And we get closer… I approved the eproof a few minutes ago, so my first hardcover edition is that much closer to being a reality. As with the paperback, the on-sale date is April 30th, but I have ordered four copies for myself in the meantime. I will post finer details a bit later. [...]
So this arrived today… I am still waiting for a new proof for the hardcover edition—I was finally able to upload my revisions to the interior a couple of days ago—but at least I have this edition in the meantime. And everything looks to be the way it is supposed to. The color on [...]
Wishes sometimes have consequences is on its way to being a book! I uploaded my final revisions for the paperback edition this afternoon; after checking the proofs (four of them in all), I clicked on the ‘Approve’ button to make it official. I am still waiting for a new proof for the hardcover edition—though I [...]
Wishes sometimes have consequences is finished, and has been uploaded! I am now awaiting e-proofs. The 496-page collection will be available April 30th in hardcover and paperback formats. The hardcover will retail for $40, and the paperback for $25. At these prices, I will get about four bucks per copy sold. The two editions will [...]
Thanks to a long-overdue quiet day, followed by a couple of snow days (including today—the parking lot by my building is still too icy to get my car out to go anywhere), I have returned to working on my next collection of poems. What I have done so far: First, I am almost done going [...]
There have been more changes this year than I was expecting. I’m not quite ready to summarize the year just yet, but suffice it to say that the changes now extend to one of my collections in progress, Straining Against the Margins. The first change I’ll be making is to go back to the chronological [...]
Well, I did not write anything today. But, after I found myself intrigued by the artwork I did for the new piece of music I released over the weekend, I have another possible cover for Straining Against the Margins: At first, I toyed with the idea of simply adapting the existing design to book-cover proportions (and [...]
Well, I did not write anything yesterday (I say ‘yesterday’ even though I haven’t gone to sleep yet)—but I now have a title for my next collection of poems: Straining Against the Margins. This phrase, which came to mind a couple of days ago, captures quite well the year so far—both for me personally and [...]
Yes, I finally got around to making a few updates. Here is the URL: amazon.com/author/kevinjoconner (1 May 2018)
Update: the poem I submitted to The CDC Poetry Project is now scheduled to run on January 15th. For more information on exactly what The CDC Poetry Project is, go to https://cdcpoetry.wordpress.com/. I will post the link to the poem once I have it. (5 January 2018)
