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But You Don’t Look Sick: The Real Life Adventures of Fibro Bitches, Lupus Warriors, and other Super Heroes Battling Invisible Illness

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A year ago, Indie Blu(e) Publishing accepted submissions for an anthology about the lived experience of Invisible Illness. Despite our passion for this project, we struggled to articulate our vision to potential contributors. Although we received almost 500 pieces of art and writing, the majority of these simply didn’t fit the anthology we wanted to produce. Overwhelmed and discouraged, we put the project on the back burner.

As we near the start of a new year, we are recommitting to this important anthology. We are starting over with a name that we feel better reflects our vision: But You Don’t Look Sick: The Real Life Adventures of Fibro Bitches, Lupus Warriors, and other Super Heroes Battling Invisible Illness. We will be opening submissions on January 1, 2020 and closing them on January 31st.

Potential contributors are welcome to submit up to five pieces of creative work- including poetry, prose, creative non-fiction, Short Fiction, or original Artwork, that is limited in length (under 1,000 words).

Submission of previously published pieces is acceptable if you retain full rights to your work.

Artwork can be submitted in black and white OR color but all artwork should be black and white compatible.

Using a pen name or publishing anonymously is acceptable.

If you are interested in receiving email updates about this project, including the submission link when it becomes live, please email the editors at indieblucollective@gmail.com.

Embers Flaring

John Biscello

Houses of a Crystal Muse, a poetic dialogue/collaboration between myself and Antoinette Nora Claypoole, will be released by Wild Embers Press next week. Also featuring images by Issa de Nicola and Anthony Distefano. Wild Embers is offering free review copies.

Here is one of the poems from the book:

You,
true to your own scythe,
perpetrate with fierce love,
small necessary deaths,
you,
whispering sweet winged words
of encouragement to your reaper,
Hurry now, slowly,
and bless my broken softly,
bless every last ghost
through the numinous host
of reckon,
and watch me
rise,
this side of dream,
bountied
to the swell
of commonest prayers.
–J.B.

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Poets of SMITTEN Interview Series: Hoda Essa

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Hoda Abdulqadir Essa is a New Orleans native with roots hailing from East Africa. Hoda is a maker, writer, lover, shapeshifter and soul traveler, searching for heaven or hoping to construct it with her own bare hands.

How does being a poet inform your views on expressing emotions through writing?

As a poet, I’m consistently working from a place that many people call “emotional intelligence” – in other words, I am dreaming out loud when I open my mouth or put pen to paper. So, for me, being a poet comes with a subtle responsibility to always tell the truth. Poetry is not a soundbite nor is it a news-clip. To me, poetry is the rhythm that lives in each person individually. It’s important to express that and writing is a powerful medium to do so.

When you found out SMITTEN was about women who loved women, without the emphasis…

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Press Release from Nicole Lyons and Indie Blu(e) Publishing

Canadian poet Nicole Lyons is deeply touched that Saskia Jones, victim of the recent London terrorist attack, found comfort in her poem ‘Someday, Someone’ and shared it on her social media pages. Written in 2015, ‘Someday, Someone’ first appeared on Ms. Lyon’s blog The Lithium Chronicles and was included in her first book of poetry, Hush.

Ms. Lyons and Indie Blu(e) Publishing extend their deepest sympathies to the loved ones of Ms. Jones and Jack Merritt, also killed in this tragic incident.

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Upcoming Book Signings – Philadelphia

Christine E Ray Book Signings

I am honored to have so many opportunities over the next month to be show off Indie Blu(e) Publishing’s amazing book catalog and sign copies of Composition of a Woman and The Myths of Girlhood. I would LOVE it if you can stop by one of the events and introduce yourself.

Wishing you and your loved ones a joyous holiday season!