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Spiraling through time and space
I sometimes feel so out of place
like I'm not even keeping pace
with this thing they call the human race...
(*excerpt)
As a Wayne State University merit scholar in the early '80s, DM Kraft studied under Detroit poet ML Liebler, who inspired her creative ambitions in a variety of literary endeavors. In addition to poetry, DM Kraft has been writing fantasy fiction and building the worlds necessary to accommodate that genre for nearly three decades. This experience, together with a background in teaching, has recently led her to develop a "World Building for Writers" workshop, which she has provided to students in her native Michigan, as well as in Vancouver, BC.
Author's Statement: Writing is something I have to do -- it's a part of who I am. I've been writing poetry and fiction probably since I first picked up a pencil. I find excitement, solace and understanding in the words that result.
Words ... somehow sustain me,
a lifeboat in rough seas,
an antifreeze for the strong Artic wind
that too often blows in..."
(excerpt from "Words Tumbling")
Publishing Credits:
Books: Somewhere on the Edge of Words (PublishAmerica); World Building for Writers Workbook (CafePress)
Anthologies:
--The Future Looks Bright (published by The Canadian Federation of Poets);
--The Spirit of Humanity (by Artists for a Better World)
Periodicals/Magazines/EZines:
--"Extreme Decor" (Doorways, issue #14)
--"Beneath Between" (Illumen, autumn 2009)
--"In the End" (Aberrant Dreams, 2008)
-- "A Throne's Stowaway" (The Lorelei Signal, April/June, 2007, http://www.loreleisignal.com/LoreleiSignal.html)
--"Burning At Both Ends" and "Three Quarters Out" (Long Story Short, May, 2006, http://www.longstoryshort.us/)
Other:
-- "Sleeping Bear Dunes," posted at the Sleeping Bear Dunes Visitors Bureau
http://www.sleepingbeardunes.com
Memberships:
-- Science Fiction Poetry Association
-- Romance Writers of America
-- Broad Universe
-- Michigan Poetry Society
Teaching:
Long Story Short School of Writing--World Building for Writers: Beyond the Science
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