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...]
My new lucky numbers
I am taking the day off to visit a friend, look at eagles, and play roulette. I have my regular favorite numbers based on important dates in my life. Now I have two new favorite ones: 5 and 12. That's because Solace in So Many Words launches on May 12. I don't expect to make a wad at the roulette table nor will I blow one, and that's okay with me. I want to blow off a little steam, get a little charge, maybe misbehave a little. But lucky? The way I look at things … [Read more...]
Seneca
There is nothing so bitter that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it. … [Read more...]
Welcome
Hello— Glad you stopped by. I hope you’ll want to visit often, and let me hear from you. For me it has been all solace all the time lately. The book has consumed my life of late, and it has been quite fulfilling (and other things too). Funny thing, I’ve thought about this first blog entry since I began the project and I have a million ideas in my head, and if I addressed them all this blog would be as long as the book itself. So, I’ll keep this first post simple: … [Read more...]