Category: Poetry

New Cover Reveal -The Book of Now

Hello everyone! I’m proud to reveal the full cover of my upcoming release, The Book of Now. The expected release is the end of this month and will be in softback and ebook.

Love to hear your thoughts!

I’ll let you know when you can pick up your copy.

I remain yours between the lines,
Sherry

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WIP (Works in Progress): –  Writer’s Workbook – Learning to Write Everyday – Beginners Volume

– first novel in the Evening Bower series, about vampires and other supernatural creatures
– fictional memoir – November 2016!
– four-part fairy story (part one complete)

On the Desk: (next reading): TBD

Off the Desk (book just finished):Ghost of a Potion – Heather Blake

Coming Soon:  Interview with new folks and more about upcoming projects. Plus meet my assistant (yes, you want details!)

Sherry's Upcoming Book -- sneak peek!

Have you heard? I have an upcoming poetry book release called The Book of Now.  If you read my 2013 release, Paper Bones (contemporary issues poetry), then all I can tell you is this is Paper Bones on steroids. These poems are current issues, but told with blunt, sometimes controversial, views. My aim is to be brutally open and honest about four subjects which plague us: Politics, Terrorism, Abuse and how we treat Nature (ourselves and Mother’s). These poems are meant to make you think and incite you to act, to discuss, to vote — to do something other than to watch and be complacent. Here’s a taste about childhood bullying.  Look for The Book of Now in July 2016.

You might even want to read this book before you vote this year. (how’s that for a tease?)

Feel free to share! And don’t forget, if you like my work, consider joining my street team!

(You may have seen this sneak peek if you are following my Author page on Facebook! If we haven’t connected there, please let’s do!)

Thanks for stopping by!
Yours Between the Lines,
Sherry

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****The following items will always appear to keep you posted on activities.*****

WIP (Works in Progress): – NEW BOOK OF POETRY! – expected release July 2016
– first novel in the Evening Bower series, about vampires and other supernatural creatures
– fictional memoir – November 2016!
– four-part fairy story (part one complete)

On the Desk: (next reading): A Potion to Die For – Heather Blake

Off the Desk (book just finished): Rock-a-bye Bones – Carolyn Haines

Coming Soon:  Are you writing every day? Why you should and how I can help!
                          Guest Interview coming in June!

 

Have Fun with Poetry After Poetry Month

Poetry Month is coming to a close. I hope you’ve taken a chance and opened your mind and heart to some new verses, explored new poetic vistas, and discovered some new poetic insights.

Just in case you want to continue celebrating poetry, I have some other dates you can participate in!

National Poem on Your Pillow Day! Always the first Tuesday in May, this year it is May 3. On this day put a poem on your spouses or significant other’s pillow, a child’s pillow, your roommate or dorm mate — and give them something memorable, be it fun or deep or even odd.

National Take A Poet to Work Day! Always the third Wednesday in July, this year it is July 20. This is the day you take something of your favorite poet to work, set it beside your phone or calendar, your computer or on your door. Celebrate the day by introducing everything about your favorite poet to everyone else.

Random Acts of Poetry Day! Always the first Wednesday in October, this year it is Oct 5. Leave random bits of poetry in public places — on the bus, on a park bench, on the train, in your spouses’ car, on the school bus, in your break room at work. Make them fun and interesting. Pithy or fun.

Let these be added ways to include poetry in your life, make it fun and introduce poetry to others. No one said poetry had to be dull or hard to understand.

I leave you with a poem I’ve come to love. I hope you’ll share this with your students, your friends, your family, your readers. Let us keep poetry alive long after Poetry Month has passed.

Introduction to Poetry

I ask them to take a poem
 and hold it up to the light
 like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

I say drop a mouse into a poem
 and watch him probe his way out,

or walk inside the poem’s room
 and feel the walls for a light switch.

I want them to waterski
 across the surface of a poem
 waving at the author’s name on the shore.

But all they want to do
 is tie the poem to a chair with rope
 and torture a confession out of it.

They begin beating it with a hose
 to find out what it really means.

—Billy Collins
Introduction to Poetry Billy Collins. From The Apple that Astonished Paris, 1996. University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, Ark.

Tomorrow – come by to read an excerpt from the Magic Princess books as we draw National Princess Week to a close! You should enjoy some of PJ’s writing and awaken your inner fierce warrior!

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****The following items will always appear to keep you posted on activities.*****

WIP (Works in Progress): 

– NEW BOOK OF POETRY! – expected release July 2016
– first novel in the Evening Bower series, about vampires and other supernatural creatures
– fictional memoir
– four-part fairy story (part one complete)

On the Desk: (next reading): In Shining Armor  (#4) Elliott James

Off the Desk (book just finished): Soulless by Gail Carriger (#1 in a series)

Coming Soon:  Let’s Talk About Your Writing!