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September 8, 2018September 8, 2018 J.L. Fizzell Poetry How To

How to Haiku

As you may already know, my favourite style of poetry is free verse. I've never been very good at following rules, so naturally as a writer I drifted towards a style that allowed me the creative freedom I needed to express myself. With that being said, I do try and push myself to write other … Continue reading How to Haiku

August 21, 2018July 22, 2020 J.L. Fizzell Blog Post

Mind Your Mind.

We all have bad days. Maybe something exceptionally terrible happened, or maybe you're facing a mountain of minuscule frustrations. Maybe it's something completely different. What you're facing, however, is irrelevant. I don't mean this in the sense that your experiences aren't difficult. What I'm saying is that your perception of the experience is far more … Continue reading Mind Your Mind.

August 16, 2018August 21, 2018 J.L. Fizzell Blog Post

How Adversity Birthed an Author

With my third book, North of Dreams released today, I thought it was time to tell you a story. I won't lie. This piece was easy enough to write, but it wasn't at all easy to share. I may be a poet spilling my soul for your eyes, but overall I tend to be fairly … Continue reading How Adversity Birthed an Author

August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 J.L. Fizzell Blog Post

Poetry Unpacked

Poetry. I love asking people what they think of when they hear the word. For many it brings back memories of high school English class where we were force fed the "author's meaning" of any piece of literature that crossed our desk. Your interpretation was often shut down and irrelevant, and while I'm an avid … Continue reading Poetry Unpacked

August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 J.L. Fizzell Blog Post

The Magic of Inspiration

For those of you that don't know, I work in Children's Mental Health in the Education System when I'm not writing, and just like the students, that means I have summers off. I started the summer with a foolproof master plan to treat these two months as an opportunity to write full time. Thus far … Continue reading The Magic of Inspiration

August 8, 2018August 13, 2018 J.L. Fizzell Poetry How To

What Exactly is Blackout Poetry?

I first heard about Blackout Poetry this year during National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) through the Silverleaf Writer's Guild. I was sitting in the boardroom for our weekly gathering when one of the writer's told us that we'd being trying our hand at blackout poetry. Me, having no idea what that meant or what to … Continue reading What Exactly is Blackout Poetry?

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