hello!

[joshmay]

howdy. i was just checking in with all you folks. its been a while. but i'm doing cool things. and this forum and these lyrical challenges were my poetic roots, so to speak, in that i got my start in creative writing from some of the earlier challenges here (amongst other places). i was horrible, but i've been writing a long time now, and changed in a plethora of ways.


anyway, a week from now i'll be attending the governor's school for the arts and by the time i graduate from the summer program, i'll have performed some of my poetry (maybe spoken word with some avant-garde / jazz accompaniment?) in front of a pretty big audience (hundreds or so) , taken master classes under some pretty big published poets and authors, and assembled and possibly published a chapbook / first collection.


its a pretty big deal, and my finishing it will result in some good opportunities at some neat artsy/writing oriented universities and etc. i've already been published in a few different artsy mags, all over the place. so that's cool.



here's my myspace, if you dont know me and would like to see what i'm about. http://myspace.com/joshmay


so yeah, talk to me! how are you all doing? i hope all is well. i'm happy that i'm going somewhere doing what i love.




and i'm making lots of the music on the side. these days i'm biggest into sludge/stoner metal, prog rock, and old-time appalachian music. i attend and even help organize some house shows around the area, helping touring bands and the like.



for a sample of some recent poetry, here are a couple of links. comment on what you read if you'd like, i'd love to know what you think.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/joshmay41465/38382.html

http://www.livejournal.com/users/joshmay41465/40122.html

[Corupt2057]

well I don't know you well at all but just wanna say good luck with everything man it really sounds good to see someone from here actually making it with their writing and actually doing something with it so congrats to you

"i'm happy that i'm going somewhere doing what i love."
you should man because that is just totally awesome good luck agian

any tips you can give us that you probably used yourself that helped you get established in attending the school you're going to or the poetry readings?

[DFelon204409]

Hey Josh. I don't know if I told you about Dean Young but he's a sweet poet. Look up some of his stuff online. I know the poem "Centrifuge" is all over the place. If you want go to amazon.com and "look inside this book" and read some stuff.

[joshmay]

just read centrifuge. i like it alot, very postmodern and beaty.

[Sloth]

congrats man.. I hope everything works out for you..

What magazines have you been published in?
I always hear about these "literary magazines" and such, but never actually hear the names or how to get stuff published...can you answer those questions for me?

[joshmay]

i havent been in, like, the princeton review or anything. tons of these indie diy artsy type zines go out all the time, under all kinds of names. and youd be suprised at the number of people they reach.

thanks for the kind comments, folks!

[pixiesfanyo]

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