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Sunday 29 April 2012

The making of Masks & Mirrors...

I had wanted to feature Heather Connelly's series of mask-like paintings for a while and eventually came up with the title for this issue when Heather sent me her Mirror poem. A big thank you to the technical team who got the scanner working otherwise we wouldn't have been able to show you Heather's creativity.


When we opened to submissions last year we received an email from Enerico sending us a poem in error! He hadn't meant to send the poem to us at all but to me it summed up the meaning of Masks & Mirrors in a telling, succinct way. I persuaded him to let us publish it and we then received Claudia's poems along with Freya's musing (not an Amusing as the technical team originally thought!) Jenny sent us her creepy but ultimately positive short story and it felt as though the issue was coming together.


Katie's review of Uglies came across as an interesting comparison to Jenny's story so all we had to do was determine which of JBH's photographs to use.


We really thought we had it nailed, but something seemed to be missing. We got distracted by life in general and felt a great reluctance to finalise the issue as it really wasn't quite there yet. Our self-imposed deadline came and went and we slowly started finalising the 'zine, re-arranging the pictures around the writing...


And then...


Then Freya emailed us with an Elfje by JulesPaige. We had never heard of an Elfje before (if you want to find out more click on SimplyElfje to the right of the main page) but we loved the poem. It complimented the poetry we'd already chosen. Shortly after that Freya sent us two of Elizabeth Leaper's poems and everything fell into place. These were what we had been waiting for!


Elizabeth expressed her surprise that we had accepted both her poems for publication as they basically say the same thing. Yes, they do, but in a different way. When I read her poems I felt as though I was looking into a vanity mirror which gives you three reflections of yourself. It's the same reflection but all three are different.


And then we discovered that Elizabeth had written her poems in response to JulesPaiges' Elfje. Talk about organic creativity! With Elizabeth and JulesPaiges' poems in place we realised that Freya's poem Phantom now fitted into the overall structure of the 'zine. (We'd originally put it to one side, not sure that it would fit in).


So here we are - Masks & Mirrors. All the creative people have done their hard work and we've drawn it together to make it a whole. What do you think of it?


If you don't already subscribe and would like to read the April issue, please send an email to EOTE  with Subscribe EOTE in the subject line.


Warmest regards


Anna
The Editor

The April Contributor's web site list is on the right hand side of this page. Please be sure to visit their sites for inspiration.

Friday 27 April 2012

EOTE April 2012 now available!

At last the April issue is available to read online.The theme is Masks & Mirrors and contains a rich banquet of poetry, a short story, photography and paintings. 

If you already subscribe, you should have received an email containing the link to the .pdf. If you haven't yet received the email, please check your Spam/Junk folders first and then contact me at EOTE Editor

If you would like to read the April issue of EOTE, please send an email to EOTE with Subscribe EOTE in the subject line.

As always, feedback is most welcome, not just for me as the editor, but also for all the contributors. 

Anna
The Editor

Tuesday 10 April 2012

EOTE Contributor Claudia Messelodi Published

EOTE contributor Claudia Messelodi in Italy has recently both won an award as well as having her poetry published.

To find out more, please visit a stream of stones and scroll down to mercoledì 4 aprile 2012 for details of her book and go to martedì 28 febbraio 2012 for details of her award. 

Congratulations Claudia!

Sunday 1 April 2012

EOTE now closed to submissions

EOTE is now closed to submissions until 1st July 2012 when a new theme will be announced. 

If you have submitted your work to us, we will be in touch with you by 30th April 2012 at the latest. 

The Shadows & Silhouettes issue will be available later this year.

If you would like to read this issue, please send an email to EOTE with Subscribe EOTE in the subject line.