Success! Initial feedback is appearing from those first readers who’ve got back to me in an unsolicited way, saying how much they enjoyed the book. These comments are the thing that really makes all my creative work worthwhile. It also makes it easier to sell when I am confident that buyers will very likely enjoy … Continue reading A Square Peg in a Round World – A Journey in Verse – Initial Feedback
Sonnets
The Thin Veneer – An update
I stand on the shoulders of other poets and peer into the twenty-first century. I regard the enduring human condition and the rapidly changing planet and try to comment on the gulf between them with the words that I have. My first collection, the pamphlet, The Thin Veneer is fast approaching selling out. I’m still … Continue reading The Thin Veneer – An update
The Spark and Kindling of Creativity – Part One of Two
“In art the best is good enough”, Italienische Reise, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. At any awards season, I am impressed by those persons who garner their gongs or statuettes, particularly thinking of the process they would have gone through, with long periods of unrecognised effort, and their creative resources developed in very competitive environments. Especially … Continue reading The Spark and Kindling of Creativity – Part One of Two
Poetry Inc. – Part Two
Being a poet sometimes feels like running a manufacturing business. In last month’s Part One, I highlighted the necessity of building contacts and promoting yourself. In this section, I’ll look at some practicalities. To help raise your profile, establish your reputation, and sell copies of your poems, you may need materials or marketing collateral to … Continue reading Poetry Inc. – Part Two
Poetry Inc. – Part One
Being a poet sometimes feels like running a manufacturing business – but without the use of Swarfega to wash your hands at the end. From the normally cleaner raw material of thoughts and ideas a production line extends through drafting, editing, reviewing, and workshopping to the delivery of poems to magazines, literary journals, and competitions. … Continue reading Poetry Inc. – Part One
Clifford Liles 