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August 13, 2013
The Foliate Head going into second printing--
I've already talked about this with facebook and twitter cohorts, so this may be redundant, but... I shall tell it all over again!
Only this morning I realized that the limited hardcover edition of The Foliate Head had gone out of print. And only just now I found out from Pete and Nicky Crowther that it's going into second printing. It is the first Stanza Press book to have a reprint.
I'm
Only this morning I realized that the limited hardcover edition of The Foliate Head had gone out of print. And only just now I found out from Pete and Nicky Crowther that it's going into second printing. It is the first Stanza Press book to have a reprint.
I'm
August 11, 2013
Flaws
The Foliate Head (UK: Stanza Press, 2012)
Recently I did something I've never done before--put a poem in the Eratosphere Sonnet Bake-off. I don't tend to submit to contests, often because they seem a mug's game, particularly when they have fees. But Eratosphere's friendly competitions are free, and lots of poets who write formal poems hang out there, or used to hang out there, or now and then
Recently I did something I've never done before--put a poem in the Eratosphere Sonnet Bake-off. I don't tend to submit to contests, often because they seem a mug's game, particularly when they have fees. But Eratosphere's friendly competitions are free, and lots of poets who write formal poems hang out there, or used to hang out there, or now and then
August 8, 2013
Small question for my readers--
I now hold rights to ebook publication for Catherwood, The Wolf Pit, The Curse of the Raven Mocker, Ingledove, and Val/Orson--that is for five out of my seven novels, including the two that were marketed as "young adult / crossover." I will also hold ebook rights for my two upcoming novels, Glimmerglass and the pulpily titled Maze of Blood. And I'll be keeping ebook poetry rights in the future as
August 7, 2013
August book events
August 20-28 North Carolina readings
in Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro, and Asheville
August 20th
7:00 p.m.
Reading with my former Carrboro neighbor, Jay Bryan, who has a new chapbook!
Last year I read from A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage at Flyleaf,
now out in paperback, and this year I'll focus on the other 2012 books,
The Foliate Head and Thaliad. I'll bring the novel in
in Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro, and Asheville
August 20th
7:00 p.m.
Reading with my former Carrboro neighbor, Jay Bryan, who has a new chapbook!
Last year I read from A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage at Flyleaf,
now out in paperback, and this year I'll focus on the other 2012 books,
The Foliate Head and Thaliad. I'll bring the novel in
July 31, 2013
Breachog (portmanteau for "breach in a blog")
Taking another small break, as I am overwhelmed by carpenters, paint scrapers, painters, children's classes and their messy rooms and their job hunts and visits, days of long-distance camp ferrying, car repairs, and more--and all must be complete before I leave on the August book tour. If you want to travel around in my head, please find me in my books, particularly the three 2012 books, A Death
July 25, 2013
Books at Woodside
I'm packing my bag to mosey over to the Cooperstown Book Club. Evidently we're meeting at Woodside Hall; it's not so far from me, but I've never been inside, so that will be interesting. I'll take my camera and post some pictures... The Greek Revival mansion was built by Judge Samuel Morehouse in 1829, and I've heard that he lost it gambling, but maybe that was just a rumor. I'll find out.
July 24, 2013
Thaliad and the artist's path--
Thaliad (Montreal: Phoenicia Publishing, 2012) involved a good deal of work by Welsh painter Clive Hicks-Jenkins. I've been meaning to collect a sort of index to all his labors on the book. With the links below, you can follow his making of the art for the book from his first day, cutting out leaves from painted papers for the collage. I am leaving out the work he did on the bookplate, which
July 20, 2013
Small hiatus
I'm taking a brief break and will be back on Tuesday, I think. I'm just a little over-busy with the usual, plus helping my eldest get settled in another state (found him a good house-share close to downtown and with a lovely setting), visiting another who is away for the summer, and some out-of-the-usual events--singing at an ordination today, assisting at a funeral on Monday, etc. Life is a wee
July 18, 2013
Kickstarter for special fathers and families--
Gary Dietz's Kickstarter project focused on very special fathers--those parenting children who are disabled in some way--still needs more backers. Please go here to take a look.
And if you're a poet or an essayist or a parent with a good story related to the topic, why don't you read the anthology plans? I'll be winnowing poems for Gary later in the year...
And if you're a poet or an essayist or a parent with a good story related to the topic, why don't you read the anthology plans? I'll be winnowing poems for Gary later in the year...
July 17, 2013
New in the word-shaping world--
Ari Karple, How to Be Prolific: Guidelines for Getting it Done from Joss Whedon.
I read this piece because my filmmaking-drawing-writing daughter is a Whedon fan and tends to be a bit slow and overly critical of herself at times, and I thought she might like it. But I think it might be useful to many people in its against-the-grain advice on how to make art despite time's winged chariot rattling
I read this piece because my filmmaking-drawing-writing daughter is a Whedon fan and tends to be a bit slow and overly critical of herself at times, and I thought she might like it. But I think it might be useful to many people in its against-the-grain advice on how to make art despite time's winged chariot rattling
