Bringing my busking gig online! Writing poems on the spot has been such a fun way to connect with strangers. I wanted to bring that experience to strangers everywhere! If you like my poetry and want something just for you, click the link above :)
My father had a stroke. Along with his CHF, this has been an incredibly stressful and scary few days. He's healing and resting and we're hopeful. My father is the strongest, kindest and silliest man I know. No one in my family is working right now, and I know bills are going to be insane. If you can, please pray for his health, for the doctors working on him, and that his recovery is smooth and stroke free. He so needs prayer for his eyes, and his right arm, that he will be able to gain control over them once again.
If you're able, please donate to my Paypal, @jonnyblackwrites. This money will be used to feed us in this time, and to take care of future bills. Thank you for reading.
A Controversial But Fair Critique on Gabbie Hanna’s Poetry (That Doesn’t Completely Shit on Her…
A Controversial But Fair Critique on Gabbie Hanna’s Poetry (That Doesn’t Completely Shit on Her… https://medium.com/@jonnyablack/a-controversial-but-fair-critique-on-gabbie-hannas-poetry-that-doesn-t-completely-shit-on-her-f2072d02ae97
Updated and posted to Medium! If you wanted to read and you like poetry analysis and (nice) critique, it helps me out!
What it says on the tin! I am now offering editing services for fiction and poetry! I have recently graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's in Creative Writing, so I know my stuff!
My services include Copy Editing (Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling) and Feedback/ Constructive Criticism in the form of a copy of your marked up work and a letter to the author detailing any thoughts or feedback. PLEASE NOTE that when I say constructive criticism, I will not be mean! This will mostly include first/second impressions of work ('when you wrote this, I thought of this/ was reminded of this...'/ I assumed you were referencing Popular Literature Work here-- am I correct?), and suggestions on where the work could be stronger in terms of your vision. I will never demean you or your work! We are all at different stages of writing and we all have different styles, but this does not mean that we are bad writers.
However, if you are not the kind of person who can take any form of criticism at all, please consider looking somewhere else. You are not paying me to give you endless praise-- we are both here to make your writing stronger. That being said, I love giving praise as well! And I strive to always give encouragement and praise where it is due!
My rates are non-negotiable and non-refundable. I will require 100% of the payment upfront and I will send you your feedback as soon as I finish! Fiction should take me no more than 1-3 days at most depending on word count, and poetry should be even less.
To hire me as an Editor, please:
1. Send me a DM with a request to hire me, along with a summary of what you would like to send me (fiction or poetry, word count, any questions pertaining to my guidelines and the genre your work fits into.)
2. Once I have approved that your work follows my guidelines, please send 100% of the payment to my paypal at: paypal.me/jonnyblackwrites. If after payment I find that your work violates my guidelines, I reserve the right to refund you your money and dispose of any work I have completed.
What does the world want from us? do we ever really grow up? Look at us all, scrambling to netflix and to the movie theatre to watch the latest fantasy or superhero film. Our parents tell us to grow up and be adults, hypocrites that they are: how are we supposed to function like this, being pulled one way into a fabricated ideal of maturity, all the while hanging on to childhood pleasures like stories and music and imagination.
ON ANOTHER SIDE NOTE two of my strangest poems got accepted for publication and i’m exhausted and malnourished so i’m going to lay here and let the success of me wash over my pale, undernourished body and be happy for me. Me time. I’m getting published again, ya’ll!