

Self-Publishing: An Insanely Long Checklist
Self-publishing is no longer a one-and-done endeavor. Authors who self-publish are, also, getting picked up by more traditional presses...


11 Ways to Get Unstuck in Your Writing
I am guilty. I have been ignoring my writing for over half a year now. Other aspects of my life have taken over and shoved my creative...


Seven Tables: Poetry and Sustenance
Writers Who Read attended the Visual Arts Center reading and workshop by their teachers, Seven Tables: Poetry and Sustenance, on December...


Notes from the Dodge
Hello. My name is Kim and I’m a poetry addict. I recently indulged in a four-day bender at the Dodge Poetry Festival in Newark, NJ. I...


Samhain Suggested Reading: A Review of Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book is the perfect “ghost tale” to get everyone ready for Halloween. The book begins with a cold and...


Tiny Books, Death, & German Ekphrastic - or - Poetry Society Of Virginia Conference
May 20 & 21 the Poetry Society of Virginia held our annual conference at the Richmond Public Library 101 E. Franklin St. It was a packed...


Three Quick Recommends for Summer Reading
The Housekeeper and the Professor - Yoko Ogawa Because The Housekeeper and the Professor was recommended by family, I expected to enjoy...

An Interview with Jason Bates, founder of Punks Write Poems Press
Kim: What sparked your idea to start PunksWritePoems Press? Did you notice a unique need not currently being filled in the literary...


The Top of Chicago, Guys Drinking Beer, & a Pig's Face, or, The IPPY Awards Ceremony in Chic
On Tuesday, May 10th, the IPPY Awards went down in Chicago at the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower). My husband, Wen, and I flew...


The Strangeness of Men Wins a Silver IPPY Award!
Success Does Not (Necessarily) Mean Sales My book has not been selling well. It sits on Amazon, Smashwords, IngramSpark, and many other...