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"Where standeth the poet? Where standeth ye?"

"Three steps from death -- from every direct -- north, south, west, east. So standeth the poet, so standeth me."

But when I'm sitting, I'm generally sipping tea, playing chess, talking with friends, or -- case in point -- trying to create interest in my work and move it to that fifth direction: publication.

I have three children's unillustrated mss: Allswell,
a lyric piece about an idyllic long ago land in which children, adults, and a marvelous cast of Trolls live in harmony -- a bucolic paradise. Events occur to disturb this magical and enchanting utopia but Allswell ends well. Educates and entertains. Ages 6-10 (and then some)

The other mss are The Polar Bears' Christmas and The Polar Bears' Hanukkah. Reinforces the values of friendship, family, and community, amid various conflicts/resolutions braved by an endearing ensemble of arctic animals that breathe vigorous new life into these ageless holidays. Ages 8-12

I've a YA novel as well: FLIP, a coming-of-age mystery set in 1959 small town USA. A bold young heroine, initiations, invocations, rough toughs, fist love, first loss, sexual (con)fusion, social pressures, forming, conforming, promises, betrayals... It's a club! It's a gang! It's Tom Sawyer meets the Mob, Wordsworth's Lucy racing with Kerouac under the moon culminating in a graveyard murder mystery that begs for a sequel.

I know all the publishing, agenting, organization, and research ropes -- I just can't scale them. Every time I try -- it's the hangman's noose.

So I'm putting this out there with the sincere hope of reaching and kindling the interest of someone who can lift me into that fifth direction. Thanx.

"Where standeth the poet? Where standeth ye?" "Three steps from death -- from every direct -- north, south, west, east. So standeth the poet, so standeth me." But when I'm sitting, I'm generally sipping tea, playing chess, talking with friends, or -- case in point -- trying to create interest in my work and move it to that fifth direction: publication. I have three children's unillustrated ... More