calendar, and please hold actual prompts until the "Poetry Fishbowl Open" post next week. (If you're not available that day, or you live in a time zone that makes it hard to reach me, then you can leave advance prompts below this post. I am now.) Meanwhile, if you want to help with promotion, please feel free to link back here or repost this on your blog.
Writing is usually considered a solitary pursuit. One exception to this is a fascinating exercise called a "fishbowl." This has various forms, but all of them basically involve some kind of writing in public, usually with interaction between author and audience. A famous example is Harlan Ellison's series of "stories under glass" in which he sits in a bookstore window and writes a new story based on an idea that someone gives him. Writing classes sometimes include a version where students watch each other write, often with students calling out suggestions which are chalked up on the blackboard for those writing to use as inspiration.
I'm going to host a Poetry Fishbowl on my blog on Tuesday, September 3. I'll be soliciting ideas for thematic characters, plots, settings, objects, and poetic forms in particular. Chances are I'll spend a good chunk of the day, from afternoon to evening or more, alternating between this site and doing stuff offline so my back doesn't weld itself to the chair.
Perks: I will post at least one of the resulting fishbowl poems on the blog for everyone to enjoy, and an extra one if there's at least one new prompter or donor. The rest will be available for audience members to buy, and whatever's left over will go into my archive for magazine submission.
If donations total $100 then you get a free $15 poem; $150 gets you a free $20 poem; and $200 gets you a free epic, posted after the Poetry Fishbowl. These will usually be series poems if I have them; otherwise I may offer non-series poems or series poems in a different size. If donations reach $250, you get one step toward a bonus fishbowl; four of these activates the perk, and they don't have to be four months in a row. Everyone will get to vote on which series, and give prompts during the extra fishbowl, although it may be a half-day rather than a whole day. If donations reach $300, there will be a half-price sale in one series.
I want to promote linkbacks pointing people to the "Fishbowl Open" post on Tuesday. Linkbacks reveal a verse of any open linkback poem. One person can do multiple links if they're on different services, like Twitter or LiveJournal, rather than all on Dreamwidth.
(See the complete list of current perks.)
If you enjoy my poetry -- or if you just love poetry in general, or want to promote interest in neurodiverse characters -- please mark the fishbowl date on your calendar. Drop by and give me some ideas, comment on the posted poetry, encourage people to come look, whatever tickles your fancy. I hope to see you then!
See also:
The Ace-Aro Spectrum
Nonsexual Intimacies
Five Moments of Intimacy
A previous FMI bingo card from a fest on Allbingo
From my March Meta Matters Challenge activities about Outcasts:
Wednesday TV Series (The Addams Family) Overview
Meta: "Why I Love Wednesday Addams" Part 1: Introduction
Meta: "Why We Need Thing" Part 1: Overview
If your neurodiversity has not yet been represented, or only done badly, then by all means prompt for it and I'll do my best to fill the gap.
Among my more relevant series for the main theme:
An Army of One: The Autistic Secession in Space is all about how neurospicy folks of various types create a society of their own between the Galactic Arms.
Artists of Destruction is promising if you want something weird and dark.
Arts and Crafts America is ideal for wild bohemian things.
The Blueshift Troupers span a range of personalities, quirks, and sexualities, and sometimes shift gender.
A Conflagration of Dragons has the Six Races, plus dragons, each with their own set of psychological parameters.
Daughters of the Apocalypse has lost most of the formerly "normal" people. Most of the survivors are odd in some way -- or several ways.
Fiorenza the Wisewoman includes Mad Ercole, who has post-traumatic brain injury syndrome.
Frankenstein's Family features two men (one of them trans) in a queerplatonic relationship, vampires, werewolves, Caldarari, and other unusual folks. Some of the young werewolves in particular have differences.
Hart's Farm is a free love community with diverse bonding methods and personality quirks.
Monster House includes a wide range of monsters, and a couple of gay teens.
