With April being National Poetry Writing Month, I
had set a target of writing a poem per day. I’m happy to say I exceeded that
target, with over 40 poems (ranging from 3-liners to much longer) completed,
and some already sent out to venues for consideration. I’m grateful for the
prompts provided by the NaPoWriMo and Writer’s Digest websites,
as well as the book Minimalism: A Handbook of Minimalist Genre Poetic Forms,
edited by Teri Santitoro, for providing inspiration during this process.
Recent Publications
Poetry:
[“Oh, spare me the tails and top hat,”], posted on Saturday Evening Post Limerick Laughs as runner-up for the January/February 2023 limerick contest, https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2023/04/january-february-2023-limerick-laughs-winner-and-runners-up/
Poetry:
[“Oh, spare me the tails and top hat,”], posted on Saturday Evening Post Limerick Laughs as runner-up for the January/February 2023 limerick contest, https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2023/04/january-february-2023-limerick-laughs-winner-and-runners-up/
Reviews:
Dinner on Mars: The Technologies That Will Feed the Red Planet and Transform Agriculture on Earth, by Lenore Newman and Evan Fraser, posted in Interstellar Flight Magazine April 17, 2023, https://magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/dinner-on-mars-gives-food-for-thought-2492a7ac6dff
“By Ox and Axe,” initially published in The Quilliad, is now available in audio version on Robert Topp’s Read Me a Story, Ink! site. The purpose of this site is to serve as a reading resource children, parents, and teachers. In the case of “By Ox and Axe,” Robert has included the words below the sound bar, explaining, “That is a new feature I have added so that kids can read along as they listen. I have been told by a number of teachers that that would be useful to challenged readers.” Those interested in checking it out can do so by visiting the link below
For May, my focus will be completing book reviews, some assigned and some to be sent in on spec.
On May 15th in conjunction with Law Enforcement Memorial Day, WolfSinger Publications will launch Tails From the Front Lines 2: The Thin Blue Line. Proceeds from this anthology will be donated to the El Paso County (Colorado) Sheriff's Office K9 program in memory of K9 Jinx who was killed in the line of duty on April 11, 2022. Two of my stories, “The Roxy Ruling,” previously published under the title “Roxy’s Rule” in New Myths in 2017, and “Where the Hearth Is,” which appeared in Home for the Howlidays, edited by M.L.D. Curelas and published by Tyche Books Ltd. in 2021, are included in this anthology.
