April 2017

New Book Ready to Go!

2017/04/04 — Leave a comment

This morning, I approved the IngramSpark proof for This Is Not the Book That Will Save Your Life, and ordered my 10 copies to sell at readings, give out for promotional purposes, etc. The official on-sale date is April 28th; I will post pre-order links as soon as I have them.

In the meantime, I will have the e-book versions to prepare—and I will also prepare a version for CreateSpace, so that I can make the book available through Amazon stores in those territories that IngramSpark’s Global Connect program does not cover. Until then…it’s a book!

(4 April 2017)

National Poetry Writing Month 2017, Day 3

2017/04/02 — 1 Comment

My third poem for National Poetry Writing Month uses the prompt from Napowrimo.net, which is to write an elegy, with a focus on something unusual about the person or thing being mourned. My poem is addressed to a friend of mine who died about two-and-a-half years ago, and a weekend spent with her and a group of her friends during my first summer vacation (August 1988) after moving to Tokyo. Technically, I wrote this poem on Day 2, but the Day 3 prompt went up at midnight Eastern Time, so I am counting this as my official Day 3 poem… Continue reading