Winning a second Bram Stoker
Current mood: blissful
Category: Writing and Poetry

Gerard and I were in Salt Lake City, Utah, to attend WHC08 March 27 through March 30. We were on several panels. It was wonderful to see old friends and make new ones.

BEING FULL OF LIGHT, INSUBSTANTIAL won the Bram Stoker Award for superior achievement in poetry.

There was a tie in the poetry category with VECTORS: A WEEK IN THE DEATH OF A PLANET by Charlee Jacob & Marge Simon (Dark Regions Press). They are both awesome poets and I love their work so I was delighted to share the stage with them.

For the offical press release of all winners, see [http://www.horror.org/news-2007stokerwinners.htm].

I’m so joyful and happy that my book received the Stoker. This book was such a wonderful gift from God and the universe.

HUGE thanks to Brian Addison for his amazing cover and interior art/photography & Terry Bradshaw for her graceful layout design.

Also, thankful for all the Light in my life that allowed me to be open to this book:

-Circles In the Hair, my writers group

-my family and friends

-Gerard, my husband.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY Linda Addison
Current mood: thankful

LINDA ADDISON Publications (1995-2008)

BOOKS (3)

"Being Full of Light, Insubstantial"

100 poems (Space & Time, 2007); (Being)
-received the HWA Bram Stoker 2007

"Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes"

A poetry collection from Space & Time (2001); (Consumed)

-the poem Fiery Oracle on Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror (2001)

-received HWA Bram Stoker 2001

"Animated Objects"

Short story & poetry collection (sf, fantasy, horror) from Space & Time (1997) (AO)

 -The poem: e-toy-oc, the trickster on Honorable Mention Year's Best Fantasy & Horror (1997)

POETRY (180)

1.         Bard Wellington; (6/1994); Just Write mag (AO)

2.         Writing Magic; (6/1994); Just Write mag (AO)

3.         One Night Stand; (1/94); Deadlines mag, Jan/1995 (AO)

4.         (haiku-2/1995); Haiku Headlines mag (AO)

5.         (haiku-4/1995); Haiku Headlines mag (AO)

6.         (senryu); Frogpond mag, 1995 (AO)

7.         Animated Objects; Tales of the Unanticipated, issue 15, 1995 (AO); 2006 reprint Hear Them Roar anthology

8.         Why The Dinosaurs Died; (Asimov's SF Mag., 5/1997) (AO)

9.         Amazing Grace; (The Laureate Letter, Writer's Gazette in 1995) (AO)

10.       (haiku); Brussels Sprout magazine (vol XXII:3, Sept 1995)

11.       Mind Works; (Pirate Writings issue 9, in 1996) (AO); 2002 reprint Best of Pirate Writings

12.       Rebirth (Epitaph magazine, in 1996) (AO)

13.       Feeding; (Lore magazine, in 1996)  (AO)

14.       Dark Vows; (Epitaph magazine, in 1997 (AO)

15.       The Unicorn and the Programmer;  (AO)

16.       How the Rainbow was Born ; (AO)

17.       Urban Wastedness ; (AO)

18.       e-toy-oc, the trickster ; (AO) Fantasy & Horror (1998) Honorable Mention; (reprint SF/F Poetry handbook, a Resource for English 213G, New Mexico Junior College, Spring 2001)

