Monthly Archives: February 2012
Poetry Book Signing
Ok, so the book signing will be for all five of my books, but Poetry in Black and White will be delivered tomorrow, so I might as well make a big deal out of Friday’s book signing at A Frame of Mind in Flagler Beach, FL as a poetry book signing, right? When you present [...]
Promote Your Blog Posts!
Yesterday I posted I would pass on a couple ways to promote your blog posts. Keep in mind there are quite a few great ways to promote blog posts, but I feel there are some minimal tasks that should happen each and every time you post. To begin, make sure you have a Twitter, Facebook, [...]
Blogging Consistently
Blogging. Too often writers treat their blog like flossing – it needs to be done but writing so often feels like a chore. I struggled with blogging consistently until recently. In fact, my blogs still suffer a bit from a little dust every now and then, but I am working toward a more productive approach [...]
Book Manuscript (first draft) Complete
I was supposed to have this book complete weeks ago. My first draft manuscript must be ready by Monday, February 20th in order to have a proof copy before I head to LA in mid March. To complete the book, I needed to knock out some words. Amazing what we can do once we purpose [...]
Oh, The Pain, The Pain…of Writing
Dr. Zachary Smith from the television show Lost in Space, would lament that phrase over and over. You simply loved to hate his cowardice, laziness, and scheming ways. I never liked it when he came into a scene. A gut reaction sent a ‘repulse’ signal to my brain and I was always rewarded with dire [...]
Writing Broken…
So, I’m on a writing roll these days, right? I’m keying around 2000 words per day. Once you hit a consistent groove like that, nothing stops you from writing – even a broken finger. Yep, that finger to the right is mine, the result of ‘schooling’ my 6’2″ fifteen-year-old son and his sixteen-year-old friend in [...]
Dreams
One of the great sadness’s of my life is never having had the pleasure of hearing Karen Carpenter sing live and in person. The best I can do is flee to YouTube for clips such as these in this post. One of the finest live performances on video comes from 1972 in Australia. Lucky Ausies. [...]