The Wordsmith's Forge

1st

• 12:03 am Happy Gregorian New Year - 8 comments
• 12:34 am 2011 Goals in Review - 1 comment
• 12:41 am Goals for 2012
• 01:05 am State of the Author Address 2012 - 5 comments
• 03:50 am Bird Photos - 2 comments
• 12:29 pm Rose & Bay Awards open for nomination!
• 02:47 pm Free Art Day
• 07:39 pm More Courtney Crumrin
• 09:06 pm Read "Why I Could Ask for More" by Siege
• 11:00 pm My Crowdfunding Activity in 2011 - 2 comments
• 11:09 pm My Crowdfunding Activity in 2012

2nd

• 03:35 am Rose & Bay Awards open for nomination!
• 03:44 am Poetry Friending Meme
• 04:04 am Art by Limiinal - 1 comment
• 04:08 am Special Fandom Snowflake Challenge #1
• 02:15 pm Rose & Bay Awards open for nomination!
• 02:51 pm Follow the Wordsmith - 2 comments
• 04:42 pm Let's Talk About Ebooks of My Poetry - 37 comments
• 05:39 pm Monday Update 1-2-12
• 06:07 pm Update on Kajones_writing
• 08:04 pm Read "Working for the Elf" by Rix_scaedu - 2 comments
• 10:18 pm Poetry Fishbowl Statistics from 2011

3rd

• 01:54 am Essay: "Heras and Villainesses" - 13 comments
• 01:56 am Fantasy or Divination by Night_dreams
• 02:20 am Art by Limiinal - 1 comment
• 12:17 pm New verses in "With Mortal Flesh and Iron Will"
• 12:28 pm Free Sketch Day by Shadows_gallery - 1 comment
• 01:00 pm Poetry Fishbowl Open! - 69 comments
• 01:53 pm Read the Linkback Perk Poem: "Zee"
• 03:21 pm Poem: "El Zócalo" - 16 comments
• 09:10 pm Poem: "Stillpoint of the Spinning Wheel" - 13 comments

4th

• 01:49 am Art by Shadows_gallery
• 02:40 am Movie Attendance Dropping - 7 comments
• 02:49 am Poem: "Paper and Tiger" - 16 comments
• 01:21 pm Brief Update from the Poetry Fishbowl - 4 comments
• 01:32 pm What Manhood Really Is - 5 comments
• 01:36 pm Baba Yaga's House - 2 comments
• 03:50 pm Poem: "Zee" - 42 comments
• 06:40 pm Do Not Mess with the Mommy - 16 comments
• 06:59 pm Choice and Disability - 3 comments
• 08:13 pm Unsold Poetry from the January 3, 2012 Poetry Fishbowl - 2 comments
• 09:00 pm Poem: "Klytaimēstra's Kestos" - 3 comments
• 10:03 pm Poem: "What Makes a Woman" - 27 comments
• 11:23 pm Love and Hate in F&SF - 6 comments
• 11:43 pm "Zee" is complete!

5th

• 02:44 am New Crowdfunding Project: "$5 Character Portrait Day" - 1 comment
• 11:38 am New verses in "With Mortal Flesh and Iron Will" - 3 comments
• 11:48 am Poem: "The Girl He Brought Home" - 22 comments
• 07:24 pm More about the Elf
• 08:16 pm New verse in "The Inescapable Agony of Being"
• 08:22 pm Poem: "The Crackerjack Princess" - 6 comments
• 08:37 pm Poem: "All the Things" - 10 comments
• 08:41 pm Poem: "When Themis Peeks" - 4 comments

6th

• 12:14 am Poem: "Dark as Night, Bright as Day" - 4 comments
• 12:19 am Extra Poems
• 12:36 am "With Mortal Flesh and Iron Will" is complete!
• 01:02 am Poem: "Imalye Fotolyi" - 3 comments
• 01:11 am Fishbowl Update
• 03:01 am Art by Meeks
• 10:44 am Essay by Meeks
• 12:13 pm Poem: "Sisters in Venom" - 12 comments
• 12:29 pm Poem: "The Morose Mascot" - 9 comments
• 10:42 pm Sketch Fest Today - 1 comment

