New Issue of Rays Road Review is Out

Hey there! The new Summer 2012 issue of Ray's Road Review is out. You can find it at: http://raysroadreview.com/. We've got some good fiction, poetry, nonfiction & photography to check out. As the poetry editor, I've got to give shout outs to poets Jessica Tyner, DA Spruzen, Tim Suermondt, & Amanda Rachelle Warren. Please read & …

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Literary Diary Entry

I've been posting some diary entries from the 16 old diaries I recently found, dating from 1984 to 1992. This will probably be the last one I post. I don't see much point in blogging about things that happened 20 years ago. This entry was written after I had moved from Knoxville TN to Tempe …

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Select Publications Links on my Blog

Hi all! I just spent a little time browsing through the Net and decided to create a new sub-menu in my blog's Links section called Select Publications. I decided to link to 11 varied published poems of mine, and five published papers -- four academic (literary criticism) papers I wrote and one technical paper I …

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When Is a Book a Book?

I've been seeing some strange things in the worlds of writing and publishing recently. I've been seeing more and more people talk about the books they have written -- yet many of these people haven't published a damn thing! Excuse me, but they are aspiring writers and authors, NOT authors! I have had the good …

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Poetry Readings and Book Sales

Most writers have to give readings of their work. Usually this is done to introduce oneself to a new and larger audience, and perhaps more importantly, to generate book sales. As the author of 15 poetry collections, I've given TONS of readings all over America. And much of the time it's been fun. But it …

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