Yearly Archives: 2014
Adventures in Publishing: Proof
A few weeks ago, I received a rather large packet in the mail: My manuscript! But covered in strange markings, done in mauve pencil. This, my friends, was the copy edited copy of Still Life Las Vegas, ready for perusal. A bit daunting at first glance, this document was nonetheless exhilarating to look at. After […]
Adventures in Publishing: Please Judge My Book by Its Cover
IT’S HERE. When I first opened the email attachment that had the possible cover of “Still Life Las Vegas” in it, I gasped and slammed my computer shut. It was nothing that I expected: there was so many images, so much color, and it was oddly… Perfect. I’ve never met Young Lim, the designer at […]
Songs in the Key of Grief
“I like a look of Agony, Because I know it’s true— Men do not sham Convulsion Nor simulate, a Throe— The Eyes glaze once—and that is Death— Impossible to feign The Beads upon the Forehead By homely Anguish Strung.“ —Emily Dickinson To say I was looking forward to reading Edward Hirsch’s new […]
