Monday, July 14, 2025

Take Your Poet to Work Day!

So July's second post was going to be about something else.

But then I found out that Take Your Poet to Work Day, celebrated on the 3rd Wednesday every July, falls on July 16th in 2025!

I couldn't pass this up.
This is also why I am putting up this post one day early: so that you have time to prepare!

This one goes our to all the POETRY people in the A to Z Challenge - and everyone who follows and reads their work :)

If you don't know what Take Your Poet to Work Day is, now you will. It is exactly what it sounds like: people print and cut out pictures of their favorite poets, and take them to work on this day. It started in 2013, and now it has a whole big online following. People take all kinds of favorite poets to work to show them off. There is even a hashtag: #poettowork

It is a simple and fun thing to do, and a great conversation starter about literature and poetry!

So, which poet are you taking to work tomorrow?
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Happy Family Reunion Month!

       This month I'll be joining millions of you as we have various family reunions and gatherings with friends.   July can be a nostalgic time (as well as very hot!)  My family's gatherings will include our annual July 4th reunion with members of my wife's family as well as family gatherings from my side with my kids' families in New Jersey and a visit to my sibs in Tennessee (and maybe a drop-in on an old friend or two). 
 
       Many of you probably have similar things going on.  It's a wonderful topic to blog about.  Sharing pictures, travel stories and tips, genealogy ideas, food adventures, and so much more!  So much content for a blogger that it can provide a wealth of inspiration.

        What are you going to be doing this summer?  Do you have any family reunions in the future?  Do you like to blog about your personal life?


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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

June is Officially Audiobook Appreciation Month

Why I love audiobooks:

  • ·         You can listen to them while you’re exercising, cooking, cleaning, driving, doing admin.

Why I’m not fond of audiobooks:

  • ·         I have ADHD and sometimes I lose track of the story as my mind wanders and I’m lost until I figure out what’s going on (or I’ll have to skip back… never fun).

Why I love audiobooks:

  • ·         It makes stories accessible to people who can’t read (dyslexic, blind, arthritis making it hard to hold physical books, etc.).

Why I’m not fond of audiobooks:

  • ·         The characters never sound the way I imagined them – you know, with my voice that I hear in my head.

LOL. The benefits far outweigh my concerns regarding audiobooks.

As an author I know it’s expensive to have audiobooks made (you need a whole production team: narrator, producer, editor, etc.) but I also know that it is a market segment that is underserved. Which is why I have no issue with digitally narrated audiobooks, and even partnered with Apple to get all my books digitally narrated. I also narrate my own audiobooks, though it’s a slow process to get from manuscript to finished audiobook.



You can see all of my audiobooks here.

Why not take a chance this month and try out an audiobook? You can get them from your library, various subscription services like Spotify, you can buy them from online retailers (and sometimes directly from the author), and there are even authors posting their audiobooks for free on YouTube.

Go and immerse yourself in a fantastical world.


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