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It's National Poetry Month, and a very busy month for me. Mississippi Music Educators held the State Conference on March 30- April 2 in Jackson. I had workshops there and a student who performed in the Miss. Elementary State Choir concert, my 3rd surgery for a Lentigo Maligna on my face (finally got it all this time), my grandson's birthday is coming up, Easter is this weekend and the Mississippi Poetry Society is holding the Spring Festival in Ocean Springs April 30-May 1. Whoa! I spread myself thin and hope to get everything done! Meantime, check out my other blog post It's National Poetry Month to read and add favorite poems/quotes. Also, there are links for sharing poetry with children!

Ebooks and Self-Publishing

Ebooks and Self-Publishing

Some of us are being carried kicking and screaming into the e-revolution. I wrote this tongue-in-cheek poem, Empty Margins Rekindled, when the Kindle appeared on the market.

I think, or at least I hope, that there will always be print books. But in this world you either go with the flow or get stuck in the mud. Technology is constantly changing and improving and so must we as writers. I have yet to take the plunge to self-publish (other than the few poems I have on my blogs). Popularity of e-technology and economics play major roles in Why are more and more authors self-publishing e-books instead of using traditional publishers and instead of self-publishing in print?