Writer’s Digest Guest Post on Promoting your Poetry Book as an Introvert, Skagit Poetry Festival, and Springtime
- At May 10, 2018
- By Jeannine Gailey
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Welcome to spring! At least it finally feels like spring here in Seattle – it went from cold and damp, winter behavior, to full-blown spring seemingly overnight – and this wisteria is blooming! I love this part of spring…moody, rainbowish, flowers everywhere, birds chirping, rabbits and deer eating my roses…Woodinville seems sedate in May, but becomes full-blown touristy in June, with huge concerts, wine festivals, etc, so I’m enjoying the quiet time and the nicer weather.
Writer’s Digest Guest Post: How Can I Promote My Book of Poetry as an Introvert?
How Can I Promote My Book as an Introvert?
Thanks to Writer’s Digest and Robert Brewer for hosting me on the Writer’s Digest Blog with the blog post I wrote (related to my new book, PR for Poets) to talk about strategies for introverts who want to promote their poetry books. Some of these basics are covered in more depth in the book, but I get so many questions about this subject that I felt I had to address it! I myself am a bit of an oddity (for a poet,) an extroverted introvert, or an introverted extrovert – I love people but I’m exhausted/cheered by interacting with others. I hope there are some useful tips in there but if you have more questions, please leave them in the comments! It’s surprising these days how many ways there are to reach out and interact with audiences without actually ever talking to them in person…thanks internets!
Skagit Poetry Festival – Sign Up for a Workshop on PR for Poets!
What are you doing next weekend? If you’re in the Pacific Northwest, think about attending the Skagit River Poetry Festival in beautiful La Conner, WA which starts on Friday and ends on Sunday with…drum roll..workshops with Ellen Bass, Joe Millar, Matthew Dickman and…a workshop with me on PR for Poets (if you sign up!) Check it out!
https://www.skagitriverpoetry.org/festival/festival-workshops/
If you haven’t been to the Skagit Poetry Festival before, it’s a great opportunity to see and talk to a lot of poets all in one place in a gorgeous setting – they usually get some great guests and “star poets” but the whole vibe remains really friendly and down-to-earth. If you are looking for a first-time poetry conference, I like this one. Hope to see you there!
Jeannine Hall Gailey served as the second Poet Laureate of Redmond, Washington and the author of Becoming the Villainess, She Returns to the Floating World, Unexplained Fevers, The Robot Scientist’s Daughter, and winner of the Moon City Press Book Prize and SFPA’s Elgin Award, Field Guide to the End of the World. Her latest, Flare, Corona from BOA Editions, was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. She’s also the author of PR for Poets, a Guidebook to Publicity and Marketing. Her work has been featured on NPR’s The Writer’s Almanac, Verse Daily and The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. Her poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Poetry, and JAMA.
