CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS — WRITE FOR US!
Meet Our Musers! (6)
MUSERSCRIBE NEWSLETTER 0.6
Hello, Musers! Welcome to our latest newsletter!
MuserScribe is your space … to talk about the people or things that influence your writing. If the role of the Muse is to bring life and colour to your craft, MuserScribe is the place to talk about it …
In case you missed it, here’s our previous newsletter:
Backstory
MuserScribe has been in existence on Facebook and Twitter since 2009, functioning as ‘go-to pages littered with writerly musings, advice, original writing prompts and more 💜’.
You may know what inspires you, but have you ever written about it? And if so, do you enjoy writing about it? Well, come on down, this is what MuserScribe is all about!
Converting the Muse into Words
It’s been my dream to convert MuserScribe into its own publication, a space for writers to get us all thinking about how we transform our muse into words …
We can draw inspiration from anywhere, poetry, art, myths, old films, photographs, trees, clouds, books, memories, the moon, the stars, or the contents of our back pocket. Oh, and the actual Greek Muses …
MuserScribe wants to inspire and be inspired by you …
★ Muser of the Month
Milana Marsenich is a Western author who writes about books, dogs, and good living.
In ‘Grief is My Muse’ Milana speaks of the devastating loss (in close succession) of several loved ones and how this ‘breaks us wide open’ before allowing the heart to grow again.
Our Favourite Quote from ‘Grief is My Muse’:
This is that abyss I have spent my whole adult life trying to understand. Grief has been my muse, my writer friend, my life friend, my guide to working with and caring for others. Hand in hand, grief has led me through both visible and invisible worlds.
Read Milana’s full story here:
Want the opportunity to discuss your Muse? Simply join our band of Musers. Please follow MuserScribe and respond with ‘I’d love to write for MuserScribe!’
★ Don’t forget to leave your @ username!
Suggested Topics
- Write a stand-alone ‘about me’ story talking about the people, places, or events that first inspired you to become a writer;
- Write a story (fiction or non-fiction) then write an introduction talking about the inspiration behind your work. Similarly, you can write a poem and talk about the inspiration behind that. The introduction should preface the content of your story or poem;
- If you want to talk about the inspiration behind a previously published piece of work, it’s acceptable to include a link to that work in your story (and also provides you with double exposure!);
- Short form, personal essays, chapter extracts, fiction, poetry, non-fiction, or self-help stories with your discussion of the inspiration behind them are all welcomed.
★ As writers for MuserScribe, we support each other! We are respectful, we read, we engage and we clap, (yes, keep that finger down and enjoy those fireworks until it reaches a nice round ❤️ 50!❤️) Those 50 claps cost you nothing but the boost of morale to your fellow writers is everything.
Let’s cheer on our new and current Musers …
Britt H., Cailey Renee, C. Elyse, Colleen McManus Hein, Danu Stratton-Kent, H.R. Parker, Jay M E, Josh E., KAKA LAM 嘉嘉 @iamkakalamkk LucyRebecca, Mario Lopez, Milana Marsenich, Dr. Nishtha Srivastava, passarozumbido, Paige Holloway, Theodore McDowell, Scarlet Ibis James 🦩, Susi Moore, Qusay Alzubaidy
★ MuserScribe looks forward to submissions by new and returning contributors.
Summary
My vision is to create a community of writers sharing the magic … eg what it is that inspires each of us to write.
This sharing of ‘the muse’ is intended not only to help us reflect on our own creativity but also to form a library of collective processes for us all.
PROMPTS FOR OUR MUSERS & SCRIBERS!
Starting this month, I’m introducing photo prompts. Simply pick one (or more) from three photo prompts and use it to produce your next story or poem for The Scriber’s Nook and/or MuserScribe.
That’s it!
For more information … and the three photo prompts:
Happy Musings! ★｡･:*:･ﾟ☆
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