OPEN MIC: Writers and Writing Blog Roll

TEXAS

Texas Grand Slam Poetry Festival (Bryan and College Station)

University of Houston Creative Writing Program

WITS (Writers In The Schools - Houston)

Write About Now (WAN) Poetry Website - Open Mic Wednesday's & "The only WEEKLY Poetry Slam in HTOWN."

Writers' League of Texas

Writespace Houston

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Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation - Mission, Vision, Principles

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What is Flash Fiction, Micro-Fiction, Sudden Fiction?

1. Writer's Digest FAQ Page

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WRITING ABOUT PLACE

How I Started Thinking About PLACE and Why I Write About It (4/2008) -- My essay, in response to a piece on the original Ecotone Blog.

Re-discovering Ecotone and Reimagining Place (1/19/17) -- Re-connecting with an old source of inspiration after getting an e-mail.

Reimagining Place: The original Ecotone Blog (10/2007 to 3/2008) -- "this journal is itself a place, we believe--if the blogosphere can be considered a place--and here we will not only reinvent the idea of place, but subvert it, explode it, and swallow it whole."

ECOTONE: REIMAGINING PLACE - Produced by faculty and students in the MFA program, in the Dept. of Creative Writing, at UNC Wilmington

Ecotone’s mission is to publish and promote the best place-based work being written today. Founded in 2005, the award-winning magazine features writing and art that reimagine place. It features writing and art that reimagine place. The journal's ambition is to remap and reimagine place in contemporary writing.

LOOKOUT - The Blog of Ecotone Mag & Lookout Books (10/2010-present)

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Laurence Simon (Houston) - 100 Word Story Podcast

Je Maverick - Poetry Blogger

Wordplay Radio

Julia Cameron Live! - The Artist's Way

Women Writing For (a) Change

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
Pen on Fire
Pen on Fire Blog
Writer's On Writing Podcasts

Denise Wakeman

Sharon Brogan - Poet: Watermark - A Poet's Notebook, Orator Poems, & More

Meredith Resnick - The Writer's [Inner] Journey

Rick Lupert - Poetry Super Highway

Rick's Personal Website

Sage Cohen
The Path of Possibility in Writing & in Life
Writing the Life Poetic

Carol Tice - Make a Living Writing

Nina Amir = Main Website and How to Blog a Book & More

Nina Amir and Amanda Socci = Write Nonfiction NOW! - Write Nonfiction in November & the "I Know I Can" 10 mo. Training.

NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month is in November!

NaPoWriMo.net (30poems in 30 days) - National Poetry Writing Month

Robert Brewer = Poetic Asides

Sophhey Vance = Sopphey Says and On Impression (Home of the On Impression Network, and On Impression Books.)

Wordsmith Studio = http://www.wordsmithstudio.org

Khara House - Our Lost Jungle

The Moth: an awesome, award-winning, organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. It is a celebration of both veteran storytellers and the storytelling novice. Central to each performance is the story and The Moth's directors work with each storyteller to find, shape and present it.

Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of stories, told live and without notes, all around the world and has a show on NPR

Home of Inspire Me Monday, Wordless Wednesday, Friendship Friday, and more, Create With Joy is an inspirational blog that celebrates creativity in all its facets! It features original writing, art, and photography.

WITS Alliance - Writers In The Schools is a professional network of literary arts education programs and individuals

Every Writer Resource - A great site with a ton of resources that also accepts submissions.

1000 Journals Project
1001 Journals Project
Absolute Write
All Poetry
Apostrophe Protection Society (APS)
Apostrophe Protection Society Forum Reference Site
Association of Writers and Writing Programs
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
Black Poets Circle
Bold Ogre's Poetry Page
Book in a Week
Britlitblogs
CALLIHOO Writing Idea Generators: Cosmic Thoughts
Chicago Manual of Style Online
City Stories Project
Common Errors in English
CREATESPACE: Amazon's Self-Publishing Website
Creative Writing Prompts
Creativity Portal
Critique Circle