Elizabeth Rose

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A showcase of work by elizabeth murray; short stories, articles, haiku, flash fiction, poetry, dialogue, and experiments. Like what you see? Contact me. I could be writing for you.

Archive for January, 2008

Elizabeth Rose Murray haiku XIII

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Football: the national sport. So how does it work as a haiku? Read it on dogmatika to find out!

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Elizabeth Rose Murray haiku XII (dogmatika)

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

My latest haiku gifted? can be read over on dogmatika. If you´ve been an absent friend during the start of the year, there´s a few things I´d recommend. Paul Kavanagh´s Tea at aTrimalchio´s XXVII continues with it´s greatness, and the Alan McCormick/Jonny Voss duo remain irresistible. I especially love Goat Kills Snake.

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Some more crazy characters…

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Included in my X365 wall of fame are Damage, Carole, Gothy Neil and Jock…a real mixed bag emerges! Feel free to base your own characters on them. Just follow the link on the right of the page to read more…

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Rent on Six Sentences

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

My latest flash fiction Rent can be read over on Six Sentences. I´ve been looking forward to this one for two reasons; firstly, I think it´s a very strong piece which conveys exactly what I wanted, and secondly, I think it shows the power of this compact structure.
Thought up by the owner and editor of […]

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My blog on getting published

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Yes, there are many people out there who blog about writing. **Yawn** A seeming tedious and fruitless exercise you may think – but you’d be wrong. I’m doing this getting published blog for a few reasons:

It helps focus
It’s putting black on white
It’s what makes me tick
Even if one person gets a spark […]

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Despite a busy schedule, Mario Petrucci was kind enough to comment on my review of his poem “In Touch”. Mario is a man I admire; he writes with unlimited enthusiasm, wit and sensitivity. You can read my critique and what Mario wrote about my critique here.

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New poetry critique blog

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

To enhance my resolution to read more poetry, I have created the Elizabeth Rose: poetry critique blog. To kick start this, Mario Petrucci´s In Touch has been the focus of my attentions; a modern day rhetoric on the ancient concept of eros using foot fungus as a focus. Intrigued? Then read it.

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Dedications and daemons: my new X365 project

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Having read all about the X365 project – I thought – what an idea! I can utilise this; not only does it help with characterisation, focus and tickles the creative recesses on a daily basis, but it also has a grounding feel to it. Having moved around lots, this attracts me like a bright new […]

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