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New year, new skin ♥
Poetry is a form of art – inexplicable in its ability to communicate, resonate and provoke. I said that back in 2014, when I founded Paperfields Press, and it’s a sentiment I still agree with. Words, like artwork, can cause a deep stirring in my heart, mind, and soul. Not all, but some, and not often, but sometimes. Similarly, a poetry book is a form of art, and it’s important (but not always easy on an indie budget) to match the cover with the content. When I think back to my first book and the cover I envisioned, my budget to commission a cover and my skills to design a cover…
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The deliberate typo in PASSAGE unveiled. Is it worth taking a creative risk in web 2.0 era?
I recently watched a lecture on how the book review culture has dramatically shifted since Web 2.0. The general public have been granted access to write and publish book reviews, which, like anything in life, has both positive and negative ramifications. The positive being that readers can get closer to the Authors they love by giving them high praise via glowing reviews. The negative being that a Romance Reader can slate Literary Fiction for no other reason than she dislikes the genre. Not to mention my own experience with two people who didn’t like me/my stand on something and sought revenge by posting a 1-Star Review on my poetry books.…