7th

• 12:15 am Serial Poetry Poll for the January 3, 2012 Fishbowl
• 01:07 am Generally Sponsored Poetry Poll for January 3, 2012
• 01:23 am Sketch Fest Art
• 02:41 am Sketch Fest Art - 3 comments
• 03:48 am Read "Ghouls and Cannibals"
• 12:40 pm Sketch Fest Today
• 01:22 pm Small Art by Ankewehner
• 04:29 pm Read "The Sword Without a Hilt: Concepts of Evil" - 7 comments
• 05:38 pm Family Skills: "The Phone Stack" - 2 comments
• 07:35 pm Sketch Fest Art
• 07:47 pm Serial Poems Poll for January 3, 2012 Poetry Fishbowl
• 09:20 pm My Poetry Fishbowl Records
• 10:31 pm Voting Still Open in the Generally Sponsored Poetry Poll
• 11:50 pm Poem: "Bittersweet Preserves" - 5 comments
• 11:57 pm Poem: "Pandora's Gift" - 3 comments

8th

• 12:02 am Poem: "Princess in the Shadows" - 8 comments
• 12:08 am New verses in "The Inescapable Agony of Being"
• 01:52 am Ezine in Progress
• 04:11 am Bonus Material: "Cast List for Fiorenza the Wisewoman"
• 11:47 am Sketch Fest Today
• 01:52 pm Poetry Fishbowl Report for Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - 3 comments
• 02:15 pm Sketch Fest Art - 2 comments
• 03:34 pm Sketch Fest Art
• 03:48 pm Poem: "A Love Like Air" - 3 comments
• 05:30 pm Sketch Fest Art
• 05:46 pm Poem: "alien aquarium" - 2 comments
• 08:00 pm Making Honeycrack and Other Traditional Candies - 9 comments
• 08:14 pm Poem: "Chamomile and Honeycrack" - 7 comments
• 09:05 pm The Rhysling Award now accepts crowdfunded and self-published poetry! - 2 comments
• 09:13 pm The Rhysling Award now accepts crowdfunded and self-published poetry!
• 10:55 pm Read "Atramentous" by Recessional
• 11:55 pm Torn Tongue: Nouns Beginning with "P"

9th

• 12:38 am Contract for "Eggs Under Moon" - 1 comment
• 01:27 am Changing the Economy - 8 comments
• 02:43 am Cake Pictures
• 11:37 am Rose and Bay Awards Update
• 12:02 pm Monday Update 1-9-12
• 03:30 pm Series Poll for the January 17, 2012 Bonus Fishbowl
• 03:34 pm Read about the Old Races
• 04:09 pm Beware of Crowdturfing
• 10:03 pm Giraffe Call Update
• 11:24 pm Crowdfunding Creative Jam Announcement - 2 comments

10th

• 02:04 am Art by Meeks
• 02:09 am Garden of Prose - 7 comments
• 12:29 pm Sketch Fest Art
• 01:18 pm Planning for Imbolc
• 02:23 pm Amazon vs. the Publishers
• 05:50 pm In which Lego's left and right hands do not know each other - 20 comments
• 08:51 pm See a Picture of Rai - 3 comments

11th

• 02:09 am Read "Hellwatch"
• 02:40 am Spock's Toys
• 11:06 am Lesbian Progatonists in F&SF - 1 comment
• 11:56 am New in Crowdfunding
• 07:59 pm Hard Things - 35 comments
• 08:19 pm Watch for "Red Tails" - 6 comments
• 09:15 pm New Crowdfunding Project: My Starz! Astrology
• 11:13 pm Bonus Fishbowl Theme: "Fiorenza the Wisewoman"

12th

• 01:13 am The Bookstore That's Bigger on the Inside
• 03:00 am The Second Bill of Rights - 9 comments
• 02:26 pm The Mobility Vehicle One - 4 comments
• 05:31 pm Diane Duane Needs Help - 9 comments
• 10:16 pm Wind Resistant Trees - 4 comments