19.       The Plan; (AO)                                                                       

20.       Joyous Spirit; (AO)

21.       Sassy Love; (AO)

22.       Death, Resurrection and Flowers Blooming; (AO)

23.       She Shuddered At His Thought; (AO)

24.       Sunrise ; (AO)

25.       Desire ; (AO)

26.       Love ; (AO)

27.       Anger ; (AO)

28.       Hate ; (AO)

29.       War ; (AO)

30.       Pain ; (AO)

31.       Sickness ; (AO)

32.       Death ; (AO)

33.       Rising ; (AO)

34.       Blood Lust ; (AO)

35.       I've Tasted Your Blood ;  (AO)

36.       Celebrant ; (AO)

37.       Poverty & Horror ; (AO)

38.       The Prelude ; (AO)

39.       Avenging Dream (Epitaph/1997=> Pirate Writing mag); (Consumed); 2006 (reprint Hear Them Roar anthology)

40.       Pullus Cogens (www.tomorrowsf.com, in 1997)

41.       Alien Bathroom (www.tomorrowsf.com, in 1997)

42.       wanted@love.org (Asimov's SF magazine), June 1999

43.       Land Sharks (Asimov's SF magazine), Sept 1998

44.       Fiery Oracle (5/1998; White Knuckles 8) Fantasy & Horror (1999) Honorable Mention; (Consumed)

45.       The Hunt (5/1998; White Knuckles 8); (Consumed); 2006 reprint Hear Them Roar

46.       Mourning Meal (5/1998; White Knuckles 8); (Consumed)

47.       To Each Its Own (5/1998; White Knuckles 8); (Consumed)

48.       The Beaten Path (Dark Regions 11, Winter 1999); (Consumed)

49.       Fire/Fight (Edgar: Digested Verse 1), 1/1999; (Consumed)

50.       Forever Dead (Edgar: Digested Verse 2 in 1999); (Consumed); 2006 reprint Hear Them Roar anthology

51.       Buffalo Run (8/99; Dark Regions); (Consumed)

52.       Bottling Up De Evil (Star*Line, issue 22.5, 1999); (reprint SF/F Poetry handbook, a Resource for English 213G, New Mexico Junior College, Spring 2001); (Consumed)

55.       Sharp, Shiny, Hurting Things (11/1999; The Urbanite 12 (2001)); (Consumed)

56.       After The Fire (9/2000; Dark Voices: A Collection of Poetry from the Writers of Wicked Verse, Flesh & Blood Press) 2/2002, (Being); 2008 Essence magazine, April issue, reprint.

57.       Dreams of the Night Bird (9/2000; Dark Voices: A Collection of Poetry from the Writers of Wicked Verse, Flesh & Blood Press) 2/2002; YBF&H Honorable Mention (2002); (Being)

58.       Precious (10/2000; The Edge), Issue 9

59.       The Barn (10/2000; The Edge), Issue 9; (Being)

60.       Mami Wata, Goddess of Clear Blue (ANANSI: Fiction of the African Diaspora) **coming 2008; (Being)

61.       Turning (12/2001; Rough Beasts (cd), Lone Wolf Publications); (Being)

62.       Arc of the Dream; (Consumed)

63.       A Bare Tree in February; (Consumed)

64.       Breathe; (Consumed)

65.       Broken Light; (Consumed)

66.       Consumed; (Consumed); (reprint Hear Them Roar anthology)

67.       Flirting with the Dragon; (Consumed)

68.       Fragile Memories; (Consumed)

69.       Grey Matter; (Consumed)

70.       Have We Met Before; (Consumed)

71.       Heart of the Matter; (Consumed)

72.       Imminent Anger; (Consumed)

73.       A Life on Hold; (Consumed)

74.       A Midsummer's Nightmare; (Consumed)

75.       The Morpheus Calculation; (Consumed)

76.       Next Time; (Consumed)

77.       Recycled; (Consumed)

78.       Turning Edges; (Consumed)

79.       Unhinged; (Consumed)

80.       The Comic Cannibals (10/2001 GSHW In A Fearful Way, CD collection);

YBF&H Honorable Mention (2002)

81.       Night Visitors Made Flesh, In The Vessel of Your Creativity

(GSHW In A Fearful Way); (Being)

82.       Burning in the Shadows, While My Pen Softly Bleeds

(GSHW In A Fearful Way); (Being)

83.       Dr Booty Is Making House Calls (10/2001 Dead Cats Bouncing antho) May 2002

84.       The Cosmic Adventures of Jar Boy (10/2001 African Voices magazine/Sheree Thomas) Spring/Summer 2002; (Being)

85.       Cookin Now (02/2003 Flesh & Blood Magazine 14); (Being)

86.       Evolving (9/2003 Strange Horizons); reprint Strange Horizons: Best of 2003 (Lethe Press); (Being)

87.       Dead Cat Traveling Circus of Wonders and Miracle Medicine Show (Intro and Farewell poetry, Bedlam Press 2006)

88.       Fleeting Light (09/04 Spooks anthology, Twilight Tales); (Being)

89.       poem 3 (The Dead Cat Poet Cabal anthology, Bedlam Press, 2005); (WHC05, 4/7/05); (Being)

90.       Storm of Souls (Fantastic Stories magazine Winter 2005 issue, 2005); YBF&H (2005) Honorable Mention; (Being)

91.       poem crazy (WHC05 convention book, 4/7/05); (Being)

92.       Nightshift  (WHC05 convention book, 4/7/05); YBF&H (2005) Honorable Mention; reprint in Dwarf Stars 2006; (Being)

93.       Dark Dreamers (Necon25 book, 7/2005); (Being); reprinted in

The Big Book of Necon, edited by Bob Booth, authors, Stephen King, Peter Straub, Linda Addison and others, published by Cemetary Dance (2008)

