Happy Year of the Snake! 新年快乐!

The Lunar New Year begins Sunday, February 13, and this year will be a Year of the Snake. (Click on that link for all…

One Night Standing — Sunday, February 10

I am really looking forward to heading down to Roanoke on Sunday evening for One Night Standing, a great new reading series at the…

Report from the Book signing at Fountain Bookstore

Today was Local Author and Small Press Day at Fountain Bookstore in Richmond. We had snow last night, but it was disappearing by the…

Events, Events, Events

I’ve got lots of events coming up over the next few months. I’m grateful for the Events Tracker on this blog — it’s a…

Prime Number Magazine Issue 31

The latest issue of Prime Number Magazine just went live! I hope you’ll check out our Issue 31, which features all kinds of good…

2013 Reading — the pile grows

I have so many books to read in the next couple of months that I had to make a list. It’s a little like…

Virginia Festival of the Book, March 20-24, 2013

The Virginia Festival of the Book is just two months away. For booklovers in these parts, the festival can’t be beat and I always…

Guest Post: Terri Kirby Erickson

Poetry: The People’s Choice by Terri Kirby Erickson At the recent 2013 People’s Choice Awards, the lovely host Kaley Cuoco made poets’ lives a little tougher…

One Night Standing

I’ll be reading at the One Night Standing monthly program in Roanoke on Feb. 10. along with journalist Ralph Berrier. Hope you can join…

Year of the Small Press?

All you hear about these days, it seems, is “Indie Publishing” (a term which has been co-opted by self-publishers). And there’s a thoughtful article…