I made a book. There are a couple of reasons I’m particularly proud of Writers on the Avenue’s holiday anthology, Winter Holidays in the City of Pearls. For one, I built this book from scratch, from the ground up. On
My foray into publishing
When Students Succeed
I revel in good news from my students. Lately, there’s been a lot of it. Graduations; new work milestones; publications news to share. Two of my students had work in the recent issue of Talking River, and I was delighted
Wrestling with Every Word: An Interview
I’m very pleased and humbled to be the featured writer over at Andilit, a site I’ve been following for a while and which yields excellent, thoughtful resources for writers. In a sea of people trying to make me rich so
Dear Author: on the topic of book promotion
Dear Author: How do you make sure you spend an appropriate amount of time promoting your book, while still leaving yourself time to write the next one? Reader, that’s an excellent question. Right now I don’t have a good answer
What book marketing really means
So one thing we never, ever talked about in my college or graduate-level creative workshops was how to market your book. My conception of the process was this: an agent approached you and asked to see your work, liked your
May Flowers
Saturday, I helped Writers on the Avenue wrap up National Poetry Month with a poetry festival that featured free workshops for poets of all ages, an open mic, readings by the winners of our poetry contest, and then readings by