Back to your Inner Light!!! / Retour à votre Lumière intérieure!!! :) )), originally uploaded by Denis Collette…!!!.

Check the Class Schedule for Winter Classes.

Click on the ‘Class’ page to view the schedule for Freelance Writing Classes in Portland, Sedona, San Francisco in Winter 2010.

Los Angeles and San Diego in Spring 2010

Click on the calendar below to view dates, times, cities.

View Calendar at http://ow.ly/Szin

Advice For Writers

January 6, 2010

macbook coffee, originally uploaded by damiengay33.

Here is a great link with advice for writers. It truly is superb. Read and pass it on. http://ow.ly/T7YY


If you haven’t seen the great new online lit journal for poets, visit http://www.poetsquarterly.com

The editor is Lori A. May, and she has done a great job getting this journal up.

The first issue featured my interview with poet David Biespiel about his latest book of poetry The Book of Men and Women, and two reviews. One of these was on K.Alma Peterson’s chapbook Befallen, and Carla Drysdales’s Little Venus .

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For the second issue my interview is with poet and Keats scholar Stanley Plumly, author of Posthumous Keats: A Personal Biography.

In this issue is also a review I wrote of Penelope Scambly Schott’s book of poetry Six Lips. Please visit often, and let Lori know how much you like the site.

Golden Snow, originally uploaded by deljen.

From Contemporary Poetry Review

http://www.cprw.com/Misc/finch2.htm

by David Biespiel


The Book of Men and Women, David Biespiel’s latest book has been named one of the  …best poetry of 2009,” according to The Poetry Foundation. Here is a review of the book from the January 2010 edition of Poetry Magazine by reviewer Nate Klug. It is a very insightful and gracious review.

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Here is the link to my article about David Biespiel, his thoughts and approach to poetry.

101 Book Blogs

December 25, 2009

Here is a really good blog post on mind-mapping a book. I didn’t want to lose the link. In fact, I wanted to share it. I agree this is a great way to organize writing, whether it’s an article, or a book. There are other terrific posts on her page.

I use mind-mapping in my writing and my classes, too.

Enjoy!

Here is the link: http://ow.ly/SRhF

Follow me on Twitter!

November 14, 2009

illustration friday { modify, originally uploaded by Little Lina.

Book Cover Art

November 5, 2009

Ancient Window visions medley, originally uploaded by jsbanks42.

Australian writer Joanna Penn is the owner of the Creative Penn, a blog site and a Twitter ID. Here, on her blog she interviews several book cover designers, and pros. Some great information.

This photo called “Ancient Windows Visions Medley,” is a photo that took 30 minutes to make, using fractals, book cover scan, New Zealand mountains, Scottish castle doorways and windeows. Beautiful.

Here is the link to the Creative Penn. http://ow.ly/SRz7