ForeWord Reviews is pleased to announce the 2011 Book of the Year Awards list of finalists. Representing more than 700 publishers, the finalists were selected from 1200 entries in 60 genre categories. These books are examples of independent publishing at its finest. Solace in So Many Words is a finalist for the 2011 Book of the Year Awards in the anthology category. ForeWord Reviews' Book of the Year Awards program was established to help publishers shine an additional … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2012
Friends in the cards
I feel obligated to post since I haven't done so in a week. I don't have too much to report. Not a lot of writing news. Not a lot of Solace in So Many Words news. The week has escaped me and I haven't gotten a lot accomplished. What has me excited is a poker game (nickel, dime, quarter) today with my grade-school friends. Two of the players (they are twins), I have known for almost all my life since our older sisters played together and would bring us along. We went to a … [Read more...]
The Book Stall was swell
Many thanks to The Book Stall for hosting our celebration of Poetry Month---to Roberta Rubin for inviting us to read and especially to Amy and Gordon who worked late to accommodate us. The Book Stall has been named Publishers Weekly Bookstore of the Year and it is obvious why. The Book Stall is supportive of readers and writers alike. We had a pretty large crowd and they were a very attentive audience. We changed up our usual reading event in that we also featured … [Read more...]
John Donne
Salute the last, and everlasting day, John Donne from “Ascension,” which appears in John Donne's Poetry, published by W. W. Norton & Company … [Read more...]
