Okay, so the fundraising bit is over. I’ve raised my dosh on Pozible, and now it’s time to actually start the publishing process. I thought I’d share the costs involved to help other potential self-publishers. My publisher I’ve gone with Vivid Publishing. I was totally overwhelmed by the number of vanity publishers there [...]
Poetry
Gnostic Living Cafe Poet
A little feature on my residency as Cafe Poet at Gnostic Living, a few typos in the poem but what the heck! The article also promotes the Friday Night Poets and The Half Written Book Club, both run at the Clearing in Woy Woy. Contact I’m a poet, writer, playwright (and in real life [...]
Bush Poetry Competition – Urban Country
I received an email the other day from the Events Unit at Moreton Bay Regional Council, regarding the Urban Country Music Festival. They’re running a Bush Poetry competition as part of the festival, open to all ages. Entry is free for juniors and only $2.50 per poem for adults. Winners are offered the opportunity to [...]
Interview with Coast Arts | Poetry, Plays and more
Fame at last (sort of) Meredith Gilmore, the arts presenter on my local radio station – Coast FM 963, recently interviewed me. We chatted about copywriting, SEO, poetry, plays and my new book, Gone Dotty. If you want to hear my dulcet tones, you can listen to the radio show on the Coast Arts website, [...]
Self-publishing Poetry Book ‘Gone Dotty’ – Project update
I’m pleased to announced that I’ve managed to raise $1,810 towards the cost of self-publishing my poetry book, ‘Gone Dotty’. I now have only $190 to go until I meet my new goal. A huge thanks to all my supporters (below). Here are some thoughts on the journey so far. The power of Pozible As [...]
Making Poetry Pozible
Crowd fundraising to self-publish my poetry book We all have a dream and mine has always been to write a book, and get it published. I had planned to get this done by the time I was 30, but life got in the way. Recently I sent a children’s book I’d written to literary agents [...]
Resident poet for Lydra
Fashion and poetry combine! I recently entered a competition on the Australian Poetry website which called for poets to write poems for the Lydra website. Lydra is a Melbourne-based fashion accessories label that’s calling upon grandmas, grannies, nonnas and nans to be part of the team. The aim is to create a cross-generational initiative, linking [...]