Jan Bottiglieri ("Why You Knit" and "Oliver") has a new poem, "A Way of Happening, A Mouth" in the latest issue of Atticus Review, the weekly online journal whose tagline is "six degrees left of literature." I can pretty much guarantee you will think of this poem next time you see a butterfly. I have a short-short ("By the time") in the latest issue of Eclectic Flash, which is available on the web or in print. Eclectic Flash describes itself as “dedicated to the best … [Read more...]
Gatsby Books in Long Beach–sublime!
Our trip to Long Beach was a definite success and a blast to boot. The reading at Gatsby Books went well as we suspected it would since Sean Moor, who owns Gatsby Books, and Alisha Attell, who coordinates the events there, were so enthusiastic about our coming to read there. Thanks to Sean and Alisha for their warm welcome and hot promotion! The bookstore was packed. The reading was kicked off by Donna Hilbert who is not only well-known but also well-admired in the poetry … [Read more...]
WGN Radio 720 podcast with Rick Kogan
Here's the podcast link so you can hear our interview this past Sunday morning with Rick Kogan on The Sunday Papers, which is his show on WGN Radio 720. Solace in So Many Words was the topic of the first half-hour and Rick was a gracious and interested host who called Solace in So Many Words "a fine, fine book." Appearing on the show with me were contributors J. Scott Smith ("Heartbeat") and Joan Corwin ("Details") and it was apparent that Rick had read their stories and … [Read more...]
Short story collection giveaway–you could win!
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!
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...]
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