How is it that October is already almost halfway finished? Not possible! Time is slipping away. This blog post reminded me that sometime soon I must get ahold of a pumpkin and a glass of cider! The weather has turned from a straight couple of weeks of 85-degree temps to a sudden, gusty 55 – definitely jacket-and-sweater weather, overnight! We’re going to get our first big windy rain, too, the edge of a monsoon that’s blowing from in from the ocean. Anyway, how is it already that late in the year?
Say congrats to Suzanne, who has good news about her second book!
Also a tip: Dream Horse Press now has an Open Submissions procedure for $10. Check it!
Also, if you feel like following my adventures in Napa, complete with little blog pictures, check out my other blog: http://napavalleyliving.blogspot.com/ It’s a little bit about the ins-and-outs of practical living in Napa, as well as restaurant/shopping reviews and that sort of thing. Do I have time to run another blog, on top of my class and thesis advising and trying to freelance write and write/send out poetry? Maybe not, but that’s never stopped me before…Plus, as long as I’m on crutches, it’s not like I’m missing out on all this hiking around that I’d otherwise be doing in my new town…
Look for Suzanne Frischkorn and Tom Hunley on Verse Daily this week!
And, since it’s “Cyber Monday” and you’re all shopping for Christmas presents, did I mention poetry books make a great holiday gift? I am going to put on my winter special and offer this limited-edition, beautiful broadside of “The Snow Queen Explains” for free to anyone who buys a copy of Becoming the Villainess from me between now and Christmas. The art work on the broadside was done by the lovely and talented Michaela Eaves, who also did the cover art of my book. I only have a few copies around, so this offer won’t last 🙂
Here’s the link to order the book:
https://webbish6.com/orderform.htm
or you can e-mail me at jeannine dot gailey at live dot com.
All I want for Christmas is an enthusiastic publisher for my second book manuscript. And total financial security. And shiny happy healthiness. And, well, some world peace would be nice, too. Come on, Santa!
I did manage to drag myself – for a mere hour, I could have stayed three times as long – tp the small press fair at Hugo House this weekend, and got to visit editors and publishers of Wave Books, Ashanta Press, Manic D Press (weird, but cool) and journals like Crab Creek and my own Raven Chronicles (my special guest-edited humour issue will have a reading this May! Only two or so years after I put it together! LOL.)
I also ran into my friend N. who gave me a truly amazing present – a book of art postcards called “Drop Dead Cute,” featuring art by contemporary Japanese women artists. The work really helps me think in the mood of my second manuscript – anime-like but twisted – check out some of the artists in the book here (Aya Takano) and here (Chiho Aoshima) I’ve put the “drop dead cute” address book on my birthday wishlist. I wish I could make cool visual art the way I envision poems. Chiho does subway-sized exhibits – soooo very cool.
In other news, if you’d like to read Suzanne Frickshorn’s review of Becoming the Villainess from Diner’s latest issue, click here!
