Scheduling a blog book tour is pretty tough, it requires a lot of coordination and management. You have to find bloggers that are interested in hosting a blog tour, see which of those are available during the timeframe you want and who will even respond to you, and then you have to communicate about the content of the posting. Before…
I wanted to review some poetry collections since my collection Where I Ache has been getting some lovely buzz here on WordPress. From this, I Bloom – Emily Jane Burton You might remember I actually interviewed Emily early this year as part of my Poet Interview Series. This might be my favorite poetry book I own! The…
What piece of your own work are you most proud of? I really do love my piece, ‘War Cry.’ It’s in the form of a pantoum, which is hard to explain, and makes more sense when you see an example, but it repeats two lines from each previous stanza so you have to take the readers on a journey with…
I’m doing a free giveaway on my instagram and twitter for a copy of my newest collection Where I Ache! Check them out for your chance to win!! View this post on Instagram Want a free copy of my newest collection? Just like and tag a friend to enter!! *US only, international contest will be held later in…
Where I Ache consists of 6 chapters, which one is your favorite? I feel like saying My Soothing Arms, the self love chapter, would be too cliche and easy so I’m not going to pick that one. Instead, I’ll say My Weak Spine, the insecure/ self esteem chapter, is my favorite. I didn’t think I would be able to write…
Use of Bold and Italics; yes. Just yes. There is a difference between me using bold and me using italics. It just feelsdifferent. You know what I mean? Bold feels more like a statement, a fact, an emphasis. Italics feel fluid, stressed, an emotion laying within the words. It may just be me, however, and, in which case, ignore me….
Where I Ache is a beautifully written collection of poetry. Each poem in this book really made you feel what the author was feeling. I could feel her pain and sorrow, her love and heartbreak. I can’t remember the last time a poetry collection made me feel so much. There was just so much emotion in every line of every…
In terms of the poems themselves, I did enjoy reading them. They offered an insight into the human experience, they were easily understood and easily able to relate to. I recommend it to others who need a hand to hold, who need to see that what they are going through is not something that you have to deal with by…
Name one commonly accepted piece of writing advice that doesn’t work for you. Read other poets. One piece of advice I’ve been told is to read a lot of other poetry to become a better poet and that just hasn’t held any value or truth for me. For one, I fear I’ll end up nearly plagiarizing another poet on a…
I wrote some goals for 2019 back in December and I wanted to check now that we’re at the half way mark for the year (whhhhatttt?!?!?!?) Goals for the first six months of 2019 Goals have to be measurable in order to know if you’ve reached them or not. Although I’m not happy to focus so heavily on numbers,…