Those of us––whether writers, editors, or production personnel––who long ago cast our professional lot with the publishing industry, know that it can be as volatile and unpredictable as any other. Unless you are sitting on a stack of raving reviews for a bestseller (or at least a moderate seller) on its way to a tenth printing and adaptation to a major film, the crucial motivation to stick to one’s literary guns can sometimes simply vanish and leave you floundering for reasons and means to… Continue
(Cover of Savannah Tribune Special Inauguration Day 2009 Edition)
Among the oldest newspapers in the United States, The Savannah Tribune has joined many other periodicals around the globe in its double celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan 19, 2009) and President Inauguration Day (Jan 20, 2009). The newspaper allowed me to participate in the grand celebration by publishing my inauguration tribute poem, There…Continue