by J.L. Smith

Alaska Women Speak Poems

Hi Everyone,
I was just notified that three of my poems will be featured in the next issue of Alaska Women Speak, which features poems about landscapes. My poems include “Dirt,” “Sweat,” and “Thunderstorm.” All these poems are about the landscapes in which I have lived in the past 15 years or so. I will post more when the issue goes to print!

Excited!

by J.L. Smith

Flash Fiction/ Down in the Dirt Issue

Hey everyone!  The new July/August 2016 issue of Down in the Dirt is v138, titled “Suicidal Birds“!  It contains my flash fiction story “The Devil and the White Room.”  Check it out at the web site here (http://scars.tv/cgi-bin/writers.pl?JENNIFERL.SMITH) or in print (https://www.createspace.com/6334551).

Enjoy!

by J.L. Smith

Alaska Women Speak Summer Issue

is out and I am pleased to announce that I have 3 poems and 1 fiction piece in this issue. Poems include “Someone May Have Said”, “The Diagnosis”, and “All Things Mundane.” “The Call” is my fiction piece.   Available for purchase locally at Barnes & Noble in Anchorage and Fireside Books in Palmer.  See more at Alaska Women Speak’s website.

http://www.alaskawomenspeak.org

 

by J.L. Smith

Poem Accepted: Bitterzoet

Hi everyone!

I am pleased to announced that my poem “Acid Rain” will be featured in an upcoming issue of Bitterzoet. I will post when it goes live.  In the meantime, please check them out here: http://www.bitterzoetmag.com/

by J.L. Smith

June PoWriMo Day 30/Prompt #30

Raw excerpt for the day:

I found God

or at least, I found

Buddha in the least

likely places…

Prompt for the day:

Write about regret. Think of something you regret.  Something you did or didn’t do.

Start it out like this: I regret that….

 

by J.L. Smith

June PoWriMo Prompts 28/29

These two prompts deal with the senses.

Prompt #28: Think of an object in your hand, be it water, chemical, or a solid object. What does it feel like? What sensation does it give to you? How does it make you feel. Write about it.

Prompt #29: Think of sound. Maybe it is a person’s voice, a song, a bird’s cry. Write about that sound and its affect on you.