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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My friend Tracy Crow's terrific memoir about her time in the Marine Corps - well, a particularly key part of her time in the Marine Corps - is excerpted today in the Huffington Post! via Swimming In The Trees.
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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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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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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