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Michele Brenton

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I am a poet by habit and a writer by necessity. I am also commissioning editor for Endaxi Press and its Prosochi imprint.

Endaxi Press was initially set up in 2009 as a vehicle to produce my poetry books. As we learned the skills and crafts necessary we broadened that remit to include a very select number of authors in our publishing 'stable.'

Endaxi may be small - but we do things properly and to a very high standard.

My own poetry books can be seen as the grit which stimulated the oyster to produce the pearl. :)

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What does success mean to a creative artist or writer?

Here's what it means to me from a creative artist's point of view.

I don't think success exists in the finishing-post type sense. Instead I see little stepping stones on a journey of discovery. A stepping stone is reached each time something (anything) which educates, entertains, causes new thoughts and imaginations, is brought from the realm of ideas and placed in front of others.

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Michele Brenton's Books

Average rating: 4.40 · 50 ratings · 15 reviews · 9 distinct works · Similar authors

	Fifty Shades of Blue - the trilogy 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yellow edition- Alternative Poetry Books 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pink edition - Alternative Poetry Books 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue edition - Alternative Poetry Books 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Banana's Mean and Funny Valentine Poems 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Banana's Bumper Xmas Book 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Banana's Love Poems 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Banana's Xmas Pillow Book 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	50 Shades in Clay 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Michele Brenton rated a book 5 of 5 stars Cyrus Darian And The Technomicron by Raven Dane (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Michele Brenton rated a book 5 of 5 stars Prompted, an International Collection of Poems by Pearl Ketover Prilik read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This paperback is currently number two in Hot New Releases in Poetry on Amazon.com after having spent the best part of two weeks at number one. This is what Robert Lee Brewer , Editor - Poetic Asides, Writer's Market and Poet's Market said: "Prompted...more
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Michele Brenton liked Jeremy's review of Blind Fury (Anna Travis Mystery, #6): " The story is long and predictable and the characters are uninteresting. It seemed like more a chronicle of the main character's very average life than a novel that was meant to entertain anyone. "
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Michele Brenton liked April's review of Blind Fury (Anna Travis Mystery, #6): " I cannot understand how anyone could give this book more than two stars. It was very poorly written and edited. But more than that, it was slow-moving and almost completely transparent. The characters were not well-developed. There were many incon... " Read more of this review »
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Michele Brenton rated a book 1 of 5 stars Book Of Souls (Will Piper, #2) by Glenn Cooper	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I found this unreadable. Not to say it is a bad book. Plenty of people seem to enjoy this and I am definitely in the minority - but I don't like the writing style. The story seems to be a good one though and I hope it will be made into a film because...more
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Michele Brenton rated a book 3 of 5 stars Fox Evil by Minette Walters	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I go into a Minette Walters novel with expectations set high. So when I place this on my disappointments shelf it is in relation to what I expected from a Minette Walters novel. Compared with some other crime novelists this is still a great read. But...more
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Michele Brenton rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a very long book. It felt like a very long book as I read it. It is unarguably well written and has 'classic' stamped all through it. But something didn't quite hit the sweet spot for me. All the right ingredients, good characters, interestin...more
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“Rem tene, verba sequentur: grasp the subject, and the words will follow. This, I believe, is the opposite of what happens with poetry, which is more a case of verba tene, res sequenter: grasp the words, and the subject will follow.”
― Umberto Eco, PostScript to the Name of the Rose

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“I've never had a sustained period of medication for mental illness when I've not been on other drugs as well. It's just not something that I particularly feel I need. I know that I have dramatically changing moods, and I know sometimes I feel really depressed, but I think that's just life. I don't think of it as, "Ah, this is mental illness," more as, "Today, life makes me feel very sad." I know I also get unnaturally high levels of energy and quickness of thought, but I'm able to utilize that.”
― Russell Brand, My Booky Wook

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“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

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“Poetry is not an art, it's a symptom.”
― Michele Brenton

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“My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.”
― Orson Welles

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