94.       After the Tsunami (SpiderWords.com, 11/2005); YBF&H (2005) Honorable Mention; (Being)

95.       Between (SpiderWords.com, 11/2005); YBF&H (2005) Honorable Mention; (Being)

96.       Holding You (SpiderWords.com, 11/2005); (Being)

97.       How To Wear War (SpiderWords.com, 11/2005); (Being)

98.       I'll Take My Truth On The Side (SpiderWords.com, 11/2005); (Being)

99.       Wet (SpiderWords.com, 11/2005); YBF&H (2005) Honorable Mention; (Being)

100.     -299,792, 458 m/s (Being)

101.     A Dream (Being)

102.     A Failure of Neurons (Being)

103.     All Hallows Eve (Being)

104.     Am Not (Being)

105.     As the Dust Settles (09-11-01) (Being)

106.     Back Story (Being)

107.     Beautiful Meat (Being)

108.     Being Full of Light (Being)

109.     Bell Rock, Sedona, AZ (Being)

110.     Belly Dancing (Being)

111.     Bleeding Cold (Being)

112.     Burning (Being)

113.     Chatoyant Love (Being)

114.     Cleaning List (Being)

115.     Clear Like Glass (Being)

116.     Core Manifestations (Being)

117.     Dark Dragon (Being)); reprint Sci Fi Fan 2 chapbook for third annual science fiction and fantasy poetry reading at the Catalina Branch of the Pasadena Public Library 4/2008

118.     Darklight, Star Bright (Being)

119.     Dragon Love (Being)

120.     Dream Potions (Being)

121.     Dream Walking (Being)

122.     Dreaming the World (Being)

123.     Earth's Blood (Being)

124.     Falling Away (Being)

125.     First Day (Being)

126.     Full of Tangled Remains (Being)

127.     Ghost Dancing with the White Buffalo (Being)

128.     Giving Birth (Being)

129.     Imagine (Being)

130.     Indestructible Reflections of the Dream Child (Being)

131.     Inevitable Singularity (Being)

132.     Interruption (Being)

133.     Letting Go (Being)

134.     Like Water for Chocolate (Being)

135.     Living Between the Blows (Being)

136.     Madness Has Wings (Being)

137.     Mermaid in the Bronx (Being)

138.     Mistaken Identity (awakened by Katrina) (Being)

139.     Mp3 Zen Buddhists (Being)

140.     Mythical Quantum Functionality (Being)

141.     One (Being)

142.     One More Learning Distraction (Being)

143.     Openings (Being)

144.     Other Bitter Memories (Being)

145.     Painting Chaos (Being)

146.     Perfection (Being)

147.     Point in Time (Being)

148.     Possibilities (Being)

149.     Power Surge (Being)

150.     Presence (Being)

151.     Ready (Being)

152.     River of Silent Dreams (Being)

153.     River Share (Being)

154.     Rules (Being)

155.     Say Love (Being)

156.     Secret Places (Being)

157.     Seeing the End (Being)

158.     Spitting in the Eye of the Creator (Being)

159.     The Adventures of a Ghetto Child (Being)

160.     The Last Dream (Being)

161.     The Last Moon Rise (Being)

162.     The Shape of Words (Being)

163.     The Taunt (Being)

164.     This Journey on One Breath (Being)

165.     Transcending (Being)

166.     Unfolding (Being)

167.     untitled (ego) (Being)

168.     untitled (fighting) (Being)

169.     untitled (nebulae) (Being)

170.     Useless Things (Being)

171.     Whale Riding (Being)

172.     Who Am I? (Being)

173.     Wilderness of Mirrors (Being)

174.     Without (Being)

175.     Wrong/Right (Being)

176.     The Vortex of Damnation (Doorways magazine, issue 5/2008)

177.     Threshold Exploration (Doorways magazine, issue 6/2008)
178.     The World is a Desert (WHC08 Souvenir Anthology, 3/2008)
179.     The Road (WHC08 Souvenir Anthology, 3/2008)
180.     Extrication (WHC08 Program Book, 3/2008)

FICTION (15)

1.         "Night of the Living and Dead" (sf-4/1995); Outer Darkness mag.

