Publishers send out books with great haste. And for two copies of reviews they yearn;. If the critic is kind, they cut and paste;. If the critic is caustic, they rip and burn. Swamp gas or hailstorm? Do writers with the Hemingway Montblanc. Keep my head down, and just meet the paper.

A Mingled Collection of Writings and other doodads by Brian T Carter. The Shut Window She shut the window upon hearing the scream. She knew what it was, who it was. There was nothing she could do. There was never anything she could do, not against him.

Sirens wailing, feet pounding on grey pavements. Hurrying,scurrying to be first down the step. The stoic faced men and a woman that wept. The old and the young with eyes cast down. Just staring at boots the black and the brown. Scuffed with sole flapping and terribly torn. What had they been like when they were first worn. Small crying baby, tired, missing his bed. Little cloth boots ; toes so cold and red,.

What an exciting conference this year! It is an interesting time in the publishing industry and the rifts between independent publishers and traditional publishers could not be more apparent. Tensions were high at the conference this year, opinions were voiced, and sides were taken. However, the lower prices on eBooks.