posted August 13, 2002 11:17 PM         

So I admit, I did a lousy job at marketing my book to you all. Let me try again:

It is a poetry collection started last year when my mother and I went through some horrible times. You see, I had recently come home from a 30-day hospital program and was much much healthier and my mother just couldn't deal with the healthy me. Have any of you encountered that? When you get your act together, the people who have "enabled" you before can't deal with the new improved you? Well, the idea of my mother crashed before my eyes.

Then, earlier this year, the same thing happened between my father and I.

The collection is about the rift between parent and child and the bereavement and later, healing, that comes from it.

So there you go.

I'm going to have a reading here in town in November!! I'm SO excited. So if anyone is in Madison, Wisconsin around that time, come on down.

posted August 15, 2002 02:39 AM         

I'd love to buy a copy. How do I do it?

posted August 15, 2002 03:46 PM         

Wow, this is so wonderful.

posted August 15, 2002 09:12 PM         

You have mail.

posted September 06, 2002 09:36 PM         

My quick review:

The poems express learned strength and wit and are thoroughly enjoyable. It comes off as very personal poetry, you get to be the fly on the wall. At times scathing, it is all wrapped in love (albeit sometimes tough) and you almost feel glad the poet got to say her piece! Clever, down to earth, inspiring and worth getting in my opinion...

Thanks LMB!! I was so happy when the book came and read most of it right away it was so engaging! Is the Canterbury place a good place to send something to you??

Take care and see you around

-Pearl

posted September 14, 2002 09:30 AM         

Wow, I've never gotten a review before, Pearl, and yours was so flattering. THANK YOU.

Feel free to email me as I fear I won't be able to be here in Lindaland as much as I would like.

posted October 05, 2002 07:48 PM         

You gave me five extra dollars! Shall I send it back to you? The book was only 10.

It's doing great by the way! Thanks for buying it.

Much love
*and I loved your envelope and card!*

posted October 05, 2002 11:38 PM         

Yea! Glad you got it ok. No, don't send back the 5.... I like 15, it adds to 6

Happy to hear it's going well, I was just reading it again the other day and I have it on my table for guests to read... they all love it! Are you writing more??

posted October 05, 2002 11:40 PM         

Yea! Glad you got it ok. No, don't send back the 5.... I like 15, it adds to 6

Happy to hear it's going well, I was just reading it again the other day and I have it on my table for guests to read... they all love it! Are you writing more??

posted October 06, 2002 01:15 PM         

Yes, I'm writing more. I'm past the "need to hash out my parental issues" poetry, now I'm mostly writing about being in love and the trials and blessings that come with that. I'm working on two novellas right now that want to be written but not finished. Hhmm.

Hope you're well!

posted May 16, 2003 08:43 PM         

As for my book, it was simple. I went to KINKO'S and they put it together. It cost a little over a hundred dollars for 20 copies. I work at a bookstore which takes local poetry on consignment so I was lucky there. I went around to other bookstores in the area and some of them took it on consignment as well.

Any other questions, feel free to ask, though I know I'm not the only one out there with advice to give!

posted May 17, 2003 05:36 PM         

been not too prolific with writing these days. But I read last night at a reading and got some of my old spring in my step back.