Writing

info please….

Tonight I am writing my first drafts for 8 articles on poetry.  Need to submit them Tuesday.  If anyone has any info, opinions or suggestions for the list below.  Please message me.

The #1 Poetry Slam In America,
So You Want To Enter A Poetry Slam?
How To Create Your Own Spoken Word Poetry ShowCase,
10 Legends (?) of Spoken Word Poetry
How To Create A Spoken Word Poetry Series
10 Online Poetry Magazines You Should Be Reading
How To Get Your Poem Published In Poetry Magazines
Toronto: A Great International Poetry Scene

Change change change….

Today felt like two steps back…

One of the problems with being a freelance writer/editor, is financially, it can be difficult. I’ve had to do some reviewing of my financial situation. Ugg! Why can’t someone just drop a large bag of money at my door! That’d be schweet. Since that isn’t going to happen anytime soon, it’s time to tighten the belt, cancel unnecessary expenses (oh netflix how I’m going to miss you) and consider other, temporary means of income… meaning I think I have to go back to bar-tending or gulp, waitressing to supplement my income. I’ve given myself a deadline. I have till the end of October to be generating enough income as a freelance artist to survive, and if not, the hunt for part-time work will have to commence. I’m even considering moving and sharing accommodations if need be. I’d prefer it didn’t come down to me having to do that, but… what’s a girl going to do.

In the meantime, I am figuring out how to do things for either free… or minimal cost.

I have to breath… it will all work itself out. It always does…

Because I can… {responses below}

There really should be a special section of Craigslist for people like me… am in one of those moods (as in I may start drinking soon) and couldn’t help myself. Like my Zombie Girl dating ad I placed over a year ago, I’m taking bets on how many serious responses I get. Trust me… there will be someone out there who actually thinks this is for reals…

… At least I made myself laugh for two minutes.

Here it is. I placed it in Missed Connections…

Wanna team up? – w4m
Date: 2011-08-17, 11:08AM EDT
Reply to:

You: 5’8″, handsome. Dark curly hair, haunting dark brown eyes. A smile that could end a million year war. You were wearing a white t-shirt, jeans, carrying a machete and a sawed off shot gun. You were covered in blood and Zombie bits.

Me: 5’8″, curvy. Red hair, part hair dye, part Zombie brain remnants. I was wearing a Smith’s t-shirt, rolled up jeans and boots, carrying a AK47 and a satchel of food.

Last seen: Bloor line, underground tunnel – somewhere between Spadina and Bathurst. I went east, you went west.

Let’s team up and fight these Zombies together. I’m almost out of bullets and have food. You look hungry and seem handy with that machete.

PostingID: 2551408975

/ps here is the link. Not sure how long it will stay live. Am sure it will get flagged soon as not being a real ad…

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/mis/2551408975.html

Responses Below

Thought i’d never hear from you again…food is scarce in these parts..
I might have grown a few inches since the last time we met, but i’m sure you’ll be able to recognize me.
I’m holed up in the west, in Etobicoke, have enough food for a few days more and then I must venture out or be too weak to keep up.

My machete stinks of rotting flesh and coupled with the cries and moans of the dead, it really is hard getting any rest at all. I can grab an AK off a dead soldier on my way to you, if he hasn’t ‘woken up’
already but I fear it might only slow me down. The machete is, after all, my weapon of choice.

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First of all; best post ever! Secondly, get out.of the tunnel quick. You can get quickly surrounded and outnumbered.

All I want to do is play hooky…

Welcome to day two of my newest bout of insomnia. Now before you start offering solutions, names of drugs or advice, I will save you time. I’ve tried it all. Nothing works, it’s a bit more complicated than that. I’m a chronic insomniac and have been since I was a child.

My current state of non-sleep is due to me once again not being able to turn my brain off. This involuntary solitary confinement I seem to have been placed in isn’t helping either. I’m feeling like a caged animal who doesn’t understand why she’s being punished. I’m frustrated, angry and exhausted.

