The word Blitzkrieg is German for Lightning War. When
I came up with the concept, I understood that there would be an instant
tie in with Nazi Germany and/or World War II in some way. This association
is wrong. The Blitzkrieg On-Line Magazine is NOT, related to any
hate or neo-nazi group of any kind. I chose the name because I
feel there is a war fought daily between the academic literary world,
which is mostly intrested in bolstering a presonal ego and/or making
money, and the rest of us 'common folk' who enjoy expressing ourselves
through writing. Some of the best short fiction, poetry, and essays
I have personally ever read where written by the latter group of writers
andconsidering most of the publishing houses and other means of showing
a writers creative works to the public are controlled by the literary
critics, I felt it was time to give the rest of us an oppertunity
for some of the spot light.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not doing this just to piss
off the literary world, just to promote the point that anyone can
express themselves creatively through writing (be it poetry, fiction,
non-fiction, or essay format) and that it is about time that the world
be exposed to as many differnt styles and view points as possible,
not just the selected works that some 'Best Sellar' or 'Literary Expert'
trys to shove at us. Good literature, be it Pop Culture or Classical,
should be accessible to the public in all its forms, not strained
out by a 'well known' critic or scholar.
I'm hoping that the Blitzkrieg (and other publications
like it) can even the field some between the budding ameture and the
'famous writers and critics' (Most of these are only famous in a few
select literary circles).
In short, It's a Blitz against status quo publication
practices.
