Whew...

Been having major blogger problems. But things are fixed and I can finally tell you my awesome news...

We/they found an AMAZING illustrator for "Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains".

Check her out.

In other news, I've just gotten the first images for "Inside the Slidy Diner" too, and they are INSANELY GOOD!

In still other news, AWP is almost here. And by "here" I mean HERE! You're all coming to me this year.

So come hear me read Saturday night at the Big Battle!

Or come to my panels Thursday at 4:30 (on why poets write prose-- $$$!!!, duh!)

Or Friday at 1:30 (on why I like God and stuff)!

Or come by the Soft Skull table at 3:30 on Friday, where I'll be "signing books".

Or come to my house for tea!

Atlanta gets a real bookstore!!!

I've been meaning to post about this for a bit, but the book and the sinus infection have gotten in my way.


Ever since I moved to ATL, I've been frustrated when friends ask me "Where should I read in town?" They're passing through on tour and I have to tell them that we just DON'T have a great reading series (besides the poetry slam/open mic at Java Monkey, and Bruce's series at Emory, also for poetry). Because we DON'T have a decent indie bookstore.


Now we do!


Wordsmith's Books will be opening right near me, in Decatur very soon! Recently I had a chance to sit down with Russ, an integral piece of the Wordsmith's puzzle, and I must say they have BIG BIG plans. A bookstore on a grand scale, with a real buisiness plan. It just might work.


And for those of you planning to be at AWP, you can mee the crew, at a party Thursday night, at 7 pm, at the Decatur Library. The party is "Brooklyn Presses (Soft Skull, Akashic, etc) come to Decatur" and it'll be a riot. You can take the MARTA (train) right from the hotel to the party, and it's sure to be full of free booze.


I'll be there!