I am sitting here looking at my list of freelance tasks and just want to be wandering around the island, or through High Park, or the beach. Hell just sitting by the water doing nothing would be better than this. I have an itch to play hooky, but what fun is that when you do it alone.

Today is the day I promised myself I’d write. It feels like forever since I have and I’ve decided I will no longer break promises to myself. Funny, I will be the only one keeping them.

I figure after a day of writing on my balcony, I’ll crack open a bottle of wine and have a Zombie-movie-a-thon, at least when it comes to Zombies, I know what to do. Real life… Not so much.

“I think that most people would rather face the light of a real enemy than the darkness of their imagined fears.”
— Max Brooks (World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War)

Social Media VACAY

So… am posting here. Easier. This way it goes out to all Social Media outlets.

I’m off all Social Media till Sunday, if not longer. It’s too much of a distraction and am finding it’s adding to my current frustrations. Last time I took a break, I accomplished mountains of work, actually found time to visit with friends, was able to read books that I wasn’t editing and felt my stress level dissipate. It’s funny how this so called product, to help us socialize; communicate and network, actually makes us feel like crap; stresses us out and wastes precious time. The same reasons I refuse to get an iPhone.

Once upon a time, in a world before Facebook, if you wanted to get a hold of me, you called; texted; emailed or… and here’s a concept that seems to no longer exist, actually hung out with me or came to my place. I KNOW… in a place long, long ago, people used to just show up at my door with beer. Weird huh?

And… for those of you who apparently can’t figure out how to get a hold of me other than Facebook… there is this little thing called the profile page on Facecrack… with all sorts of alternate ways to get a hold of moi.

It’s a bit scary how many ways you can get a hold of me… OTHER… than Facebook and Twitter… let me name the ways… Skype, email, text, call, yahoo chat, MSN chat, BlackBerry Messenger (all you have to do is send me your pin), visit me, stand outside my window and holler up to me… It’s true… I really can’t escape from any of you.

I’ve turned all my notifications off and won’t be checking in till Sunday evening.

Good luck and may the force… or what ever helps you get through the day… be with you.

Later… Lizzie!

New issue of Lipstik Indie (www.lipstikindie.com)

The new issue of Lipstik Indie is ALIVE!  ALIVE I TELL YA!

No time for idle hands!

I know! I know!  I set this blog up, way back in May and nothing happened!  Well! Guess what…. ya.  You got it!  So… what has Lizzie Violet been up to you ask…  Well let me tell ya!  She’s been one busy demented soul!

Just finished editing a Werewolf anthology for Books of the Dead Press.  Looking forward to the next anthology!

Seeing tonnes of live music, lit events and theatre!  I love this city just for that fact!

Live music all the time, everywhere.  Everyone should be checking out these bands/musicians Meghan Morrison, Marcus Walker, Tin Star Orphans, Alissa Vox Raw, High Heels LoFi and Myke Mazzei!

I Fringed my arse off this year!  My FAV’s were A Depper Kind of Love, Kim’s Convenience and Tiki Bikini Beach Paradise Party a Go-Go!  All Brilliant!

Meeting new friends who feel like we’ve been friends FOREVER!  Kat Leonard and Cathy McKim you ladies rock hard!

Four Day Birthday Weekend!  I wasn’t even going to celebrate this year, but… due to some sneaky and wonderful friends, I was not only thrown a surprise Bday party, but ended up celebrating for 4 days straight!  I guess when we let go of all of the negative BS that has happened during past Bdays, they turn out to be pretty damn wonderful!!!  I crammed in as much as I could as well, 2 plays, 3 bands, a trip to the island, 4 dinners, and some movies oh my!  And there was beer… oh there was lots of beer!

So…. what’s on this evil little girls plate next!

More editing, looking for new clients and back to working on the Zombie movie script, book proposals, trying to get the new issue of Lipstik Indie up (damn you unreliable servers!) booking and doing promo for The Beautiful and the Damned.

And… of course out causing trouble, I wouldn’t be Lizzie otherwise!