Who the hell is Laura Cushing?
I’m a music correspondent for Gather.com - check out my weekly column, Soundtracking, published every Tuesday!
I’m a band lackey! I ghostwrite newsletters, promote, maintain myspaces facebooks and websites, and do active friending and fanbase management for bands. We have worked with Rilo Kiley, The Elected, Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, Ozma, and Interpol If you are interested in hiring us - please contact me for a price quote.
I’m a poet - you can listen to me reading some of my poetry here, if that’s your thing. You might even like it. I post some of my poems on my blog here, so have a look.
I’m a short story writer and novelist! My short stories have been published in the Santa Clara Review, Life for Change, It Takes All Kinds, and other lit mags and ’zines. I have an unpublished novel that I’m working on finding a publisher for - and a couple of novels in the works.
So I’m from NJ, and I live in a pine forest. I’m the author of these two chapbooks called Roadside Stands and Staying Golden. I’ve featured at the Mid-Atlantic Spoken Word Festival, and at some other venues you most likely haven’t heard of unless you’re a poet and/or resident of NJ. I haven’t been performing as much lately due to a series of unfortunate car accidents, but I’m trying to get back into it. I am available to do feature readings/performances in the NJ / Philly /NYC area - contact me if you’re interested in booking me for a show.
I talk. A lot. So if you want to talk to me, send a message. I’m friendly.
I also do a good deal of non-fiction writing - newsletters, articles, website content and the like.
One of my short stories, Mudo, was published in the Santa Clara Review. Another, California People, won the Life For Change short story contest. You can read these and and other Michael-stories up on my story myspace.
Music composed especially for the poetry thanks to the amazing Prosolar Mechanic
You can hear some of my poetry on the Homegrown Podcast (programme 4).
More about me:
Things I get asked about a lot...
I’m a mother of three teenagers! Yes, that does make me kinda crazy sometimes. My daughters are 17 (twins) and my son is 15. I’m married to my soulmate, Aus, who does amazing computer-type things and is an all around amazing guy.
When I look out my front door, I see trees. When I look out my back door, trees. Out the windows? Well, yeah.. trees. We have a lot of squirrels and birds out there, and less frequently deer, groundhogs, chipmunks, turtles, lizards, snakes, and bunnies. The trees are pines, oaks, maples, hollies- all sorts of things. Primarly pines though, hence the pine barrens. The soil is all sandy here.
Other than writing, I like singing, reading, crochet, walking in nature, playing games, rpg games, and talking to people.
My actual blog/journal that I write in on a nearly daily basis can be found on Live Journal - my LJ blog
Contact info is as follows -
AIM - Lab Arc Designs
Email - L@labarc.com
Snail - PO Box 141 Newtonville NJ 08346-0141
Thank You, for sharing your talent of writing.. Your gift is calming to the soul and a comfort to the heart.. I am honored to call you friend.. Barb Cox
'Hope, Volume One' is a compilation CD with proceeds benefiting Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) featuring Lisa Loeb, Charlotte Martin, Kevin Max, and other great artists. Check out the exclusive online auctions with items from Trisha Yearwood, Tegan and Sara, Matt White, and more.
Hiya - www. novel-storm. com is live and what would it be without my myspace friends - truthfully a lot smaller. Please now register, it is absolutely FREE and we have some fantastic authors already. Upload your pic for use on the forum and also use the forum to see where I post all the new material and PLZ leave feedback for the authors - they want to know what you think. If anyone wants the radio interview for BBC ESSEX with Xanthe Bearman then let me know and I'll post you a copy!
Kindest regards Matt Townsend Director of Novel-storm Ltd.
Sundown Lounge is a laid back (and often explicit, you bet your ass...) weekly podzine of music, spoken word, progressive politics, weird science, and occasional vignettes from the west coast open mic scene, etc. Physically, I'm in rapidly gentrifying downtown Los Angeles, but metaphysically, my toes are in the sand and the sun is ablaze with deep hues, and a few poets and musicians and scientists have dropped by my beach house to hang out and jam, as the surf whispers nearby...The Open Mic Stage accepts spoken word and music files for play. : Hear "A True Liberator" on Friday's Archived Podcast:
it's been good having you as a friend. i wanted to let you know that my poem "A True Liberator" has been mixed and i wanted to invite you personally to listen to it. so here's the info:
it's like this, if you listen, Tone Def Jams & 10K Poets will blow your mind away. " A True Liberator" is mixed, old skool poerty vs. bad ass beats. come get a ear shot of this one. go as a friend. and always come back. peace!
