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The Freedom (and Responsibility) of Self Publishing
I have a new book coming out on May 28. Did I mention that? I scheduled that release date myself. I wrote the book, too. And edited it. And proofread it. Again and again and again… (I’m actually in...
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I don’t have a problem with Amazon. Not really.
This weekend a friend tagged me in a post on Facebook. It was an article by Adam Stern in The Chicago Tribune entitled “Independent Bookstores are More Than Stores”. This article gave me a lot of...
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Haiku 1 (National Poetry Month)
Poem and illustration by Michelle Garren Flye. Copyright 2021
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Cover reveal of the book I wrote, illustrated and prepared for publishing in...
Is there a correct amount of time to spend writing a book? If there is, I broke every rule with this one. My previously untitled “balloon-man project” is nearing completion. I designed the cover this...
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New poetry book announcement: Far & wee (with excerpt—sort of)
Cover copyright 2022 Michelle Garren-Flye So you’ve been with me from the beginning of this thing. May 21 doesn’t seem like that long ago, right? What is that, 19 days? I never would have thought in a...
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Far & wee: The origin story
I was really shy about admitting the whole story about how Far & wee came to be. Why on earth would that be? I mean, I’ve already admitted I wrote twenty sonnets (and illustrated them) in nineteen...
View ArticleFar & wee: The (video) audiobook
It’s one thing to tell you how special this little book is. It’s another to show you. So here I am in a one-take video, reading my book out loud and explaining it as well as showing you the pictures...
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Poem: Love the Rain, Need the Sun
Every single damn time I write a poem, I tell myself, don’t share it. You can’t do anything with it once you do. Except self-publish it. But all my villanelles will eventually be in a book anyway. A...
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It’s kinda funny, actually.
Yesterday I saw a sign that said “Live like someone left the gate open.” It summoned to mind a dog running like crazy, sniffing everything he’d never been allowed to sniff, peeing freely wherever he...
View ArticleI’m a Bookmaker
I often get questions about getting published. My answer? I have no clue. I’m definitely not an expert. But you’ve been published. Look at all those books. And you publish a literary magazine. And I...
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