Like most writers, I love words. Back in March the Oxford English Dictionary made the news because of its list newly accepted words and phrases. Tinfoil hat, muffin top and couch surfing were some of the new words the media picked up on, but if you relied simply on what was in the news reports, you have missed out on a lot. The OED site is wonderful, not at all stodgy or fusty, but approachable and well-written. At this point, I can't afford a subscription to the OED, but … [Read more...]
Geniuses over Nameless Creek — more news about contributors
Reader Peter Christie sent me notice that T. C. Boyle was interviewed in the Small Talk column of Financial Times, a publication I do not usually read. Thanks Peter! The May Atlantic Monthly explores How Genius Works, and T. C. Boyle shares a page from his draft of The Tortilla Curtain. Dennis Saleh has ten pages of poetry in Little Star 2, and is in the Hotel Amerika "Aphorisms" issue. Other new work is forthcoming in Chautauqua, Illuminations, and Poem. Later this … [Read more...]
Generosity and my own case of going a little viral
I've been thinking about the word "generous" and how it can describe the well-known writers who responded to my letter pleading for submissions to Solace in So Many Words. After all, if you have prize-winning books to your name, you don't need appear in a POD paperback edited by an unknown and published by an imprint with no track record. My guess is that they liked the theme of solace. But I know also it is because they are generous. I won't lie. I Google myself. A lot. … [Read more...]
Weighed Words, Micropublisher
I often find something in Nathan Bransford’s blogs. He’s a smart guy. His April 6 column asked: Who Should Have the ‘Indie’ Label: Self Publishers or Small Presses? I bristle when someone refers to my project as self-publishing because although this is a project I have published, it is not self-publishing. Weighed Words won’t publish my novel or yours. The same goes for your chapbook and mine. Weighed Words has a specific mission to publish mixed-genre anthologies of … [Read more...]
More news from contributors
Susan O'Donnell Mahan is the featured speaker at the monthly meeting of the American Association of University Women, Hingham (MA) branch on April 12. The subject is: Healing Words: A Journey With Poetry. She’ll be reading a selection of her poems that chronicle her journey since her in husband died in 1997. Patty Somlo's book From Here to There and Other Stories is available from Paraguas … [Read more...]