Solace in a Book

Short story collection giveaway–you could win!

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I will get better at posting every day. Lately the blog has been taking a backseat to my other duties as publisher, like working on the e-book and planning the launch and readings of Solace in So Many Words. But I can be remiss no longer, and I will now update the information on The Collection Giveaway contest, and since I missed about twenty posts, I will give you twenty reasons that show short stories are the bomb. Here's the skinny: Weighed Words is celebrating May as … [Read more...]

In case you missed it–a great new review!

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Solace in So Many Words got a terrific write-up in ForeWord Reviews. Reviewer Chris Fisher called  the book ”a beautiful quilt of essays, stories, and poems.”  As always, my thanks goes to the contributors for letting me use their material. Here's a highlight: "There are two common threads that tie together the book's contributed pieces. First, each writer dares to bear his or her soul in an honest, sometimes brutally revealing manner. Second, the quality or artfulness of … [Read more...]

Publication date reading at Barbara’s and our latest review — reasons to celebrate

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May 12 was the official publication date of Solace in So Many Words and also the date for our second reading.  This was one was at Barbara's Bookstore (UIC), which has a separate  performance space with great acoustics.  The event, which was well-attended, started off with my short explanation of the book and how it came to be, followed by outstanding readings by: Carol Kanter who read her three poems, "Her Best Medicine," "Alternative Eulogy," and "The Advanced Course," Pat … [Read more...]

The launch was a blast!

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  The May 6 launch of Solace in So Many Words was great---a packed bookstore (SRO), an intent audience, and wonderful readings by nine contributors. Susan Spaeth Cherry read "Predictabilities," Barry Silesky read "Music Lesson," Kathleen Kirk read the prose poem in "Postponing a Response to the Fact of Mortality," and "Heartbreak House," D. J. Lachance read "Nagasaki Shadows," Lisa Liken read "Winter in Bosnia," Aloka Kamicheril read her father Jayant … [Read more...]