Help Small Presses Survive

Friends- I have nothing against Amazon or Barnes&Noble. They provide good service and good jobs to employees. But I want to champion the cause of small presses like the ones I've always published with and encourage you to shop directly with them whenever possible. They operate on really small margins, but publish good work that is read every day by thousands of readers. Without them, many wonderful books would never see the light of day in the increasingly small world of "bigtime publishers."

That's why I want to post a link to the Texas A&M Press Consortium Press website so you can go there directly and order my book THE MAD FARMER'S WIFE from Texas Review Press if you're interested.

http://www.tamupress.com/product/The-...

Even if you don't normally read poetry, I hope you'll give this book a look. You can Google my name and find samples of the poems from the book on several online magazine websites: the opening poem was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by the Potomac Review, and I'm thrilled with that.

I've devoted the last year or so to writing a sequel to my novel HIDING EZRA, and I love writing fiction, too. But poetry is a cause so near and dear to my heart as a writer. It presents a freedom and a challenge that is different from fiction-writing, and I relish it!

The Mad Farmer's Wife will be making her way out into the world in a few days, and I can't wait for you to meet her!