I want to encourage women to submit to humor venues. I urge you; I implore you. Let’s start a revolution and change the world’s mind about who’s funny. Your heart will swell with accomplishment and your breasts will become larger. This I promise.
Also in California, Rakestraw Books in Danville. They are really good about making readings "more than." I went to a reading recently for Either You're in or You're in the Way. The bookstore had hooked up with the local high…
Hi Judy! Thanks for the nice post on my blog. About going the POD/Espresso Book Machine route, the deal I made with myself was that it had to be fun. So far I've kept my side of the bargain! (Though I miss having that mailroom to send out…
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San Francisco based writer/blogger. I just finished my literary novel BEAUTIFUL LIVES, and in 2011 I launched "j's Love Project: A Year of Loving Fearlessly." It has turned into this big beautiful beast of a thing. (Expansion in the works for 2012.)
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My work has appeared in literary journals and on some very cool websites like The Rumpus, Used Furniture Review and Positively Present. My "Moment" will be included in Smith Magazine's Moments anthology.
Hi Judy! Thanks for the nice post on my blog. About going the POD/Espresso Book Machine route, the deal I made with myself was that it had to be fun. So far I've kept my side of the bargain! (Though I miss having that mailroom to send out endless copies.) Let me/us know what happens with Beautiful Lives, and let the fact that there are these options take a bit of pressure off. It's nice to meet you here -- and nice to meet a Judy who's younger than me! (Most are older...)
I was reading a blog post last week about the benefit of copying as a means of learning something new, such as blogging. A writer named Di Mace was saying, “From copying, you then begin to understand, and from understanding you then start to play…See More