Happy 2012! Sorry it took me this long to say this, but I've been busy playing catch up this week. I think most of us end up standing in a pile of dirty laundry after the holidays. I managed to take down our decorations today though. I couldn't stand the clutter. Or hitting my head on the the icicle lights hanging over the office doorway.
I have a literary roundup post in the wings, but it will have to wait since I have a bunch to finish still tonight. I plan on writing that series still, so if you like reading about the online literary trinkets I collect, I'm sure you are waiting with bated breath. Soon, I promise!
Also in the queue for 2012 is a series of posts dedicated to the process of publishing my chapbook. These posts will address a number of things including marketing, obtaining blurbs, setting up readings, revising, and probably a bunch of other things I don't know about yet. Since Braiding the Storm is my first chapbook, I'd like to document the experience for myself and also for you, dear reader, in case you are find yourself with a chapbook to promote. I'll have a clever little series title too, when I think of one. Ideas?
I also want to write more reviews this year, especially for poetry chapbooks. I like writing reviews and it's also fun to read something you might not have otherwise. I'm also cross-posting my reviews to GoodReads. There seems to be a happy little community over there, though I have so many social networks to keep up with online, I'm not sure how involved I can really be. Only so many hours, right?
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For your series on your chapbook, how about " What to expect when you're expecting" you'll get a boatload of hits.
Ha! That's sort of like how my post entitle "Weeds and Wildness" is my most popular of all time. It's a book review of A Week By Any Other Name, about lawn care and such. Lolz.
Looking forward to hearing what you have to say....
I also feel overwhelmed sometimes with so many communities - blogging, facebook, real life! I really like Good Reads, though. Great place for recommendations. Would I have read Moby Dick without 200 people "watching?" Laugh. Dunno.
That's a great point, Sarah. I think that's why I want to do the review writing challenge. I need that accountability. I tend to be a reading snacker - I nibble on a poem from this journal or a couple from that chapbook. I've been SO busy since my move I've hardly finished a whole book. This way I'm held to a standard.
I can't believe you read Moby Dick. Just, wow.
So grateful to this! I have a chapbook coming out this spring--I will be watching your process with very curious and excited-for-you eyes.
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