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dA deleted my last journal. Well, it wasn't exciting and you didn't miss much. 
Fare Well
After more than a decade, I'm wrapping up my time here at dA. It wasn't Eclipse by itself. It was just time. I'll really miss all the folks I've gotten the pleasure of knowing and will likely drop by to read some writing now and again. I'm the most proud of my work with my groups, over the years. For now, I'm leaving my gallery up. I haven't decided what to do with it.
Game's over! Feature time!
As I threatened, I now have past 40,000 pageviews. It's over a period of eons; I followed my preteen daughter to the site, and they are now 24 (!!). It still caught me offguard (the pageviews, not The Kid). I posted a little contest to see if anyone could hit that magic 40,000 mark. No one did, quite, or at least told me about it.
So huzzahs go out to ilyilaice, who manage to catch both 39,999 and 40,001! Close enough, since no one I know of got closer. Many congratulations!! And the contest is closed, with that, and the 400 points go out to her. ilyilaice writes both poetry and prose, but I'm a poetry geek, so I want to take the opportunit
Are you paying attention?
Okay, I just realized how fast I'm approaching 40,000 page views! (I'm also fast approaching the next #0 birthday, but we won't go there.) If you're paying close attention to this journal -- and there's no reason you should be, really -- and paying close attention to my page view number, send me a screen shot of 40,000 and I'll give you 400 points. Hardly worth the effort, eh? But maybe fun??
Ack!!
Oh, dear! So much going on, I'm a little bit wobbly. First off (and I'm sure you're just dying to know): I did the open mic in Yorkshire. People were ultra-kind to me, true of every interaction I had in England. I was well received, and when the open mic wrapped up, a couple of folks made a point of seeking me out to say nice things. :blush: I did what I always do -- I left as quickly as I could because I'm terribly shy. Really too bad, especially since one guy did a brilliant version of my favorite song, "Beeswing" (surprise, surprise!), called "Cheese Strings." I should have at least talked to him, and regret that.
OK, other things. (Wait,
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I'd send poems to more local/state poetry foundations and college journals. They often have readings, workshops run by published poets and competitions going on. See if you can garner interest as a local poet.
Admire the concept of your group and and am impressed by the quality of member submissions!
Admire the concept of your group and and am impressed by the quality of member submissions!