Gull on Rock

I tried to publish this Haiga about a year ago on an online Haiga page. Editor and I couldn’t agree on whether it was worthy and strong enough, or not. My take away on this one was that there is a tendency for editors to try too hard to form what they publish in their own image. That’s not necessarily bad, but it sure can result in some potentially good stuff going unseen – not that I think this is that good or that bad – but … So, if anyone out there in the blogosphere wants to let me know what they think – well, I’d be happy to hear from you.

By-the-bye, the photo that this image came from was taken at Monterrey Bay, not too far from the aquarium.

Here We Go Loopty-Loo

As an aspiring novelist, I have been reading a bunch of the stuff that is online about what to do and how to do it if one desires to be published. Among the things that seem to be imperative is having a blog and posting to it. So, here I am developing a blog site on Word Press.

Just for giggles, I expect to post some of my very ancient and some more recent poetry. I’ll likely post little pieces of my novels and kids’ stories and hope to get some useful commentary from folks out there in the great blogosphere. I’ll most likely also ramble on occasionally with some of my observations regarding nature and the environment. I’ve accumulated a few idea and observations in my 50+ year career as a field biologist.

So, there you have it! Now let’s move forward and see where all of this goes.

Cheers!

Fenton

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