Another of the poems I sold to Quatrain.Fish is out today! This one is dubbed "the shifting sands poem", and you can read it here! Don't forget, Quatrain.Fish closes permanently to submissions in less than two months! If you've got any poems that are four lines or less, send them in today!
Publication – New Poem Today!
My latest Quatrain.Fish poem was published today! You can read it here. PS: Yes, in the payment memo line, they wrote "beeeeees!" and I laughed really loudly. I appreciate our shared humor. ^_^
Publication – New Poem!
The fifth and final poem I sold to Quatrain.Fish is out! You can read it here. I wrote this poem as an expression of my frustration with continued intolerance and racial inequality in the US. Black lives matter. Love is love. I know there are many, many lists of charities out there working to advance … Continue reading Publication – New Poem!
Publication – A new poem!
The third poem I sold to Quatrain.Fish is out today! This is the one I wrote back in college, and I'm glad it's finally seeing the light of day. You can read it here!
So You Want to Kickstarter A Genre Fiction Anthology: More Stats and Qualitative Info You Should Know
This is a quick follow-up to my previous post about my analysis and findings regarding Kickstarter-funded multi-author anthologies. If you have questions, comments, or requests for additional data analysis, please let me know! Quick Methodology/Scope Summary Please see my previous post for the full methodology breakdown. I sampled all successfully funded Kickstarter multi-author anthology projects … Continue reading So You Want to Kickstarter A Genre Fiction Anthology: More Stats and Qualitative Info You Should Know
Coming soon: Even more poetry!
The wonderful folks at Quatrain.Fish have picked up three more of my poems, which means they're going to publish FIVE of them total!!! I am very excited and will of course share them as they are released. Of these three most recently sold poems:* I wrote one as an expression of my frustration with racial … Continue reading Coming soon: Even more poetry!
Review: Love is Love
Love is Love (by too many contributors to list here) = 5/5. I am bisexual. There. I've said it. I couldn't think of another way to start this book review that would do justice to the book itself and, more importantly, and pay tribute those who died in the attack on the Pulse night club … Continue reading Review: Love is Love
Review: The Book of Dust
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman (Vol. 1 of The Book of Dust) = 5/5 La Belle Sauvage is the first book of the long-awaited Book of Dust and is set in a world where everybody's souls manifest as animals outside their bodies. No one's alone, because they always have their soul to talk to. … Continue reading Review: The Book of Dust
Review: Naughts and Crosses
Naughts & Crosses (by Malorie Blackman) = 5/5 Set in an alternate world where blacks were the colonizers and whites were the slaves, Naughts and Crosses is essentially the tale of two star-crossed lovers who struggle against the reality of the racism and prejudices of their world. I remember picking this book up for the … Continue reading Review: Naughts and Crosses