Janis La Couvée

and it's everywhere - not just in Vancouver and Victoria. Same here in Campbell River. The new "Re-Imagine the Row" will see rental above commercial in a block that was demolished. Who will be able to afford the new commercial rents?

on the news, from Duotrope, that one of my favourite little #litmags is defunct - I'd like to send a shout-out to editors and readers who work hard to bring our words to the world. Your efforts do not go unnoticed. Thank you! #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #litmags

I remember that - thanks for clarifying Robert, I was just about to ask. So, installed in 1981 - only the second roof replacement in 40+ years.

The @adroitjournal.bsky.social is open for free submissions of fiction, CNF, and poetry, why not give them a try?

#LiteraryMagazines #LitMags #WritingCommunity #WritersSupportingWriters

valuable tips for submitting. Thanks Janelle.

I am feeling this right now - months of rejections have piled up. It's definitely feeling like a slog. But, we persist.

hope the heat dome subsides soon for you Mark - this is our reality often in the summer on the east coast of Vancouver Island.

thanks Robin - I haven't been here much. I did find it. I appreciate all your efforts.

thank you Robin - and, I wonder - did I miss a June update?

welcome to Bsky!

flamenco and poetry - Vancouver, you don't want to miss this. #dance

that makes sense

you are most welcome - sorry I missed this earlier.

exactly

they didn't join WWI right away either!

I think one asks for 3 months before sharing, the other 6 months. I was ok with that as a newbie poet. Now, 6 months seems long to me.

they even had a contract, and when I questioned them, they said they had been advised to proceed in this fashion. Not worth it, in my opinion. If it was a top-tier litmag then I'd consider but not a new magazine. There are several small print magazines/anthologies who have been very good to me...

that is also where I tend to land. One newer magazine wanted a year. Nope.

there's a newer one that wanted a year. No way. I understand 3 months for a smaller print magazine since they want to drive sales.

I'd be interested to hear your thoughts, fellow writers and poets. #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #AmWriting

@jordinowrites.bsky.social congratulations - I loved "Ode to Moo Deng" and, I may be the only person who had never heard of her.

Graphic of the Fahmidan Journal Special Mentorship Issue April 2025. Contributors: Susan Haufleigh, Johannah Simon, Lynn Summer, Rola Elnaggar, Micah Scheff, Laura Tate, Jordan Alejandro Rivera, Gabi Hurd, Janis La Couvée, Fariza Farid.

your ancestors did not persist for you to give up now take heart, dear ones there is light and hope, love and joy at the end of a road which seems long and dark lean on wisdom transmitted through generations as simple as the pie dough you are rolling as complex as knowing wind, tide, current the best spots for fishing what to do in lean years how to work together, collaborate celebrate community and family each of us, a link in the chain a strand in the web a fibre in the rope joining us as one – a breathing unit in tune with the earth and universe breathe – in and out, ike tides on the shores rush and roll, clatter of rock in tune with our heartbeat. what the old ones knew – we hope to find a talisman and help against hard times stores of resilience

thank you to @fahmidanjournal.bsky.social for the awesome mentorship opportunity, and this anthology of work from the mentees. My piece is "your ancestors did not persist for you to give up now". www.fahmidan.net/fahmidan-ina... #mentorship #GenZ #writersover45 #amwriting #WritingCommunity #litmags

although I still don't know the infamous occasion. It wasn't Nicholson's marriage. Wrong date.

something to do with Obama?

it was a wonderful opportunity - it was great to connect with people world wide across generations.

tired of the pseudo-science in many novels? Check out this list from @lablit.bsky.social featuring realistic stories and REAL science.

Thank you to @fahmidanjournal.bsky.social for the incredible mentorship opportunity, and for publishing a special mentorship issue. #litmags #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #BskyPoets #SkyPoets

Thank you to @fahmidanjournal.bsky.social for the incredible mentorship opportunity, and for publishing a special mentorship issue. #litmags #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #BskyPoets #SkyPoets

I do!

doing everything we can to make it not so.