Organized Much?

Thursday is gone,
but not forgotten.
It passed me by without
a post here. But some things
are in the works.
Endings.
Beginnings. And hopefully
time
management.

In the meantime, please check out the June issue of Mouse Tales Press. Okay?

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And I wouldn't mind if you read about my latest chapbook-making session either.

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Making a Poetry Chapbook

This is chapbook creation week in the class I’m taking with awesome teacher, Christina Burress. My printer decided to take a vacation, so I considered my options:

1. Create a chapbook using InDesign (which I’ve been wanting to learn anyway) and submit a digital version.
2. Take my flash drive to Staples to have them print copies and use them to create a hands-on version.

I started on Monday by creating my layout in InDesign. After adding in all of my poems and some of my own photos, I realized, it wasn’t where my heart was. I wanted to paint, cut, and paste.

While I pondered hand-writing all of my poems, I went with Xerox copies instead. Because my book is so large, I decided to create an accordion binding:

On about Wednesday I got the urge to make some leaf and flower prints. Then I pulled out the watercolors. Here are some photos from my work:

If you’re interested in book-making, here is a favorite book from my collection that I refer to when creating chapbooks.



I will post additional photos next week when I am finished. Thanks for reading!

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The Liebster Awards - Again!

No, you’re not having déjà vu. I did post about this once before, on May 2. My blog was nominated again the other day, this time by the very kind, Claudette Young of Claudsy’s Blog.

But I’m confused because I noticed the Liebster rules were different on another blog that I visited where it stated nominate “up to” five blogs. I had formally been told these were the rules:

The Liebster Blogger Rules are: 

• Thank the one who nominated you by linking back. 
• Nominate five blogs with less than 200 followers. 
• Let your nominees know by leaving a comment on their sites.
• Add the award image to your site. 

For today, I have found three I recommend:

1. If you’d like to satisfy your need to read some beautiful poetry, visit de Jackson at Whimsygizmo where you can read about “poetic ponderings…parenting…procrastination…” (And anyone who professes to be a “mean Scrabble player” wins over my heart.) On a side note, Mouse Tales Press is pleased to announce that her poem, “Triathlon,” will appear in the June 2012 issue. 
2. Laura Howard blogs about “Finding Bliss.” That title drew me in and made me feel . . . well, happy. When I saw her post about Random Acts of Kindness, I knew I loved it. Visit her blog if you want to feel good – and learn something, too.
3. Now I’m going to sneak this in because I really enjoyed Claudette Young’s blog, Claudsy's Calliope where she blogs about life as a writer. Enjoy! 

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