Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

Poetry books arrived this week. The first was “In the Soup,” the second book of poetry by John Calderazzo. John lives in the foothills outs...

Last night I finished reading "The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson" by Jerome Charyn. A beautiful novel, wonderful historical ficti...

Spending my days and nights with a close reading of the formatted text for my historical novel, "Zeppelins over Denver." Much of m...

The print version of my book is now available to order on Amazon. "The Weight of a Body: A Collection of Short Stories" features ...

Russia invaded Ukraine this week. Putin does not want a democracy on its border. The Ukrainians are fighting back. The U.S. knows what joini...

I received a head's up notice from friend and traveling writer/performer Ken Waldman. He has a new Kickstarter project for his 20th boo...

I just received a copy of Ken Waldman's "Trump Sonnets, Volume 8: The Final Four Months." This is good news/good news. Another...

As of 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, we don't yet know the result of the presidential election. We do, however, know the result of Ken Wa...

I can't remember The Retiree's name. He had worked in my division, Information Services, at Denver's Gates Rubber Company, befor...

Broadside published by University of Minnesota Press, 2018.  I received a broadside in the mail this week. A broadside is a printed shee...

The New York Times reports that sales of "old-fashioned print books" are up for the third year in a row, based on figures from th...

Made in Wyoming (and published here too): This new anthology from Jackson's Sastrugi Press features a great line-up of the state's...

I've been working on a novel since the spring. I got tired of agents and editors asking me, a short-story writer, if I had a novel. This...

What I'm looking forward to in 2016.... Retirement . On Jan. 15, I will work my last day at the Wyoming Arts Council in Cheyenne. I wa...

I spent last weekend hobnobbing with writers and poets and editors. One of the most intriguing ones was Kelly Sue DeConnick . She writes f...

I'm one of the faculty this year, but don't let that stop you from registering for the conference at www.wyowriters.org . Deadline...

In my childhood dreams, I was Roy riding Trigger while Dale Evans cheered us on. I had a serious crush on Trigger and Dale. My cowboyin...

Writer Amanda Cabot sends this reminder: If you're interested in self-publishing, either in e-book or print-on-demand format, you ...

Gaydell Collier and her dog Maxie Gaydell Collier was gracious and generous. She shared her expertise in writing and publishing with any...

This isn't exactly my cup of tea, but thought I'd pass along this call for entries because it comes from a local press. Who knows,...