The Inditer

....© by D. Grant DeMan

A miraculous world of literature and fine arts emanates from Victoria where Bill Loeppky hosts a camaraderie of talent unequalled in range of talent and excitement....a top site by anyone's standards.

Home Office of 'The Inditer'
desk.jpg - 12798 Bytes
From a gallery of lush Wang Chao and Zhang Bu paintings through the mind-expanding poetry of Jerraldine Hildreth Masten Hansen to Alistair Macduff's sage revelations on Big Red McLoeppky - it's all there in glorious color when you click the Inditer thanks to Bill Loeppky who retired from broadcasting to develop the Inditer as a hobby-cum-full-time profession. And the amazing thing is that absolutely no money is involved in this top-rated site.

Yep. You betcha! It's free.

Last June Bill wrote: "Just a note to tell you I enjoyed your Father's Day essay in the Times Colonist. I also invite you to look at my on-line magazine, based in Victoria, BC and aimed at encouraging young and new writers and artists."

How humble was that first letter. "What's this?" I asked myself. "Another spammy sales gimmick?"

Bill and Daughters
Early Broadcast Days - March 1957
Port Alberni
radio.jpg - 25090 Bytes
I couldn't have been more wrong. For Bill Loeppky, who is also a humorist, musician - he played gigs with many bands across the west - carpenter and gardener ad infinitum - spreads a fresh vision, a sparkling world of arts before the public unequalled anywhere. His warmth bubbles up like mom's blueberry pie, a treasure of the first order to those who know and love him, which includes most everyone he touches, certainly those aficionados whose prime delight originates with The Inditer. Indeed, this is one site and one man of which Victorians may boast, while enjoying the experience to the fullest; a faith-building bubble bath for the mind. A stimulating trip through a galaxy of imaginings.

"At last count, we have about 135 writers and artists contributing, some of them on a regular basis. Doug Powers of Lansing has been doing his column 'The Powers That Be' for well over a year." Bill told me.

He and his equally talented wife, Juanita, glory in greeting folks during the daily chores of keeping the Inditer artistically innovative and live, while struggling with hepatitis C from an infected blood transfusion. The site also links to a host of invaluable artistic resources.

"Since I started this ...I have made a lot of wonderful friends.... A young engineer in Japan visited the Island with his lady friend ...came over for a cuppa tea. I appreciate those friends, and nothing gives me more pleasure than to help them in some small way....I have done dozens of websites for folks all around the world....or simply to publish their work, hoping someone will see it and like it. To me, good friends are hard to come by....they deserve to be cherished. A great guy, featured in The Inditer who is a recent friend, is Ric Masten....a powerful poet and funny guy. He's a preacher at Big Sur and does kooky weddings on the beach. He is also what he calls a 'stand-up-poet' and has gigs at many universities and for other organizations. Thirteen books to his credit, he does pencil sketches, oils....multi talented,... A new feature of his starts tonight in The Inditer....Words and One-Liners. The one-liners are pencil sketches....he starts a line, does not lift his pencil from the paper until the sketch is completed.

Alistair Macduff dubs Bill
Will 'O the Stanes
pipe3.jpg - 20259 Bytes
"We can lay claim to success in helping several university students who received course credits for having work published in The Inditer. We have a number of university and college teachers on our roster of writers, who in turn tell their students to try for publication with us. We know we are scanned by publishing houses looking for new writers and some of our authors have been contacted by and sold to these publishers."

And for artists busting to publish? Send in your edited stuff for consideration by Bill and his Editorial Board - themselves persons of considerable accomplishments in the arts. Criteria: No smut, no racist or no directly ad hominem attacks. Within the Inditer, courtesy, good humor, imagination and good taste prevail. Of course, check the site for guidelines and links. It's a fascinating trip!

Put it on your desktop.




D. Grant DeMan's Main Page - - The Inditer Index - - The Inditer Main Page - - - Email Donald Grant DeMan

log3.gif - 7522 Bytes