ForeWord’s Book of the Year Award

March 10, 2008

I love good poetry news. Erin Keane’s book, Gravity Soundtrack, was selected as a Book of the Year finalist by ForeWord magazine. WordFarm published this poetry collection.

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I had a brainstorm for a poetry anthology.

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Next week, I start another 30-day Poetry Marathon. During this time, I’ll write one poem per day. This method, wacky as it is, works well for me creatively. I find it’s extremely efficient to batch my activities. I never would have expected batching to work with poetry, so I am surprised.

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Ross March 11, 2008 at 4:18 pm

Those 30-day grinds are wonderful, I think. I know some people gag when they’re brought up, but a lot of my most interesting work came out of those desperate moments when midnight is rolling around and I hadn’t done my poem for the day yet.

I’m back on that horse in May or June. I did five of them in 2007. Great fun.

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Karen Weyant March 15, 2008 at 4:10 pm

I’m in the middle of a 30 day marathon. This is my third attempt, and I’m doing rather well. I don’t want to jinx anything!

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deborah March 16, 2008 at 2:58 pm

Yes, I love the 30-day grind. I’m going to increase it more than that this time. I just decided to start on March 17 and continue all the way through April.

Then, I’ll spent May in revision heaven.

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