The new craft book is moving right along. I now have all the content gathered: Thirteen Craft Talks, 36 Model Poems with 36 Prompts, 13 Commentaries, 39 Bonus Prompts, and 72 Sample Poems (written to the prompts). Permissions are done and bios are almost done. Contents is underway.
Still to be done is the Introduction. Then the dreaded Index. Then the editing and proofreading. Then the monumentally huge formatting job. Then more proofreading. Etc!
In case you're curious, here are the section headings:
I. Descriptive Details
II. Diction
III. Imagery
IV. Sound Devices
V. Repetition
VI. Figurative Language: Simile
VII. Figurative Language: Metaphor
VIII. Figurative Language: Personification
IX. Figurative Language: Hyperbole
X. Figurative Language: Apostrophe
XI. Syntax
XII. Sonnet
XIII. Odd Forms
In my last blog post, I listed all the poets who contributed Craft Talks, Model Poems, Commentaries, and Bonus Prompts. Since then I put out a Call for Submissions for the Sample Poems. The poems poured in, and I'm happy to say that all 72 spots filled quickly. Here's the list of poets whose sample poems will appear in the book:
Tiel
Aisha Ansari
KB Ballentine
Nina
Bennett
Libby Bernardin
Nancy Susanna Breen
Ronda
Piszk Broatch
Jayne Brown
Luanne Castle
Robin Rosen Chang
Robin Chapman
Kersten
Christianson
Patricia Clark
Cathryn Colman
Gail
Comorat
Geraldine Connolly
Jane Mary Curran
Jessica de Koninck
Maureen
Doallas
Lynn Domina
Robert Fillman
Ann Fisher-Wirth
Emily Franklin
Deborah
Gerrish
Holiday Goldfarb
Lucy Griffith
Penny Harter
Lisa Hase-Jackson
Shayla Hawkins
Andrea
Hollander
Karen Paul Holmes
Jenny Hubbard
Christen Noel Kauffman
Tina Kelley
Adele Kenny
Jemshed Khan
Athena Kildegaard
Kim Klugh
Lynne Knight
Marcia
LeBeau
Diane LeBlanc
Denise Low
Charlotte Mandel
Joan Mazza
Maren Mitchell
Erin Murphy
Dion O’Reilly
Jenna
Rindo
Janet Ruth
Jennifer Saunders
Linda Simone
Kate Sontag
Betsy
Thorne
Denise Utt
Lisken Van Pelt Dus
Kory Wells
Bruce Whitacre
Scott Wiggerman
Shannon K. Winston
Elizabeth Wolf
Michael T. Young
Yvonne Zipter