Thanks! And happy New Year.

Just saw this!!! (I haven't been on here much lately with the move and Christmas and all.) Congratulations!!!!

This is lovely. I think I'll share it at FB. And thanks for the friend request.

Shout out to JoAnn Balingit, poet laureate of Delaware and author of Your Heart and How it Works.

What a joy to read this today. I've been suffering a sort of illusion of solitude; this proves I'm not alone! Thank you so much for the work you're doing.

Good luck, Hope! I've got a book of poems coming out in a few (or several) months, and I've been pondering some of these same thoughts (re: pure writing vs. marketing). I think you're approach is a great compromise, and I look forward to watching...

I'm going to have to hunt down a copy!

Lovely reminders about the importance of description. (I read the James piece, too.) I can't imagine skipping such richness as a reader! But then, there are people who move through the world with eyes only for what they "need" to see, as well. I...

You know, I'm 42 now, and when I was approaching 40, it felt like a really big deal. It was nice to get past it. The world won't end, you won't stop being sexy, your creativity will not dry up and blow away. In fact, in some ways it's really nice to...