I’ve posted a fundraising appeal for the Seven by Twenty anthology, 140 And Counting over at Kickstarter.
Go check it out, and delight in the charming yet awkward stop-motion video that took me way too long to make.
The August issue of Four and Twenty is up, with one of my short poems in it.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
The Furnace Review has published my very short poem “Bumblebee.”
This weekend has been kind of insanely productive. I’ve been hard at work on stuff relating to starting my publishing company, Upper Rubber Boot Books, and publishing a best-of-type anthology of work from Seven by Twenty, for several months now, and this weekend I finished a bunch of related tasks, notably getting an EIN, updating my spreadsheet of the 140 pieces I’ve asked for with info about who has sent me their contracts, and finishing a short video for a Kickstarter appeal – this is mostly notable because I know nothing about making videos and figured out how to make a stop-motion video. It was fun and interesting, but man am I glad to be done. I’ll of course be posting here when it goes up.
In other news, Four and Twenty: Short Form Poetry just accepted one of my haiku for their August 2011 issue. Sweet.
The July-August 2011 issue of Home Shop Machinist has my Dad Peter Merriam’s article “Digital Camera to Microscope Adapter” in it.
Those four haiku were published really fast: “dandelion cracked sidewalk” on Friday, and today “the moon’s astonished,” “robots at the park” and “robot dreams.”
Two haiku acceptances today: one at escarp and one (for three scifaiku) at microcosms.
Went to Oaklands Historic House Museum yesterday with my friend Diana. It was pretty interesting, and our guide was able to answer all our many questions. I now covet these sofas they have that have three distinct upholstered backs, which I have just this second learned are called medallion backs, like this (only theirs had red patterned upholstery).
I had taken the day off for Canada Day (it just feels wrong to be at work). I joked on Facebook that I was going to celebrate by eating maple cookies and crying and rocking myself silently, and I did indeed end up having maple cookies, which Alan got for me, but despite my predictions I had a lovely day. I’m spending today writing, for my sins.
Speaking of writing, my friend Eleonore Schönmaier has just had a beautiful poem in Prairie Schooner.
I have a photo (of seahorses) in Scientific American!
