Steve B. Howard's Blog, page 42
January 4, 2021
Thanks. I write a lot of Haibun. Maybe I'll submit some here.
Thanks. I write a lot of Haibun. Maybe I'll submit some here.

Do you publish Haibun?
Do you publish Haibun? That might be better than just adding comments about the haiku. Senryu, in this case.

The Faltering
Thoughts after watching the movie Uncut Gems.
Yeah, most of the poets on Medium had high hopes for Short Forms too, but it hasn't worked out that…
Yeah, most of the poets on Medium had high hopes for Short Forms too, but it hasn't worked out that way yet. Medium has never been very considerate when it comes to those of us that are creative writers.
But, like you said, at least we are earning something for our writing, so we may as well keep doing it.

Batteries Not Included
Yeah, I decided to use it since it was pretty popular.
Yeah, I decided to use it since it was pretty popular. But I did have some big problems with Amazon over the title when I tried to run Amazon ads for it. They won't allow you to run ads for any books which they feel have profanity in the title.
Eventually, I gave up and changed the ebook title to Diet of a Destitute Poet.

Thanks so much for reading it and commenting.
Thanks so much for reading it and commenting. Glad you enjoyed it. I ended up using the same title for my first collection of self-published poetry.

January 3, 2021
The Hamster Trials Diary Entry #10: Well, it turns out Momo(chan) is in fact Mo-Kun.
Now, we need to find homes for a seven new baby hamsters in the next 12 weeks. Oh the joys of parenthood!