Hold that thought. I don’t want to get into what’s happening right now, but a scanning of my early 2005 archives (and post list) should give you a pretty good idea of what I am, what I’m not, and what to expect when I’m back in a couple of weeks.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )I’ve been away awhile, mostly researching and doing everything possible NOT to go out and be distracted from the book. But I’ve found that returning to a weekly poetry reading keeps me focused and offers the structure and routine I thrive on. Ironic, because the way I’ve always conceived my material is following whatever unpaved [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Yes, you read correctly. Check out the “mock-up” at www.youtube.com/smidbeach and tell me what you think!
So why do this when I haven’t even started looking for an agent, let alone a publisher? (1) Guerilla marketing to use as leverage when I query certain agents; (2) To build gradual interest among readers of the multiple blogs I write for [...]
For several months now, a box in my home has held about a hundred addressed,stamped envelopes with folded self-addressed reply envelopes inside. Done in a moment of writer’s block consternation, I was happy to be able to say that at least one task of the agent-hunting process would be ready when I was. And just [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Printed with permission of the Miami New Herald Times:
Miami Beach Renames Neighborhood for Current Cultural Arts Fellow
[Miami Beach, FL] – Welcome to Smid Beach?
That’s what the City of Miami Beach wants you to call the upper swathe of the island straddling South Beach and the upper island.
Today, the Department of Cartography and Cultural Development (CCD) [...]
Last night’s reading: Cafe Simcha at shul, a Beatnik evening a la 1950s Greenwich Village. Brought art. Brought poetry. Should have remembered it would be dimly lit; 10″ x 14″ pen-and-ink didn’t show up well and people tended to skip over it to look at the larger ones. At the last moment, remembered that a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Growing up, I was always afraid to cross the street alone. Eventually I got over it and became a serious walker….but I have always been afraid of busy intersections. I’m also not much of a risk-taker, and have made it my business to know the ins and outs of my city — side streets, the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )This afternoon’s mail:
“Thank you for thinking of __ & __ in connection with your writing. Your query has been read and reviewed. But I’m afraid I am currently overwhelmed with commitments to my present clients and am able to take on very little if any new material. I find your proposal quite interesting, but [...]
Just to assure you that there’s no such thing as an original idea, Publisher’s Lunch links to a Wall Street Journal story of writers who had the nerve to come up with the same brainchild I have. Unfortunately, the online Journal is restricted only to paid subscribers, but until I get my hands on a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )I’m not normally claustrophobic, but international flights push my tolerance to the absolute limits. Paradoxically, window seats are best for me, but the aisle would have worked. Being 4’11″, I can contort my body and legs against the wall. What unsettles me is constant physical contact with my seatmate.
A seasoned traveler, I’ve flown overseas several [...]
A black hole between South Beach and Mid-Beach, where a novel is in progress…
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