Hello All,
Well this is my two months of rest—I must have been dreaming!
The Sketchbook was very active over the summer
months. In contrast, The OutlawPoets groups have been rather
quiet while people are on vacations.
There are so many things coming up for the Sketchbook
this fall!
A. D. Winans has his six CDs—a six pack of poetry that is being
mastered at
the studio. The first to be releases at the end of August.
That's pretty exciting.
R D. Armstrong has several new books on line of his own and hot
off
his press, including one of our favorite Poets Pris Campbell.
All can be viewed on our July 2008
Contents Page.
Helen Bar-Lev,
Aju Mukhopadhyay, and
Jeff Spahr-Summers have wonderful new articles from our Global
section. Check out the News from Helen.
The Haiga submissions are spectacular. I am forever in awe of
the talent and
creativity that goes into the various styles of haiga!
The July issue has Great Poetry from both sides, eastern and
western free verse writers.
Sketchbook
Cafe
Ed Baker always has
something interesting for us from his collection. Need a bee in
your bonnet? A whole collection of Ed Baker signed Poems is
available at Sketchbook Cafe—a bee in your 'thong' to keep you moving on
those slow days!
I love the doggie shirt and barbecue apron! And the Wall
Clock is another favorite of mine.
The Cafe is still in the process of getting it 'together'
Visit us at the
Sketchbook
Cafe.
I was thinking of having a...mug -o-thon. WE will have a section
that will have everyone's mug on a cup...for the holidays--it
will be all in place to send to your friends and admirers.
What do you think ?
Authors will have to send in a photo they would want their
friends to have on a coffee mug and wake up to each
morning....no nudes ...please...smile... Send your favorite
photo in 300dpi no larger than 500 X 500 pixels as an jpg
attachment to
mig0thon@poetrywriting.org
But we wanted you to see this. All the products are of high end
retail store quality.
All are signed and collectable.
We have merged with Sound Streettracks from New Orleans for our Audio Poetry.
Looking Ahead
Jayne and Betty
Kaplan have a children's book upcoming and it will be previewed in
our August Issue, Childwriters.
Also Jayne Kaplan, our resident counsel and friendly attorney at
law, will be discussing briefly copyright and the
advantages of filing with the copyright office.
We will be launching ....Shanna's Beat Section in the September
Issue and we will show a little bit about it in the August Issue and give
the guidelines.
ALSO PLEASE VISIT MYSPACE:
www.myspace.com/karina3884
Be patient as it
does take time to load...if you do not like the music just
scroll down the left hand side and click it to pause or off.
HERE I HAVE ALL THE SKETCHBOOK COVERS IN A NICE
SLIDESHOW.....LOVE THEM
IF YOU ARE A MEMBER, BE MY FRIEND...IF YOU ARE NOT SIGN UP AS
IT IS FREE AND I AM REALLY ENJOYING IT NOW. I JUST GOT ACTIVE IN
IT IN THE LAST MONTH.
I WOULD LIKE MORE EASTERN WRITERS ON MY FRIENDS LIST, AS I AM
WONDERING IF THEY ARE ALL ON FACEBOOK !!!!
ALAN SUMMERS SAYS THERE ARE A LOT OF EASTERN WRITERS SO CHECK
HIM OUT ON MY FRIENDS LIST.
WE WILL POST BOTH THE LINKS TO MYSPACE AND THE SKETCHBOOK CAFE
ON www.poetrywriging.org
and the Sketchbook index page.
Also Global Visions Press and Valley View Press as well as the
Little Red Book Press, WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST YOU WITH YOUR
PUBLISHING NEEDS.
Global Visions will have poetry pockets for poetry readings,
which will enclose some favorite signed poems from the reading
or poet. That will be available. Inquiry's pre-stuffed or plain.
gbv@poetrywriting.org
That is the news and
update!!
Karina Klesko, editor
