[Stylist] Updating and Editing_

llambert at zoominternet.net llambert at zoominternet.net
Mon Apr 1 01:10:11 UTC 2019


What????
That is sure something different - 
Good Luck on the poem, Barbara.
Will you share it when finished?
I know absolutely nothing about that theme.
Lynda

-----Original Message-----
From: Stylist <stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Barbara HAMMEL via
Stylist
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2019 7:20 PM
To: Writers' Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Barbara HAMMEL <poetlori8 at msn.com>
Subject: Re: [Stylist] Updating and Editing_



I'm working on a poem about the Periodic Table that I've been stewing over
for the past month or two. It's finally starting to come together!
Barbara Hammel

> On Mar 31, 2019, at 16:57, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Stylist
<stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Lynda,
> 
> Yes, I used to perform on stage quite a bit. My mom was a dance 
> teacher, and this was my introduction into performing. My uncle was 
> also a singer, dancer and actor, and performed in several Broadway 
> touring productions when he lived in NYC. My dad is also musical and 
> can play several instruments in addition to singing. He's an associate 
> pastor at his church and leads worship most Sunday's.
> 
> I have a degree in vocal performance with a minor in theatre. I 
> auditioned for AMDA in NYC and was accepted, but then I became sick 
> with the viral infection that caused me to become blind, and I ended 
> up not going. At the time, I focused on writing and went back to 
> school to study it, but now, I do wish I would have gone to AMDA. It's 
> been years since I've performed, but recently, I started working with 
> a group, and we actually have an event coming up where we will do an 
> improv sketch. It's been a lot of fun, and this has been a great way to
dip my toes back in the performing world.
> 
> My husband and I attend theatre productions as much as we can, and we 
> take our 6-year-old to the children's theatre now, or if other 
> theatres have children-friendly shows. He's not expressing an interest 
> in performing himself, at least not yet, but our 2-year-old is a 
> little ham! He loves to sing and dance all the time.
> 
> I enjoy traditional performances, but I also like experimental and 
> avant-garde ones.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stylist <stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Linda Lambert 
> via Stylist
> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2019 4:18 PM
> To: 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: llambert at zoominternet.net
> Subject: Re: [Stylist] Updating and Editing_
> 
> Bridgit,
> I thought I remembered that you did plays in the past. There is 
> nothing I enjoy more than live theatre.
> Well, maybe I'd say I like contemporary dance performance as much or 
> more, too.
> I like the experimental stuff - cutting edge - things still in 
> development sometimes.
> I also love the voice actors who record the books we all enjoy.
> It is all just wonderful, isn't it.
> 
> My little 9-year old great-granddaughter has been in the past 3 years 
> of musicals performed by the senior high school in our town. But, we 
> have know since her birth she is an actor.  She is always "on."  In 
> august I took her family to New York City for a few days - we saw 
> "Frozen" on Broadway.  They were so thrilled. We did it at night, so 
> they got to be in the crowds who are pouring out of the theatres  when 
> the plays end.  I cannot see the actors, but I sure enjoyed the music and
acting.
> Lynda
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stylist <stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Bridgit 
> Kuenning-Pollpeter via Stylist
> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2019 4:47 PM
> To: 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter <bkpollpeter at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Stylist] Updating and Editing_
> 
> Lynda,
> 
> Do you mean the spelling of "playwright?" Yep, you spelled it 
> correctly, grin.
> 
> I've written one act plays and sketches in the past that have been 
> performed. It's a fun experience. A couple I performed myself, smile.
> 
> A playwright friend of mine is prolific, and many of her plays are 
> produced locally and out-of-state. When she's workshopping a new play, 
> I'm usually one of the people she asks to be involved. Playwrighting 
> workshops are very similar to writing workshops, but everyone involved 
> has a character/role and acts out the play while sitting around a 
> table. Afterwards, we provide feedback. Anyway, she and I are working 
> on a musical idea I have, and also turning one of my essays into a 
> play. It's fun, and we will see what comes of these projects, wink.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stylist <stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Linda Lambert 
> via Stylist
> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2019 3:32 PM
> To: 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: llambert at zoominternet.net
> Subject: Re: [Stylist] Updating and Editing_
> 
> All good things to do to get those creative juices flowing.
> I've never even dreamed of writing a play - but I love plays and the 
> theatre.
> When I did a fellowship at Hambidge Center for the Arts many years ago 
> - a playwright (not sure of spelling)  was there in residence with me.
> We had great conversations over dinner - when we all came from our 
> studios to have dinner together in the evening.
> She lived in NYC, and did stand-up comedy as well.  Do you foresee 
> that one of your plays will be performed on a stage?
> Or, even  more of them?  
> As a painter we work in seclusion, and once we have created a body of 
> work, we put the work on gallery walls - attend the openings and have 
> lots of fun
> - then back to seclusion to do more work. 
> 
> Lynda
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stylist <stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Vejas 
> Vasiliauskas via Stylist
> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2019 3:23 PM
> To: Writers' Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Vejas Vasiliauskas <alpineimagination at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Stylist] Updating and Editing_
> 
> I have been writing a lot of plays, for class and for fun. I also 
> tried an exercise, inspired by "free-writing" in one of my classes, 
> where I'd write for a very very short amount of time, but continue on 
> writing non-stop, letting thoughts to the story flow as I'm quickly 
> writing. My first time doing this, the results were quite entertaining!
> Vejas
> 
>> On 31 Mar 2019, at 10:32, Linda Lambert via Stylist 
>> <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello NFB Writers,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I wonder what you are doing today and what the scene is like outside 
>> your windows.
>> 
>> I hope your week ahead is filled with lots of good writing time and 
>> new expectations and achievements for your writing life.
>> 
>> I'd love to hear about your projects and what you have going on at 
>> this time of year when we are slowly shifting from Winter into the 
>> beginning of Springtime.
>> 