The Moon Door has characters with a wide variety of neurological conditions.
Not Quite Kansas is about two men and a demon trying to get by in a dangerous world. None of their worldviews really fit together smoothly.
One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis features Shaeth, who might as well have declared himself the God of Misfits.
Polychrome Heroics has ordinary humans, supernaries, blue-plate specials, superheroes, supervillains, primal and animal soups all of whom have their own quirks. QUILTBAG characters include Antimatter and Stalwart Stan, Pain's Gray, and Hefty in the Shiv thread (and Shiv is acespec). There is a lot of neurodiversity, from people like Persia with autism to soups with different senses to nonhumans like the whales and the shipcats. I encourage readers to prompt for any of the large casts and complex settings that I have already developed, such as:
* the bohemian folks at Hanson Hall in Omaha, Nebraska
* the Mori no Tami and their allies at Mori no Mura in Humboldt County, California
* the hippies of Emerald Mountain Glen in Vermont
* the rescued sexbots in Thalassia
* the rescued primals now at the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana
* the Withering Heights LARP in Colorado
* the Solace polycule in Atlanta, Georgia
* the cohousing and polycule in Portland, Oregon
* the various polycules from " A Celebration and a Consolation" out east
Schrodinger's Heroes save the world from alternate dimensions, and they're a very diverse group in a very conservative area.
The Steamsmith has a genderqueer lead and some other variously odd characters.
Or you can ask for something new.
Linkbacks reveal a verse of any open linkback poem.
If you're interested, mark the date on your calendar, and please hold actual prompts until the "Poetry Fishbowl Open" post next week. (If you're not available that day, or you live in a time zone that makes it hard to reach me, then you can leave advance prompts below this post. I am now.) Meanwhile, if you want to help with promotion, please feel free to link back here or repost this on your blog.
Writing is usually considered a solitary pursuit. One exception to this is a fascinating exercise called a "fishbowl." This has various forms, but all of them basically involve some kind of writing in public, usually with interaction between author and audience. A famous example is Harlan Ellison's series of "stories under glass" in which he sits in a bookstore window and writes a new story based on an idea that someone gives him. Writing classes sometimes include a version where students watch each other write, often with students calling out suggestions which are chalked up on the blackboard for those writing to use as inspiration.
I'm going to host a Poetry Fishbowl on my blog on Tuesday, September 3. I'll be soliciting ideas for thematic characters, plots, settings, objects, and poetic forms in particular. Chances are I'll spend a good chunk of the day, from afternoon to evening or more, alternating between this site and doing stuff offline so my back doesn't weld itself to the chair.
Perks: I will post at least one of the resulting fishbowl poems on the blog for everyone to enjoy, and an extra one if there's at least one new prompter or donor. The rest will be available for audience members to buy, and whatever's left over will go into my archive for magazine submission.
If donations total $100 then you get a free $15 poem; $150 gets you a free $20 poem; and $200 gets you a free epic, posted after the Poetry Fishbowl. These will usually be series poems if I have them; otherwise I may offer non-series poems or series poems in a different size. If donations reach $250, you get one step toward a bonus fishbowl; four of these activates the perk, and they don't have to be four months in a row. Everyone will get to vote on which series, and give prompts during the extra fishbowl, although it may be a half-day rather than a whole day. If donations reach $300, there will be a half-price sale in one series.
I want to promote linkbacks pointing people to the "Fishbowl Open" post on Tuesday. Linkbacks reveal a verse of any open linkback poem. One person can do multiple links if they're on different services, like Twitter or LiveJournal, rather than all on Dreamwidth.
(See the complete list of current perks.)
If you enjoy my poetry -- or if you just love poetry in general, or want to promote interest in neurodiverse characters -- please mark the fishbowl date on your calendar. Drop by and give me some ideas, comment on the posted poetry, encourage people to come look, whatever tickles your fancy. I hope to see you then!