A Stoic Approach To The Inevitable “What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.” ― Epictetus If you read my most recent poetry book you would’ve seen a section titled: What the gods soundContinue reading “Memento Mori: Remember We Die”
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Publishing and Marketing A Poetry Chapbook: Experiments, Successes, and Failures (Episode 5: Giveaways, KDP Select, and a return to Social Media)
2 Days Until Roll-Out We are getting close folks. If you were to check right now, you would see that both the paperback and kindle are live in Amazon right now. So why am I claiming the roll-out is still two days away? On Monday, Feb. 3, my book will be free on Amazon forContinue reading “Publishing and Marketing A Poetry Chapbook: Experiments, Successes, and Failures (Episode 5: Giveaways, KDP Select, and a return to Social Media)”
Publishing and Marketing A Poetry Chapbook: Experiments, Successes, and Failures (Episode 4: Talk To People (The Long Game, Email Marketing)
3 Days Until The Book Is Live As I mentioned in the last post, the book is actually already live, at least the paperback version is. I broke down some of the reasons for that in the last post. The kindle version will go live tomorrow, and it will be priced at $4.99. Here’s aContinue reading “Publishing and Marketing A Poetry Chapbook: Experiments, Successes, and Failures (Episode 4: Talk To People (The Long Game, Email Marketing)”
Publishing and Marketing A Poetry Chapbook: Experiments, Successes, and Failures (Episode 1: The Grand Beginning)
The Trials and Tribulations Of An Artist Who Hates Marketing So it begins. The grand experiment. As some of you know, I have self-published one poetry book, The Cosmic Hello: Lessons in Codependence if you click that link it will allow you download that book for free, and join my email list. Or if youContinue reading “Publishing and Marketing A Poetry Chapbook: Experiments, Successes, and Failures (Episode 1: The Grand Beginning)”
3 Modern Poetry Books You Have To Read Right Now – January 2020
Modern Poetry Books I Can’t Put Down This January 1. Mouthful of Forevers by Clementine Von Radics Clementine Von Radics is one of my favorite modern poets, and she’s also a great social media follow. This collection came out in 2015, and it’s full of some of the most haunting imagery of any poetry bookContinue reading “3 Modern Poetry Books You Have To Read Right Now – January 2020”
How To Stop Chasing Happiness, And Just Be Happy
Get Yourself Off The Hedonic Treadmill “Most people are like all stomachs: they cannot remain satisfied for a long time.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana When I was getting my undergrad in English, I was not always the most studious member of my university. I wrote recently on the ways I’ve had to trick the laziness out ofContinue reading “How To Stop Chasing Happiness, And Just Be Happy”
A Lazy Man’s Guide To Being (Slightly) Better – 4 Step’s To Living A Better Life
Don’t Worry, There’s Still Beer and Netflix “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.” ― Mark Twain I am a serial procrastinator. I always have been. Sometimes I make myself feel better about it when I read articles like this one, which mentions procrastinators being moreContinue reading “A Lazy Man’s Guide To Being (Slightly) Better – 4 Step’s To Living A Better Life”
“I’m Lovin’ It”: How Brands Make Money Off Of Emotional Manipulation
Am I Going To Get Sued For This? “Advertising is legalized lying.” — H. G. Wells People see between 4,000 and 10,000 ads a day according to some experts. That same article mentions an anecdotal account of a man who counted 487 ads before he finished his breakfast. Of course all of these aren’t necessarilyContinue reading ““I’m Lovin’ It”: How Brands Make Money Off Of Emotional Manipulation”
Full Length Collection available on Amazon!
I am so happy to announce my first collection:The Cosmic Hello: Lessons in Co-Dependency is now available on Amazon. Here is the back cover blurb: C. Alexander is a small-town Southern born poet who now lives in New England. He has his MFA from Lindenwood University, and dabbles in print and spoken-word poetry. He has aContinue reading “Full Length Collection available on Amazon!”