I’m not sure that I buy that 1980 is the pivotal year in the turn to corporatization in the publishing business, but Scott Esposito writes about a striking observation made by Nina Siegal in a post on sales and quality at Conversational Reading. The interesting thing here, though not surprising, is that the nature of [...]
One of the few independent bookstores left in the country, The York Emporium, located in York, Pa. not far from where I am, is sponsoring a science fiction writing contest. The owner, Jim Lewin, has asked me to help him get the word out.
The title of all stories, plays, and poems entered in the contest [...]
T.S. Eliot was a big fan of footnotes. Just read “The Waste Land”. I think the notes take up more space than the poem – and it’s a long poem.
I don’t think the New Formalist poets have that problem. From X.J. Kennedy to Dana Gioia, the New Formalist’s have their own problems. But I’m not [...]
I’m proud to announce that I am among good company in being a part of The Smoking Poet’s new online issue. If you like fine cigars and good literature then I’d encourage you to check it out. There are some good reads.
My piece is not a poem. Rather, it’s a memoiric short featuring myself and [...]
August didn’t live up to its name very well. It was a month of big change here in the world of Allen Taylor. To start with, the grandchildren have gone to live with their mother again. My hope is that this will give me more time to do the things that I enjoy doing, like [...]
One of the things that I’ve learned over the years about leadership (yeagh, nasty taste in my mouth) is that you’ve got to know your limitations. I’d like to say that is something I learned in the military, but that would not be true. Military leaders do not typically recognize limitations. Even if they are [...]
As alluded to before in the previous post, I’ve been experiencing issues involving malware due to being hacked. As a countermeasure, I’ve installed a new Web template. This template is a temporary measure only, but I will likely not be going back to the old template.
I am not out of the water yet. The deletion [...]
If you’ve tried to visit the World Class Poetry Blog any time in the past few days, you likely received a notice saying the site is distributing malicious malware. Please note that this problem has been fixed and I issue all visitors to the site a sincere apology. If you were affected by any malware [...]
RT @copyblogger: "You can’t fake creativity, competence, or an erection." ~Douglas Coupland #
She asked if I was a major twit./No ma'am, only minor./In that case, she spit,/meet me at the diner.//Uh, so that's it?/No finer. #twitpoem #
Tweetlater is back in business.Ah, thank you Twitter! #
Driving With Dante http://bit.ly/ousTr
#bookreview #
Looks like I've done enough tonight. [...]
It’s no secret that the newspaper industry is in trouble. Daily newspapers are in fail mode with declining advertising revenues and readership. The majority of readers today would prefer to get their news online, which they consider more reliable and more convenient.
Greg Sterling, an online marketer whose blog I read often, heralds the day for [...]