aaduna notes was started to provide our board advisors, creative team, and supporters with updates as to the publication's development.  From the onset, aaduna notes has been an invitation-only, private blog. That is about to change. As aaduna approaches the Spring/Summer 2011 Issue launch on June 6th and submissions continue to come in from around the globe, we have to look at all possible ways to market and promote the publication.  Enabling our reading audience and casual blog searchers to keep abreast of what is happening "behind the scenes" and "between" issues can be a vital way to keep readers connected to aaduna .  With guest bloggers, more photos, and links to other networks, the reach of aaduna notes can be expanded.      aaduna notes will forego its invitation-only, private shell for an open access approach that will enable anyone who wants to follow us the capability to do just that.  This trans...

Visit rockfordkingsley.org; put cursor on e-zine, then e-viewpoints, and then click on my discussion with Sunil Narayan.  Enjoy the read.  Have a good weekend. bill  

Lisa and I promoted aaduna in areas of Northern NY last weekend.  We left "Call" flyers at select locations in Watertown, Sackets Harbor, and Alexandria Bay.  In June, we will be in the DC/VA area and plan to push aaduna in a few places that we missed the last time we were down that way.  My Mom celebrates her 90th Birth day on June 10th and we will fete her with other members of the family. On a different note, Lisa is diligently pushing forward to get the next issue ready for launch on June 6th.  I am trying to get us ready for the Fall October 3rd  issue...with intriguing and captivating work. Keep movin' forward in whatever you do.

 Rosemary Blake, Contributing Editor-at-Large  aaduna has a new addition to its creative team!!!  Rosemary Blake was a guest reader for the premier issue and is now a contributing editor at large.  Check out her bio and photo in the Spring/Summer Issue launching on June 6th. We are excited as we continue to evolve and change. More news to come.... bill

GET READY! Coming June 6 th aaduna Spring/Summer 2011 Issue featuring Poetry of Kai Adwoa-Thomas Cyd Charisse Fulton Christine Green Michael Lee Johnson Mano Mannaz David Roche Fiction by Christine Green Keith Laufenberg Non-Fiction by Sheila Applegate Chrsitine Green Michael Ryhnes Plus original artwork, photographs, and a gallery exhibition Premier/Winter Issue Now Available at http://www.aaduna.org/

Last night, Lisa and I had the rare opportunity to witness the premier performance of "Inside Out" a theatrical presentation by an exciting new drama ensemble, the Phoenix Players Theatre Group (PPTG).  With support from theatre professors affiliated with Cornell University and Ithaca College, the audience was treated to a rare glimpse of autobiographical stories performed by each cast member.  Seven men make up the founding members of PPTG, and last night's production was performed by five of them (David Bendezu, Kenneth Brown, Efraim Diaz, Michael Shane Hale, and Michael Rhynes) with two teaching assistants (Jeremy Flynn and Juliana Kliest-Mendez).  While performed in a semi-circular chapel without theatrical lighting or sound system, the work was brillant, provocative, spiritual and thought-provoking.  A Q&A was held after the performance with the cast interacting freely with the audience, and providing more personal ins...

I will write a monthly piece for Rockford Kingsley's e-zine that focuses on aaduna writers and artists.  Using interviews, commentary, and my observations on art + culture, I want to engage RK's readership and stimulate them to become habitual readers of aaduna .  More importantly, this  initiative will provide another mechanism for artists to get their work and personalities before the public.  Rockford Kingsley boasts being within the top 2% of websites for site visits and unique page views as confirmed by an independent company that tracks website usage.  Before the Fall 2011 issue, I will have an independent audit of the aaduna site.  "e-viewpoints" will premier on May 1st at http://www.rockfordkingsley.org/ I established a relationship with a writers group (Urban Monks) at the Auburn Correctional Facility, and will attend an April 28 theatrical performance written by a ACF writer whose non-fiction work will be pres...