13th

• 03:41 am Capitalism in Crisis - 7 comments
• 03:48 am New Crowdfunding Project: "Lorelei Has a Dream"
• 03:52 am Plunge in Progress
• 01:10 pm Writing Exercises - 4 comments
• 01:42 pm One-Card Draw
• 03:06 pm My Starz! Update
• 03:23 pm Free Ebooks Today
• 09:06 pm Giraffe Call
• 10:16 pm Fund ALL the Crowds! - 1 comment
• 10:45 pm Torn Tongue: Verbs Beginning with "Q"

14th

• 02:13 am Poem: "Why Autistics Make Good Friends" - 8 comments
• 02:26 am Biracial Spiderman - 1 comment
• 11:02 am The Winner is "Frozen" - 1 comment
• 11:16 am Read "Day 19" by Rix_scaedu - 1 comment

15th

• 01:46 am Nature Photos
• 02:49 pm Embarras Valley Farm & CSA - 24 comments
• 03:02 pm Library Patrons Want Ebooks - 3 comments
• 03:50 pm Precedents in Trespassing - 4 comments
• 09:10 pm Read About the Rising Sign

16th

• 12:18 am Read my story "On the Rocks" in The Lorelei Signal - 2 comments
• 02:35 am Copyright Length - 7 comments
• 02:30 pm Imbolc Recipes
• 03:11 pm Monday Update 1-16-12
• 04:10 pm 2012 Rose & Bay Awards Update
• 04:29 pm Read "Aspects in Astrology" by My_starz - 2 comments
• 04:50 pm Start a Gift Circle - 5 comments
• 05:08 pm Free Character Art - 2 comments
• 10:43 pm Weird Things Underwater - 1 comment

17th

• 01:15 am Seeking the Dream - 1 comment
• 02:10 am Nature Photos
• 11:27 am Let the Sexists Forfeit - 20 comments
• 12:16 pm Poetry Fishbowl Open! - 61 comments
• 03:23 pm Poem: "Walking with the Witch-son" - 7 comments

18th

• 04:02 am Nature Photos
• 01:04 pm Poem: "Fiorenza and the Sea" - 15 comments
• 01:37 pm Freebie Poll for the January 17, 2012 Poetry Fishbowl - 1 comment
• 04:38 pm Free Character Art by Moon_fox

19th

• 12:12 am Job Creators in Crowdfunding
• 12:22 am Popular Math Books
• 12:29 am The Blackout List
• 12:37 am Spiderman and Venom
• 12:54 am Serial Poetry Page Update - 3 comments
• 03:00 am The End of the World
• 03:05 am Art by Moonvoice
• 01:20 pm New Crowdfunding Project: "The Arkh Project" - 1 comment
• 02:58 pm Poem: "Fiorenza's New Hat" - 19 comments
• 03:11 pm Unsold Poetry from the January 17, 2012 Poetry Fishbowl
• 03:33 pm The Oatmeal Blackout - 5 comments
• 05:19 pm Read "Where I Started" by My_starz

20th

• 01:04 am Pr0n for Pregnant Ladies - 1 comment
• 02:28 am Strange Speech - 14 comments
• 01:29 pm If You Don't Like Your Party's Candidates ... - 2 comments
• 01:39 pm Horses in Winter - 1 comment
• 02:01 pm Poem: "Three Brothers and a Bull" - 1 comment
• 02:06 pm Poem: "Tabagnino and the Beanstalk"
• 03:39 pm Making Your Vote Count
• 04:08 pm Sketch Fest Today
• 04:11 pm Betty Boop in the Flesh - 2 comments
• 04:15 pm The Balance of Unlicensed Entertainment
• 04:23 pm Rhysling Poems Approved
• 08:31 pm Poem: "Cups and Coins" - 3 comments
• 08:43 pm New verses in "The Morose Mascot"
• 09:37 pm Organic vs. Conventional Farming
• 09:45 pm Torn Tongue: Nouns Beginning with "Q" - 2 comments
• 10:17 pm Free Fiction Day by Skjam

