I love the title of this event! And I love that I have reconnected with Elissa Cottle, the organizer, who I met years ago when we were in a writing class at the Loft. We spent many happy months working on poems in a writing group before we both went on for graduate degrees. Now …
Beer
Now that I have your attention, I'd like to invite you to join me next week, May 15, 8:30 pm at Poets & Pints. If you already regularly attend this cool event, FYI it's starting later than usual this month. If you haven't caught me at a reading yet, now's a good time to check out …
Bridesmaid
That's what I always used to call it when I came this close to winning a contest (as in "always the bridesmaid, never the bride..." So of course I was disappointed to not win the Midwest Independent Publishing Association Award, but hey, at least my book was nominated! I appreciate the recognition.