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I don’t want trouble…just an excuse to wrap a present.
Each present is an opportunity to top the previous one. When tonight’s feat is done, I’ll post the results.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Back and Consolidating
Rather than dedicate different blogs to specific purposes, I’m consolidating and letting this be my “home” blog for awhile. I’m feeling a bit mellow…and starting over.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )For readers from my other blogs…
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 ( 1 so far )Get Back
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 )A video trailer for a NOVEL? (Yep. Wanna see mine?)
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 [...]
Stamps Forever
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 )I’m in National/Miami News!
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) [...]
The Great Gig in Disguise
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 ( 2 so far )Anniversary for a What-Could’ve-Should’ve-Might’ve-Gone-Wrong
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 ( 1 so far )Self-Addressed Stamped Enigma
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 [...]
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