poets

  • Hi! This month we are starting The Poems of Octavio Paz in our Fable Book Club. It’s on the longer side for collections, which I’m pretty excited about. In April, we had read The River in the Belly, which was a fascinating collection by Fiston Mwanza Mujila. Every poem is titled “Solitude” and given a

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  • Book Signing Coming up!

    Book Signing Coming up!

    Yay and yikes I loved writing my book. It was emotional but rewarding. Finding a publishing home for it went better than I had anticipated. The editing and launching phases were uneventful on the whole. Promoting has been a whole other hurdle. I’m not upset about it and I am not complaining. I just never

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  • Little Poems Everywhere

    My last command in the Navy was kind of a disaster but it had moments that I still smile about. I was stationed with several people I adored, several I couldn’t stand to be around, and many I was indifferent to. Among those I adored was Rachel. Rachel was not well liked by most people.

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  • One month!

    It has been one month since Shapeshifting was published and I have definitely learned some things. Traditionally published does not equal available in all bookstores immediately but it is a hell of a head start. I’ve been going to local indie bookstores and seeing if their willing to stock on the shelves, as well as

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  • Publishing soon!!!

    It’s been a crazy road but I was definitely blessed in many ways along it. It was the waiting that was the worst. I don’t know how some people stay on this road so long with the long times between query and response, offer to publish and preorder. Now that I’m in the preorder stage,

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  • An affect of sustained eye contact

    That one time that sustained eye contact kept me from quitting, even though I really wanted to.

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