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October 30, 2014
Halloween Post: Spooky Poems, Horror Writers
Happy Halloween! It’s official: I’m now a horror writer! I just joined the Horror Writers Association and wrote an essay for their newsletter that was just sent out on the dark side of science poetry! Appropriate to the season, here are two spoooooky poems. “Introduction to the Body in Fairy Tales” appeared first in Phantom […]
October 28, 2014
What’s Really in Your Control (as a small press author)
Oh, look at the news these days: you might see something about spying drones, ebola, maybe some random crime spree (or school shooting, as our community had this week.) All of this worrying stuff that is out of our control. And in our own lives: no matter how we try to follow doctors’ orders, eat […]
October 24, 2014
LitCrawl Seattle writeup, an Interview at Geosi reads, and Poison Ivy Poems
LitCrawl Seattle last night seemed like a big success, judging by the numbers of attendees (almost every event I saw, including ours, was packed) and the after-party was a great place to see long-lost writer friends, assuming you’d missed them at all the other events, and was also packed. I got a pic of our […]
October 21, 2014
Two new poems and LitCrawl Seattle 2014 – Superheroes vs Fairy Tales
Very excited about this Thursday, which is Seattle’s 2014 LitCrawl event, Superheroes vs Fairy Tales, where I’ll be reading at The Project Room at 8 PM. The lineup: Angela Jane Fountas, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Michael Schmeltzer, and Maya Sonenberg, with Evan J. Peterson. Michael and I will be representing the superhero side (plus I might […]
October 14, 2014
Is Writing a Team Sport?
Most writers are not also known as jocks. They’re not the kind of people you picture shooting hoops, throwing the touchdown pass, kicking a goal. The stereotype of a writer, forgive me: is bookish, introverted, who doesn’t understand the dynamics of cheerleading other players, or being the supporting player in a larger group. And that […]
October 9, 2014
New Poet’s Market 2015 and an Oak Ridge Poem in Outside In
Thought it’s been a tough month-and-a-half health-wise, I have a lot to be thankful for. (Isn’t the season of Thanksgiving coming up? I keep seeing pumpkins…) First, thanks to the magazine Outside In Literary and Travel magazine for publishing my poem “Oak Ridge Accepts” – with accompanying 1970′s nostalgic photo – in their final issue. […]
October 7, 2014
A few words for first-time poetry book authors
I have an ambitious, smart, hard-working writer friend who just launched her first poetry book. She is very anxious that it does well, and I remember feeling like that too, when my first book came out. A types especially have this problem. The thing is, that anxiety doesn’t always serve you well in the nerve-wracking […]
October 6, 2014
When Plans Go Awry, Xolair Diaries Part II with Serum sickness and Immunosuppression
It’s a beautiful day outside, but I am stuck inside with the stomach flu. This also prevented me from attending a long-awaited reading with Natasha Moni and Hollie Hardy at the Pine Box last night, which made me very sad. Here we are with all these plans, months in the making, and then something as […]
October 2, 2014
Upcoming Events – Pine Box and LitCrawl Seattle
So, you think you’d like to see me read some poems in person? You’re in luck! I’ve got two big public readings in the next few weeks! As the weather gets darker and rainier, for some reason, we do more poetry readings! Right now, for instance, I’m off to an informal closing event for VALA’s […]
September 27, 2014
Sneak Peek at The Robot Scientist’s Daughter front and back cover – with blurbs!
I spent a week recovering with the serum sickness brought on by the Xolair, but don’t worry, I haven’t been just lazing around! I’ve been working on the final copyedits of “The Robot Scientist’s Daughter” with Mayapple Editor Judith Kerman and we’ve been finalizing the cover, front and back. You can read the blurbs now, […]
