Update during the global hysteria

Everything is locked down, non essential workers are supposed to stay home, yet just the other day, I received a rejection letter from a literary magazine.  They didn't even encourage me to submit something else, just told me that my work isn't what they're looking for.  Which is good since I wouldn't want my superior work to get more readership for their low-quality literary magazine.  Not sure what is essential about rejecting my poetry.

Well, this just stokes the fire.  If you're quiet, you can hear my maniacal sounding laugh.

Combined with the fact that LITERALLY no publisher/press is set up to print with vegetable based ink on 100% PCW paper, I'm feeling disheartened.

We found New Society Publishers, which IS printing with low VOC vegetable based ink and 100% PCW paper but it is dedicated to publishing resources for global change.

So here I am, with piles of poetry ready to be published but I'm not willing to publish my work in a traditional and earth-destructive methods and we have a wealth of family recipes we have perfected as well as an ethical and organic practical life to share.

So I've switched gears to putting together a recipe book, Our Ethical Kitchen that can be published with low VOC vegetable based ink and 100% PCW paper with New Society Publishers.  My family is supporting me, believing in me through my own self-doubt, as I put together our recipe book and work on our accompanying blog, Our Ethical Kitchen.

Even though I have felt myself falter with rejections, dead-ends and self-doubt, I believe in this recipe book and am excited to share it with the world.

I AM the change I wish to see.

GoFundMe to publish my 1st poetry book

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Publish my 1st poetry book

I intend to print 1,000 copies for this first run and thats it.

The recycled materials and vegetable-based inks cost more to the consumer than the traditional pollutive practices of the publishing industry but that cost is incurred by the environment and the future of our planet and so it is imperative upon us to be environmentally responsible.

Once the book project is financed, I'll be submitting my limited-run print order to greenerprinter.com or to jakprints.com unless I am able to locate "green" printing services from a smaller company.

I'm setting up an online store to purchase physical copies of my books or download electronic books.

Thank you whole-heartedly for supporting the beauty of my vision and the future of our planet.

Publications

Heres my place to announce publications, sell books and share.   I'm not sure what yet.

Intro, again to hold space

Ive been writing for so many years, keeping most of it to myself.  I just turned 33 years old and I’m not letting myself make any more excuses.  Everyday, I write and that is the bottom line.  I’ll be posting here and sharing my newest works, my publishing ideas and news of my budding career as it unfolds.  I give thanks for all for the support of my journey and for reading all these silly words that keep coming out of my head.

EDIT:  Its been 10 years since my last post and so much has occurred in my life.  Congratulations to me for all my accomplishments and for coming back to this after all this time and continuing the dream.  I don't do it for any reason other than I need to.  I write for myself.  It keeps me sane and the clicking of the keys makes me happy.