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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Some Excellent Magazines

Hey there! I spent some time updating my Literary section under my Blogroll today. If you haven't spotted it, it's on the right side of this blog's page. All of the magazines listed there are ones that have published my work, except for Ray's Road Review, where I'm poetry editor. I'd like to encourage you …

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Check Out Some Of My Links

Just a quick blogging note... I have added a number of new links to cool websites in the Blogroll links section of my blog. I've added a couple of new blogs to the blogroll, a new bookstore, a new magazine to the literary section, a bunch of new musicians and bands to the music section, …

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