Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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ysabetwordsmith

Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

February 16 2010, 16:55:22 UTC 11 years ago

I appreciate your support.

>>I think I'm getting to understand the process. It reminds of the old literary salons, except via the Internet, the room is expansive and participants unlimited.<<

Yes! Part of my inspiration came from there. The old Romantic poets used to get together in somebody's parlor to hang out. One of them would throw out a topic, and then folks would sit around writing poems about it. They'd read the poems out loud. Somebody would get an idea from somebody else's poem and start scribbling again. And they'd do that for hours sometimes. The Torn World Muse Fusion is a little closer to that, with lots of creators as well as lots of prompters. With the Poetry Fishbowl, if I can ever afford to attend conventions again, I would love to take this show on the road, and set up a fishbowl in the lobby or atrium.