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Do You Use Your Dreams in Your Writing?

“In the writing process, the more the story cooks, the better. The brain works for you even when you are at rest. I find dreams particularly useful. I myself think a great deal before I go to sleep and the details sometimes unfold in the dream.” —Doris Lessing

I find since the pandemic, I have been dreaming a lot. I’ve been trying to use my dreams to generate new writing. I took a workshop about writing from dreams and it was really interesting,

I think the trick is to tap into that dream state without necessarily writing the dream literally. I may do a series of “dream” poems.

I am doing a zoom reading for the Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday, October 6 at 7 pm as their featured reader. If you’d like to view, email wno@strawdogwriters.org for a link.

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Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers Night In October 6

Straw Dog Writers Guild will feature Eileen P. Kennedy on Tuesday October 6 at 7 pm. Kennedy will be reading from her new book from Finishing Line Press, Touch My Head Softly:

Writers Night In – Featured Reader Eileen Kennedy

The book is a collection of poetry about her experiences with her lover who died in his 60’s of Alzheimer’s Disease.

If you’d like to view, send an email requesting the link to:

wno@strawdogwriters.org

Is Less Better Than More?
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Is Less Better Than More?

We admire a blogger who is prolific and relevant, but sometimes we just want to communicate a small snippet of information on our blog. We want to create quality on our blogs as we write, but is it worth the time writing it that could go into a poem or a novel?

What about headlines or proper formatting?  It seems like a lot of trouble for just another blog.

And how many people are actually reading the blog to the end or just passing through to the next blog post?  And do we want all those people reading your blog, or do we want serious literary people following us?

I’m in the process of having a book published, and there is a lot of work surrounding the book. I also know that consistency is important in a blog, so I’m trying to blog once a week, on Thursdays, with announcements, as they arise, on Tuesdays.

I’m going to be featured reader for the Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday, October 6 at 7 pm.

If you’d like to hear me read from my new book of  poetry,  Touch My Head Softly, about my ex who died of Alzheimer’s, send a request for a link to: wno@strawdogwritersguild.org.

Straw Dog Writers Night Out October 6
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Straw Dog Writers Night Out October 6

Straw Dog Writers Guild

Writers Night In – Featured Reader Eileen Kennedy

is featuring Eileen P. Kennedy, author of the upcoming book of poetry from Finishing Line Press:

Touch My Head Softly

On October 6 at 7 pm EST,

The poems sensitively portrays a man living with Alzheimer’s Disease and his partner’s experiences. To join the viewing, email

wno@strawdogwriters.org to receive the Zoom link to the event.

Are You Zoom Reading?
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Are You Zoom Reading?

I don’t know about you but I have a new book coming out from Finishing Line Press, Touch My Head Softly, and I have been doing several zoom readings.

If you are like me, and used to giving in-person readings, the zoom reading is different and has it’s advantages and disadvantages.

You have a larger potential audience, as people don’t have to travel to get to you and can “zoom-in” from all over the world.

However, I find it’s tricky to keep facial and eye contact with so many little screen faces. I did a webinar recently, and was unable to see my audience at all.

To try to overcome this, I try reading to a live person before and/or a live practice session on zoom with another person. Then I ask for feedback. You alsohave the advantage of screen sharing with zoom. With screen share you have the advantage of offering a visual to accompany your words, but again the down-side is that you cannot see your audience at all.

If you’re interested in attending my next zoom meeting, register at:

wno@strawdogwriters.org

If you’re interested in viewing the book, look here:

https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/touch-my-head-softly-by-eileen-kennedy/

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Promoting a New Book and Generating

I recently read from my new book, Touch My Head Softly for the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, MA.  I’ve attached the link to the video:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=371983847144932&ref=watch_permalink

My new book is in presale and will not be out until early 2121.  Here’s a link to my book: http://www.finishinglinepress.con/product/touch-my-head-softly-by-eileen-kennedy/

In the meantime, I’ve been continuing to journal in my IPhone or MacBook.

This is a sample of my journal.

I have another reading October 1 for Straw Dog Writers Guild.  Here’s their website: http://www.strawdogwritersguild.org.

The thing of it is, when I’m in mid-process of reading and promoting a new book, I find it difficult to generate new work  Do any of you have this problem?

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Tuesday will be publication announcements/Thursday will be blog day

For all my followers: I will announce new publications on Tuesday and blog now on Thursday.

Here’s my first new publication:

It’s from Audible. A really fun audio book called a five minute sample of a sci-fi time travel audiobook Places You Will Be From by Shirley Nomakeo. There’s a five minute sample you can listen to here:

https://www.audible.com/pd/B084H96N86/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-181460&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_181460_rh_us 

Enjoy!

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Reading September 3 at 6:30 pm

This reading is Arts Night Out for the Emily Dickinson Museum, September 3 at 6:30 pm. I will read with two other excellent writers, Cheryl J. Fish and Kathryn Holzman.  I think I’m up third.

 

The Facebook event is here:

 

https://www.facebook.com/events/309599143564557?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22page_admin_bar%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22page_id%5C%22%3A131680596860548%7D%22%7D%2C%7B%22surface%22%3A%22events_admin_tool%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22events_admin_tool%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22[]%22%7D]%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D

 

 

Here’s the link to my new book, Touch My Head Softly

red framed eyeglasses on newspapers

Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels.com

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https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/touch-my-head-softly-by-eileen-kennedy/

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Emily Dickinson Museum Reading September 3

FLP CoverI will be reading for the Emily Dickinson Museum on Thursday, September 3 at 6:30 pm in conjunction with Amherst Arts Night Out. Here’s the link to Amherst Media where you can view it:

https://amherstmedia.org/channel/15/schedule