If you read my last post you know that Solace in So Many Words is one-year-old. I have been thinking of the highlights from the past year. But before I give that account let me tell you how great it was that last week started with congratulatory flowers, sent by neighbor and mentor Fran Podulka and her husband Phil to celebrate the gold medal award Solace in So Many Words won from the Next Generation Indie Awards sponsored by Independent Book Publishing Professionals … [Read more...]
Updates, late September
I can't believe it's late September already. I love Fall and want to make it last. Already there is less than week left of September. E. Michael Desilets who has two poems ("Archangela Bautistsa" and "Faithful Departed") in Solace in So Many Words is a contributor from Los Angeles who I met only through correspondence until I got on Facebook and he "friended" me. It is great because I get to keep up on his news and posts and have gotten to know him. He sent me an … [Read more...]
Connections count
I am not a business person, or at least I wasn't until I started Weighed Words. So it's kind of funny that I wanted to come up with a model for publishing that was different than the ones I was used to. Lit mags don't usually pay unless you win a contest. Anthologies by fledgling presses don't usually pay either. For small-time writers like me, payment came in the form of comp copies and the glory of publication. What was important to me as I worked on Solace in So Many … [Read more...]