So my wife Carol and I went to the movie CRAZY HEART this afternoon, a generally good flick.  This is not a post about the film, however.  What it is about is the germination of an idea ( Read more... )

 My poem, Milking the Vein, is up at Strong Verse.  You can see it here at http://www.strongverse.org

Woke up Monday morning this week to find an email from them telling me that they were buying a poem that I submitted just after Christmas. This is both the fastest I've ever heard from them, but it's also they first one they've bought for me.

Two major sales within a week! Whoopies!

I got an email Monday morning telling me that they were buying my poem, "Inter-Sentient Personal Ads". This is my first sale there, I've been trying to crack it for three years, so I feel pretty good about it.