she’s here!!!!!
my first born child- i mean, my book- is officially available for preorder! click the link below to get your hands on a copy…click quick for early bird perks ;)
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preorder perks
my book “the silhouette inside” will be available for preorder TOMORROW August 9, 2020 at 10am.
like free stuff? yeah, me too. good things come to those who act fast!
~ the first 10 people to preorder will receive a FREE matchbox press t-shirt and a personally signed book
~ the first 60 people to preorder will receive a signed book
thank you so much for following along on this crazy fun experience. i can’t believe i’m about to publish my own book! click here to check out my author website and join the email list the be notified when the preorder period officially begins.
a conversation, sometimes in rhyme
when tasked with creating the “back matter” for my book (fancy publishing terms, ooh la la) a basic summary of the contents just didn’t feel right. so you can probably guess what i did…yup, i wrote another poem!
a poem to encapsulate the collection of poems that describe the past year of my life. a year of emotional turmoil, unexpected transition. a year of finding new life from the i n s i d e and falling in love with what i found:
a conversation-
sometimes in rhyme
between the writer
and the silhouette inside
words strung together
much more than a line
a reintroduction
soft shifting of sides
bloomed into being
collected and tied
fruitful and all-seeing
outside-in, synchronize
take this, my crescent year
hear the silence, read my mind
planted, rooted, growing, free
the voice inside, bold and outlined.
the art that i created to accompany this back cover poem was based on a silhouette cut for me by a man in montmartre, paris. one afternoon, following a lunch accompanied by several glasses of wine (as was the status quo throughout our stay in the city of light) my friends and i wandered through a busy market of artists painting, sketching, and snipping away. a silhouette artist stopped me and asked if he could cut my silhouette for me- to try and drum up some business. his stand was right on the corner, and he promised my silhouette would be free if i sat just a few minutes for him. maybe it was the charming accent or the wine turning my cheeks red- i shrugged my shoulders, hopped up onto the stool, and he went to work, cutting away my profile from glossy black paper while passersby stopped to inquire.
the small portrait now hangs in an oval-shaped frame in my bedroom. it is one of the first things i see when i wake up in the morning, and the last before i fall asleep at night. in a way, it helped inspire the idea of an internal conversation being with “the silhouette inside”. a piece of my favorite city, a story, a portrait that speaks.
PREORDER “the silhouette inside” SOON! Stay tuned for details…
a tiny fire you can hold in your hand
my debut collection of poems and drawings “the silhouette inside” is almost ready! since i decided to opt for self-publishing (i am indie woman, hear me roar, and all that) i have been tasked with creating my own publishing house…
if you know me, you know i collect matches. one matchbox swiped from the bar of a hotel by a new friend who would quickly become my best friend. another box taken with buttery fingers on the way out of an old-school italian restaurant on the north end of boston. a long matchbox from a seaside teahouse in watch hill, a short stack from a small jeweler off of wickenden street. to me, they are like time in a bottle. a sign of hospitality, of care. a bidding token to remember that moment. a pocketable piece of a place, a souvenir.
a sucker for graphic design, i take joy in comparing the typographies on my matchboxes as the world changes. my stumbling upon these little cardboard boxes and books is becoming more and more rare. but i’ll keep collecting, holding on to these outdated relics. each tellings it’s own story, each one an author. a coin-sized, weightless memory from a trip- just a blip- but enough to spark a tiny fire you can hold in your hand.
my book “the silhouette inside” is coming out September 1! stay tuned for preorder details on my facebook author page here.
Setting The Barre 