2.         "Little Red in the Hood" (sf-7/1995, Tomorrow magazine, 10/1996); Annual Year's Best Fantasy & Horror (1997) Honorable Mention., (AO) (B&N: 100 Hilarious Humor Stories) 1999 Reprint

3.         "Am I Repeating Myself?" (sf-11/1995, Outer Darkness magazine, 14) (AO)

4.         "Dust to Dust", (sf-Poison Apple, 1996) (AO)

5.         "Boo", (Going Postal anthology, June 1998)

6.         "One Night At Sheri-Too-Long's Popcorn Bar"; (AO)

7.         "Just Passing Through"; (AO)

8.         "The Box"; (AO)

9.         "The Christmas Ghost"; Dark Matter magazine, 1999

10.       "Homecoming"; More Monsters in Memphis, collaboration w/ B. Smith 1/99

11.       "Twice, At Once, Separated"; Sheree Thomas' Dark Matter collection, Warner Books, 7/2000; on Year's Best SF 2000 Honorable Mention

12.       "Excerpts from The Unabridged Traveler's Guide as UFOs in Galaxy A.G.2" (Nov/2001 Scars anthology); 12/2001

13.       "The Power"; Dark Dreams I (8/2004, Kensington Publishing Corp)

14.       "Whispers During Still Moments"; Dark Thirst (10/2004, Pocket Book)

15.      "Milez To Go"; Dark Dreams II (4/2006, Kensington Publishing Corp)

NON-FICTION (17)

1.         Nancy Kress interview, (Pirate Writings, in 1996)

2.         Painfreak by G. Houarner book review, (Pirate Writings, in 1996)

3.         Painfreak by G. Houarner book review, (Poison Apple, in 1996)

4.         Pirates of the Universe by T. Bisson book review, (Pirate Writings 13, in 1997)

5.         The Orange Cat Bistro by Nancy Linde book review, (Pirate Writings 13 in 1997)

6.         Terry Bisson interview, (Pirate Writings 13, in 1997)

7.         HWA Stoker Weekend article w/G. Houarner (Hellnotes, e-mag 6/27/97)

8.         NECON 17 convention article (Hellnotes, e-mag 7/25/97)

9.         The Wings of Honneamise, video review w/Brian Addison (Space & Time 87)

10.       Inside the Works by G.Houarner, T.Piccirilli, E.Lee review, (Pirate Writings 15, 1998)

11.       Barry Malzberg interview, (Pirate Writings 15, in 1998)

12.       Going Postal review, (Pirate Writings 17, in 1999)

13.       KeeneCon 2000 report (DarkEcho, 9/14/2000)

14.       The Cell movie review, www.feoamante.com (9/2000)

15.       "Never Consumed, Never Reduced" article, Jobs In Hell online (Sept/2002)
16.       History & My Writing essay, TheAngryBlackWoman blog (2/2008)
17.       Streetside Stories, forward by Linda Addison (July 2008)

****That's it so far ****

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The Making of BEING FULL OF LIGHT, INSUBSTANTIAL
Category: Writing and Poetry

How did I end up with 100 poems, most of them new in my third collection? I woke up January 1, 2007 and felt that the new collection needed to have 100 poems in it.

That thought sounded pretty crazy in my head, but it wouldn't go away.

Step back a few months. Sept 2006 I decided to write a poem a day. That practice apparently led to the crazy plan on Jan 1 2007.

(more to come)

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365 poems Sept 2006 to 2007
Category: Writing and Poetry

I'm working on my third poetry collection and felt I wasn't making enough headway so I set a BIG goal-a poem a day for a year.

I've done this kind of exercise for 30 days, but a year is another thing.

And here I am at day 45, with 45 poems.

I haven't done much reading back but I did look at a few and I'm happy with what I see. Of course, not every poem is good, but I'm feeling one out of every five is workable--with some rewriting.

I haven't thought how to share the results here. Hmmmmm.

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Turning 54
Category: Life

So my birthday is coming and I'm going to be 54! I like the number because there are 9 children in my family (I'm the oldest) and 5+4=9.

On the other hand I'm a little freaked out cuz my Mom's having serious memory issues and she's not that old. Its a disease called MCI. So I'm feeling a bit vunerable. In my clearest moments I have no reason to believe I'll have the same problem, but in the moments as I wake, that time before I'm completely awake I start calculating time.

Like in 6 years I'll be 60, in 16 I'll be 70, like that.

Today I had that weird math matching through my head, but feel better after doing some exercises, walking for about an hour and some tai chi.

sigh

Maintenance. It's all about maintenance now.

In most of my better waking moments I feel pretty good. The genes in my family run strong. So I've been lucky to look and feel younger than my years on this planet.

It's funny how I remember very clearly being 18 and it doesn't seem like it was that long ago -- then again I wouldn't want to be 18 again. I've learned so much on this journey so far, going back wouldn't be as much fun as being here Now and going forward will be.

Just have to watch out for those waking moments!

--linda

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