Progress Report: 6/21/11

This will be blessedly short. It's 2:05 a.m. as I begin it, and I'm exhausted:

Really Cool News, At Least To Me, Part 1: A poem of mine has been published by The Montucky Review, a new literary journal. It's called Eastward Ho, and I wrote it about five years ago. Sometime back, I posted it on Facebook, and a friend of mine — a true poet named John Wall — suggested some revisions, which I finally made last weekend, right before I submitted it.

As I write poetry about as often as Boston releases an album — and to far less satisfying results — I wouldn't expect to see this feat duplicated any time soon.

Really Cool News, At Least To Me, Part 2: The short-story collection that I've been bleating about (now renamed She's Gone) is done, done, done, done. That's why I'm up at such an insane hour. I'll be sending it along to my publisher this week.

Pointless News, To Everybody: Because I don't waste enough time online, I have a new social-media presence. Check it out (or look at the ghastly screen grab above).

Finally …

I know this feature is supposed to focus on things that are happening, well, away from here, but if you haven't checked out Jim Thomsen's piece on the band Sniff 'n' The Tears (directly below this post), you really are missing out on something special. If you haven't checked out the first video, for the band's hit song "Driver's Seat," please do. If you don't like it, please see a doctor, as you're probably dead.

Jim will be back next Monday with Part 2, an interview with Sniff's lead singer and songwriter, Paul Roberts. It's not to be missed.