Poetry

Having seen one of my interviewees Rosanne Dingli say on a LinkedIn thread: “someone should write a blog soon about all the wonderful indie books available by very capable writers”, I challenged them to give me a <15-word synopsis for their book(s)… they are accepting the challenge and their books are appearing here.

What I’m after is:

• your name (listed within each section alphabetically by first name)
• your website / blog address
• book title
• book links (where we can buy it, the more the merrier e.g. Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk etc and specific links not just the website’s home page)
• genre
• and summary in no more than 15 words (a test of your editing skills :)).

You can email me these details for up to 5 of your books (please don’t paste them into this page’s comments section). My free and $0.99-$2.99 eBooks are detailed on the Books – mine page.

Fiction – poetry

• you could have your poetry listed here
• Beryl Belsky (compiler and editor): A Certain Kind of Freedom: Stories and Poems from The Writer’s Drawer – a multicultural anthology of outstanding stories and poems from the literary website The Writer’s Drawer. Available from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and CreateSpace.
• you could have your poetry listed here
• Bonnie Gail Carter: That’s Life Poetry (poetry) – filled with pain and difficult relationships while also reflecting buoyancy and a positive approach to life.
• you could have your poetry listed here
• Cendrine Marrouat: Five Years and Counting. A Journey into the Mind of Soul Poetry (poetry) – life has four universal stages. Do you know what they are?
• Rizen (spoken word CD) – written and spoken words have met in a loving embrace.
• you could have your poetry listed here
• Evan Shaw: Collection of Poetry and Prose: from Young Mystic (historical fiction) – an eclectic spread of narrative poems, what truths are in myths? Available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
• you could have your poetry listed here
• Jade Kennedy: Silver Threads (poetry) – an intriguing collection of emotional, dark and light-hearted poetry. Currently free of charge!
• you could have your poetry listed here
• Jessica Caudill: Shifts: An Anthology of Women’s Growth Through Change (anthology of short stories, essays and poems) – stories, essays, and poems of 35 women’s personal experiences of struggle and growth through change.
• you could have your poetry listed here
• John C Bird: Something Understood – a collection of accessible poems to make you smile, fret and ponder.
• you could have your poetry listed here
• John Lavan: Familial: Selected Poems – many poems are inspired by family relationships, especially the bond he has with his first son Andrew, who has Down’s syndrome.
• you could have your poetry listed here
• Kenna Mary McKinnon: Discovery – An Anthology of Poetry (poetry) – poetry by Kenna McKinnon contains a variety of perspectives into her loves, life and times.
• you could have your poetry listed here
• K. S. Brooks: Odd and Odder (humour/suspense/general fiction/poetry) – a collection of sensuality, satire and suspense.
• you could have your poetry listed here
• Lesley Fletcher: 5 Pillars of the Gypsy (eBook/paperback) – a collection of poetry and art that will awaken your spirituality and heighten your senses.
• you could have your poetry listed here
• Linda Eve Diamond: The Beauty of Listening (poetry collection) – The Beauty of Listening celebrates the art and skill of deep inner and interpersonal listening. Book Page: http://TheBeautyofListening.com and available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
• The Human Experience (poetry collection) – Book Page: http://www.lindaevediamond.com/Books/The_Human_Experience and available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
• you could have your poetry listed here
• Mark A Cheatwood: Off Center (memoir, poetry, humour) – lots of humor, love of family, quirky poetry, job anecdotes, and overall love for life. Available in paperback and eBook.
• you could have your poetry listed here
• Rainbow Reed: The Wicked Come (fiction – speculative poetry) – an explosion of dark poetry written in Rainbow’s descriptive and minimalistic stylings. Available via Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and Lost Tower Books.
• The Witching Hour (fiction – speculative poetry) – a poetic fusion of the best spin chilling poems from around the world. Available via Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and Lost Tower Books.
• Rainbow Reed: Dog Days: A Celebration of Dogs (fiction – pet poetry) – a beautiful, sentimental, poetic journey through the daily lives of dogs. Available via Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and Lost Tower Books.
• Hope Springs A Turtle (fiction – inspirational poetry) – an inspirational journey of hope through poems collected from around the world. Available via Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and Lost Tower Books.
• you could have your poetry listed here
• Salvatore Buttaci: A Family of Sicilians (fiction/non-fiction/poetry) – reviewed as the most authentic book about Sicily and Sicilians.
• If Roosters Don’t Crow It’s Still Morning: Haiku and Other Poems (paperback) – each haiku holds a galaxy of meaning within the brief space of 17 syllables.
• you could have your poetry listed here
• Selected International Poets (including Rainbow Reed, see above): The Gift of a Rose (fiction –  inspirational / love poetry) – a celebration of love and its meaning to the many different people of the world. Available from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and Lost Tower Books.
• you could have your poetry listed here
• Valerie Laws: All That Lives – poems of sex, pathology, comedy, dating and dying. Because life’s like that! Well, mine is (Valerie tells me :)). Available from Valerie’s website (www.valerielaws.co.uk), signed & p&p free in UK: or from www.redsquirrelpress.com.
• you could have your poetry listed here
• Vincent Miskell: Humorous Poetry Parodies & Even Verse (humour/verse) – parodies of Poe, Dante, Coleridge, Frost, and others with additional funny verse.
• you could have your poetry listed here
• Wayne Howard: Seasons of the Mind, 2nd Edition (poetry) – life, love, death and Christian mysticism against a backdrop of the seasons of the year.
• you could have your poetry listed here

 

So what I’m after is your name (listed above alphabetically by first name), your website / blog address, book title, book link (where we can buy it), genre and summary in no more than 15 words (a test of your editing skills :)). You can email me these details for up to 5 of your books (please don’t paste them into this page’s comments section). My books and free short stories are detailed on the Books – mine page. Please note: the chances are that I’ve not read the books listed on this page (much as I would like to have done) so these are therefore not personal recommendations but are, in the main, by authors who I have chatted to, interviewed or got to know… even just a little bit. 🙂 Kindle Fiction recommends a variety of eBooks and if you’ve read any eBooks you’d like to recommend then you can email suggestions to kindlesrp@gmail.com.

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