Poetry

Computer Challenges and Superb Owls

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Sometimes my goals don’t quite come to fruition as intended:

One of my goals for this weekend is adding a bluesky feed to my writing website. I'm using WordPress and I've heard through the grapevine that it's relatively easy to add as a widget, so here's hoping.

— Frances Mihulec (@chaosmoonmage.bsky.social) Feb 7, 2025 at 5:37 AM
https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js

Was the grapevine wrong? Not entirely. You do need a business-level WordPress subscription to upload the “free” plugin or much of anything beyond Jetpack. My website writing budget isn’t that big and I’ve no desire to increase it. What I can do is embed specific bluesky posts. So I am counting this a partial success.

We call them “challenges” not “problems” these days, don’t we? In other news, my poetry manuscript is in excellent editorial hands at the moment. I will share more in the coming weeks.

Happy Superb Owl day for the rest of my fellow weirdos! If you find anything fun that’s owl related, share it to your loved ones. Bonus points if they have no idea why you’re sending it and you don’t explain. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

For Indie Authors and Poets

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Does this sound like you and your work?:

  • Self-published or published through a lesser-known publisher
  • Your art does not pay the bills
  • You don’t have a following yet (or it is small)
  • Reviews are sparse, if they exist at all

Then I have a proposal for you: send me an email or comment below with a link to your website, the book you most would like me to review, and information on how or where I can purchase the copy. I’m not asking or wanting free copies, but I am collecting a list of books and e-books to review and showcase on this website for my own practice.

Since I don’t have any reviews up as examples yet, I want to give folks an idea of what I’m going to be looking at:

  • Is this a novel or collection I would read again?
  • Would I recommend this to others and what audience(s) do I think would most enjoy the work?
  • Top three likes and dislikes about the book.

All reviews will include a link to the author’s website or any page that gives readers a place to go to learn about you, your work, and purchase your book(s). If you send along a brief bio as well, I’ll use it!