Read the story of my very first publication, four translations of Paul Snoek in Pinchpenny in 1985, which I wrote about on my SubStack this morning. I’m still looking for a good way to connect WordPress and SubStack, so in the meantime, I’m cross posting like this. I’ve connected WordPress to my Mastodon, Facebook, andContinue reading “My First Publication”
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More News on Substack
I’ve just started a newsletter on Substack. It won’t replace this blog, but it will be a place to post news about my publishing life. My first post describes how Tree Fall with Birdsong found its publisher and reveals a secret about the title poem. In doing this, I’m also looking for new ways toContinue reading “More News on Substack”
Why I Signed a Book Contract
Last week, I posted announcements on social media about my new book deal with Fernwood Press to publish Tree Fall with Birdsong in May of 2025. Today, I wanted to revisit that process, especially in light of my post from several years ago, “Why I Bailed on a Book Deal.” That was four and a halfContinue reading “Why I Signed a Book Contract”
Rejection Letters: A Blast from the Past
This morning, I did a little unanticipated research, looking back through some files searching for some documents. This led me to a musty manila folder containing rejection letters from the publishers I sent Landscapes and Architectures, my first book manuscript to This was back in the days before most publishers had an internet presence. ThereContinue reading “Rejection Letters: A Blast from the Past”
Homemade Pizza Crust
My niece wrote to ask for my pizza crust recipe and I thought I would point her to my blog, but then I noticed I’ve written about pizza, but I haven’t really written about the crust. The basic recipe came from my mom, who probably saw it in a magazine somewhere in the 1970’s. I’veContinue reading “Homemade Pizza Crust”
Returning to the Statement of Purpose
Over the years, I’ve written quite a bit about how to write your statement of purpose for a low-res MFA program. That advice is still valid, but I felt it was time to return to it again and to update it somewhat. I’m curious about the things most applicants leave out of their statement, andContinue reading “Returning to the Statement of Purpose”
High Fees for Authors (and Justices)?
This post is in response to the flurry of supposed controversy surrounding Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s book appearances and sales according to the Associated Press. Or as Margaret McMullen questioned in the Washington Post, was it a bribe to invite a justice to the Mississippi Book Festival to speak, when she refused payment and gave aContinue reading “High Fees for Authors (and Justices)?”
Fun Again With ATT
What happened when my ATT UVerse broadband modem reverted to factory settings, and how I finally got help by typing “operator” in the chat.
Whither Social Media for Writers?
Today, I made a first post on Medium as part of my research into the places that writers are gravitating with the (pending) demise of Twitter and changes happening at other social media platforms. So far, it’s not getting a lot of traction, which isn’t terribly surprising. With no prior posts, I only have 1Continue reading “Whither Social Media for Writers?”
What are your rights? (FNASR)
Over the weekend, I had an interesting email from a reader, Bill Harrison, who had a question about whether to consider a work published if the magazine it was published in had gone belly up. He said he was in that situation and wondered what to do. I replied, but then I thought I mightContinue reading “What are your rights? (FNASR)”
Kendall Dunkelberg 