>> It's a time for new beginnings, I think. I feel excited about the 
>> shift - the pivot.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> April is national poetry month - so I will be posting a poem each day 
>> on one of my blogs.
>> 
>> I admire the writers who can write a poem a day during April, but 
>> this would not be a reasonable goal for me - I am a slow slow slow
writer.
>> 
>> I'd get frustrated at trying to crank out a poem a day - and I'd fail 
>> at it miserably. But, I can post a poem a day, and that will be my 
>> way of celebrating this most wonderful month ahead for poets and readers.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sunday Snow - Yes, Snow, here in western PA today!
>> 
>> I guess it is a perfect ending for the Month of March.
>> 
>> But then, in April, I'll have to be busy working in the flower beds I 
>> created last year.
>> 
>> So, I am enjoying this quiet, cold day to work inside on details for 
>> my next book.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I just published my update on my Blog's companion page on FaceBook.  
>> It's called, "Walking by Inner Vision."
>> 
>> This is my social media presence for my writing activities.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I've not updated that FB page for a few weeks because I've been so 
>> busy working on the next book - getting it ready for the publication 
>> process that will begin soon. This will be my 3rd book published and 
>> I am so excited about it and  it feels like I  could just bounce up 
>> into the top of my Norway Maple tree  that is outside my window.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -
>> 
>> Update on _Star Signs: New and Selected Poems_ a pre-publication
tweaking.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I am working diligently on my "Acknowledgments" and the "Table of
> Contents"
>> pages - getting them edited and tweaked in anticipation of the start 
>> date for the editors to begin working on my next book. For a book of 
>> poetry the Acknowledgments should be a listing of "First Publishers"
>> for  each of the poems that have been published. This makes me so 
>> mindful of keeping good records on publications of each of my 
>> writings for it is necessary when you have to do your Acknowledgments
page.
>> Good record-keeping is essential for this part of writing a book of
> poetry.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I will print my FIRST-PUBLISHED poem in my new book. 
>> 
>> "Even in Arcadia," the poem, was published by The Daily Athenian, 
>> WVU, when I was in residence at West Virginia University, and working 
>> on my MFA in Painting. I was also writing a lot - tons of writing - 
>> and getting work published consistently during those years from 1989 to
1991.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> This is my ROOTS: My BEGINNING as writer.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> My first published poem was a response to an art work by Nicolas 
>> Poussin, a Baroque painter.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> My inspiration came from his painting, "Et in Arcadia Ego," from the
> 1600s.
>> Greek Mythology , Nature, Art, Music, Dance, history, and literature- 
>> each has  been an abiding interest and inspiration to me over the 
>> years of my creative activities in fine art and writing. It is good 
>> to stop and think about our roots, and how we came to love the themes 
>> we work with and how we developed as mature writers.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> https://www.artble.com/./n./paintings/the_arcadian_shepherds
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Lynda Lambert
>> 
>> _______
>> 
>> About Lynda McKinney Lambert
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On FaceBook:
>> 
>> <https://www.facebook.com/lyndamckinneylambert> My FaceBook Personal 
>> Page
>> 
>> <https://www.facebook.com/River-Road-Studio-175785105811956/> River 
>> Road Studio Page
>> 
>> <https://www.facebook.com/walkingbyinnervision/> Walking by Inner 
>> Vision Page
>> 
>> <https://www.facebook.com/SCAN-782814908467623/> My SCAN BLOG Page
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Visit my 2 Blogs:
>> 
>> <http://www.lyndalambert.com/> Website & Blog:  Walking by Inner 
>> Vision - personal blog
>> 
>> <http://www.llambert363.blog/> Scan Blog - A quiet Place of 
>> Inspiration. We love Art, Nature, Literature
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> More information on my books:
>> 
>> <http://www.dldbooks.com/lyndalambert> My Author's Page
>> 
>> 
>> <https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Inner-Vision-Stories-Poems/dp/1543121
>> 6
>> 24/ref
>> =sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532177952&sr=1-1&keywords=Walking+by+Inn
>> e
>> r+Visi
>> on> Buy the book on Amazon - for $3.99
>> 
>> 
>> <https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Inner-Vision-Stories-Poems/dp/1543121
>> 6
>> 24/ref
>> =sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532177952&sr=1-1&keywords=Walking+by+Inn
>> e
>> r+Visi
>> on> Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Contact Lynda:   <mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
>> riverwoman at zoominternet.net
>> 
>> Address: 104 River Road, Ellwood City, PA 16117
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Writers Division web site
>> http://writers.nfb.org/
>> Stylist mailing list
>> Stylist at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Stylist:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/alpineimaginatio
>> n
>> %40gmail.com
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Writers Division web site
> http://writers.nfb.org/
> Stylist mailing list
> Stylist at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Stylist:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/llambert%40zoomin
> ternet
> .net
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Writers Division web site
> http://writers.nfb.org/
> Stylist mailing list
> Stylist at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Stylist:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/bkpollpeter%40gma
> il.com
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Writers Division web site
> http://writers.nfb.org/
> Stylist mailing list
> Stylist at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Stylist:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/llambert%40zoomin
> ternet
> .net
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Writers Division web site
> http://writers.nfb.org/
> Stylist mailing list
> Stylist at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Stylist:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/bkpollpeter%40gma
> il.com
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Writers Division web site
> http://writers.nfb.org/
> Stylist mailing list
> Stylist at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
Stylist:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/poetlori8%40msn.c
> om

_______________________________________________
Writers Division web site
http://writers.nfb.org/
Stylist mailing list
Stylist at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
Stylist:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/llambert%40zoominternet
.net





More information about the Stylist mailing list