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| Author: | WaylandCybersmith [ Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Waiting in the Wings |
The lights are turned down, throwing night across the room. I sit. Waiting for the call. Drinking a mixture of fruit juices. A man approaches, proffers a hand, and compliments me on a performance I barely remember. The shock of recognition and appreciation leaves me stunned for a while. The call is made. I step forward, from night to full day, and turn to see the shadows in the room Waiting for my first utterance. I make an offering of three poems, then return to my seat. There I remain to listen to other pets and bards. A week has passed, and I sit in a bar room, drinking fruit juices again. Equipment is manhandled in and set up. I wait for my call. A wait made pleasurable by the songs and poems I hear. Then, I rise, and walk to the mic. I offer more work, and regain my seat. The evening passes, and I enjoy the works of my fellow performers. Home again, I look at my uncompleted works that wait like abandoned children, but I have no food for them. My friends come and go, but Inspiration does not venture in my front door. I look at an email. A store has sold more copies of my book. That should fire me up, but it doesn't. I have another reading this Friday. Maybe Inspiration will visit me once more. |
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| Author: | Meadow [ Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Waiting in the Wings |
What a lovely picture you paint with your words! You have a book out? What is it called and where is it for sale? |
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| Author: | WaylandCybersmith [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Waiting in the Wings |
Stronghold: Exodus, available direct from Amazon, but you should also be able to order it online from high street book store chains, make sure you have the right version: I had it published in the states a couple of years back, and it proved to expensive for the UK, so I edited and reformated it. You should not need to pay more than £8.49. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stronghold-Exod ... 1447876261 |
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