[Mary Meriam]

Dear Sphere,

My first full-length collection, Conjuring My Leafy Muse, will be published on November 1 by Headmistress Press. Here's a link to the cover I designed, with excerpts of blurbs by local and far-flung notables. This book wouldn't have happened without you, Sphere, and I thank you.

Love,
Mary

[Roger Slater]

Looking forward to a leafy November.

[Rick Mullin]

Excellent! Looking forward to reading.
RM

[R. Nemo Hill]

Whooh-hoo!

Nemo

[Alex Pepple]

Congrats, Mary.

[Marcia Karp]

What Nemo said.

Marcia

[ChrisGeorge]

Very fine, Mary. Good luck with the book.

Cheers

Chris

[Richard Meyer]

Congratulations. A book deal! Oh, 'tis a consummation devoutly to be wished!

Richard

[Mary Meriam]

Thanks so much, Roger, Rick, Nemo, Alex, Marcia, Chris, and Richard.

Richard, it's a deal I made with my own publishing company (Headmistress Press), which I started in January with a couple of poet friends. Self-publishing is no less exciting than "other"-publishing, I've discovered. Perhaps even more so, as I stumble along the steep learning curve, slipping, falling, steadily climbing, reaching the top at last. Cover design especially has been a challenge. But I found my friend GIMP, and we're getting along fine. Who knew a jpeg could have millions of pixels.

Thanks again!!

[Cally Conan-Davies]

Leaf me.

Cally