21st

• 12:24 am Online Calculators - 1 comment
• 02:10 am Black March - 5 comments
• 10:36 am Sketch Fest Art - 2 comments
• 07:48 pm Author Beware: iBooks Author - 6 comments
• 08:26 pm Sketch Fest Art
• 08:37 pm Poetry on Kickstarter

22nd

• 12:35 am Read "Of Elves and Computers" by Rix_scaedu - 2 comments
• 02:07 am New Crowdfunding Project: "Plunge Magazine"
• 12:45 pm Coping with Women's Clothes - 98 comments
• 04:19 pm Sketch Fest Art - 2 comments
• 10:49 pm Poetry Fishbowl Report for January 17, 2012 Poetry Fishbowl

23rd

• 11:41 am Marina's Bilingual Poetry Project - 6 comments
• 12:53 pm Monday Update 1-23-12
• 01:08 pm Black March Indie - 3 comments
• 07:09 pm Read "A Time for Astrology" by My_starz
• 11:15 pm Strange Animal Adaptations - 2 comments

24th

• 01:07 am Updates from Kajones_writing
• 02:08 am Art by Moonvoice
• 02:21 am Update from Meeks
• 02:26 am Art by Meeks
• 01:27 pm Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary - 3 comments
• 02:28 pm Read "Predicting the Past" by My_starz
• 03:53 pm Durable NASA Rover Beginning Ninth Year of Mars Work
• 05:38 pm More on Ebooks and Libraries - 17 comments
• 05:48 pm Dwarf Stars Award

25th

• 02:01 am Asexuality and Other Traits
• 01:46 pm Crowdfunding in February?
• 02:01 pm One-Card Draw by Wrenstarling
• 02:20 pm Good News: Snow Leopards - 3 comments
• 03:27 pm Soggy Sparrows - 1 comment
• 03:39 pm Read "Slang and Swearwords of Torn World"
• 09:31 pm An Attack on the Arkh Project - 5 comments
• 09:46 pm Read "Snake on Duty" by Skjam - 2 comments

26th

• 02:14 am How America Loses Jobs - 9 comments
• 11:58 am Update: Plunge Magazine - 3 comments
• 01:15 pm Labor Abuses - 3 comments
• 01:29 pm Cutting Out the Megacorps - 1 comment
• 01:42 pm 10 Writing Rules to Consider - 27 comments
• 02:13 pm Cosmology and Alignment - 3 comments
• 05:40 pm Fiction by Rix_scaedu
• 06:18 pm Voting Out Congress - 10 comments

27th

• 01:41 am Art by Moonvoice - 1 comment
• 12:21 pm Read "Friendship" by Rix_scaedu
• 01:33 pm MicroFic Fishbowl
• 01:42 pm Poetry Editing - 5 comments
• 01:46 pm Torn Tongue: Verbs Beginning with "R"
• 02:27 pm Read About Were-Thylacines
• 02:39 pm Food Storage Physics - 2 comments
• 09:37 pm How to Organize Electric Cords - 5 comments

28th

• 02:41 am Art by Meeks - 3 comments
• 02:46 am Ice Cream Science - 2 comments
• 02:27 pm Read "Horses as a Plot Device" - 2 comments
• 04:36 pm Rhysling Award Nomination - 1 comment
• 04:56 pm Barnes & Noble vs. Amazon - 2 comments
• 11:35 pm Update: "Cast List for Fiorenza the Wisewoman" - 4 comments

29th

• 12:56 am Microfic by Rix_scaedu - 1 comment
• 02:06 am Nature Photos
• 02:37 pm Lost Voyages - 1 comment

30th

• 02:12 am Update from Meeks
• 11:25 am Poem: "The Godfather" - 20 comments
• 11:43 am 2012 Rose & Bay Award Update
• 12:34 pm Monday Update 1/30/12
• 12:39 pm Being Poor - 1 comment
• 01:02 pm Prompt Call
• 04:17 pm Flowers to Come

31st

• 01:02 am Read "Unlicensed Dreams" on Torn World
• 02:07 pm Poem: "Plumbing the Depths"
• 02:21 pm New verses in "The Godfather"
• 03:09 pm Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, February 7
• 04:41 pm Publishing, Ebooks, and Amazon