In her own words...
MDA/LILII is the brainchild of a 30 year old female writer from the United States of America. The author Lilian I. Waring is a facet of the MDA/LILII identity. The truth behind such?Well, Lili has been on her since 16 - the same year that she was first in editorial print and invited to politcal forum for her disbelief that schools were going to make it mandatory for students to pray, but found it unnecessary to maintain their sex education curriculum.
Stuck in the South where her mother and step father had relocated from the North for entreperneurial work - at 18 she sold everything and moved to New York City. By 22 she was spending much time also in San Francisco where she was welcomed by the local Underground due to her poetic abilities. "Though I had regular jobs and all, I was part of circuit and was booked for Adult Venues across the country secretly. That is how I got to Frisco. Luckily some angelic spirit led me to a stage other than just for cash transgressions. Without San Francisco - I'd have no carreer as a writer, really, just a dream."
In Manhattan her work had begun appearing in fanzines such as the Temple of Lilith's: Tongue of the Serpent. Interestingly enough her newly presented short story, The Black Rose appeared in the early 90's as prose in T.O.S. Other than that though, she had only basic Waterfront readings in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn and at the SPY Building until California opened some new doors for her. Invited to the Valencia Street open mikes (Jane 69, Bucky) and Bay Area coffee shops (Dick Ranger, Howard Vives) in 1994 proved continuously successful for her. From the open mikes she was invited to Los Angeles for a sponsored reading through the Cacophany Society Los Angeles Chapter, and she appeared on High Defiance Television - first with erotic art associate Morrie Cramer, and then on her own for the Strong Words section of Frank Czjaka's show. Shortly thereafter, she began appearing in FAD International's BAD headquarted out of San Francisco, and such led to her being welcomed to read more lucratively in New York. First as the showcased new female poet at an Anne Sexton Memorium (my Mum was even there!) , and then in some group efforts including performances which included DCTV Gallery in SoHo with Andrew Hampses.
LILII's work has infiltrated the Underground, but has also maintained allegiance to classic literary venue, as she won honourable mention in the Sparrow Grass Poetry Forum, and then placed twice in Hardcover Anthologies of Traditional American Poetry.
Her literary and technical skills have allowed her associate on projects with Grove Press, ICON Thoughtstyle Manahttan, The Shooting Gallery, EMK Films/ Mad Dog Productions, Sick and Wrong Television, but
At this point she is contemplating where to re.locate (Holland, Honk Kong, Luxembourg, London?) as she wants to be somewhere where there is less genuine censorhip and more money for dynamic intelligent sensual and strong women. "Yea - having been a homeless girl when younger and earned my way through this society as a Whore and Domimatrix, I understand America from a broader perspective, and Madison Avenue does not find my experiences as cute Tama Jamawitz' or as laughable as Prozak Nation. You know if you are not co-dependent on something or someone trendy you are really fucked, and I am just so bored with the same old same old."
Tired of small venues, LILII is ready to dedicate her full attention to her creative endeavors, is now looking for the location where such can be a reality, and the people with whom to bring such to life! She had thought it would be Frisco, but feels that SF like NYC is becoming a gentrified and stifled once oasis now a rim in Dante's Hell - Over seas seems to be where she is striving to re.located by the end of the first year of the new Millenium,
"I'm in a contest now which would allow for me transfer an extended prose to any cinematic medium I desire. It would run for a year as part of the festival, and after that I would own everything. It has inspired me to realize that having my work in full International print and also as films appeals to me greatly. I'm ready to concentrate on new writing and directing, but don't want to do so here. I want a more mature environment than Disney or the Simpson's America has to offer. Somewhere where I can be myself, and my work can be uncensored and profitable and fun for me, as opposed to a political debate, yea!"
A moment to thank: Eli Kabillio of EMK Manhattan, Frank Cjzaka and Cameron Seven of High Defiance Television, Dean Seven of FAD/BAD International for their support of MDA/LILII - for that is a large part of why I now stand before this Annhilated Fountain - Equisite! Thanks, Neil! And Good Nite.
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