Crafting Poetry One Syllable at a Time
Posted on December 20, 2017 by Colleen M. Chesebro
I’m here for you! The new year is almost upon us, and I am working on my calendar for 2018. My main objective is to help independent authors spread the word about their books. The best way to do this is to feature your writing talent on blogs that cater to readers, like mine.
I want you to show off your writing skills. Stretch your wings and step out of your comfort zone. It has been my experience that these types of posts help to sell books.
Be entertaining. Be creative. Show my readers what you got!
Create an interesting piece and email me at colleenchesebro3@gmail.com to submit your post for my consideration. I reserve the right to make punctuation and spelling changes if need be.
Be professional. If you want to sell books and introduce people to your writing, you need to put your BEST foot forward in these posts.
You are more than welcome to talk about your book(s). In fact, I encourage it.
At the end of the post, I will be happy to include your author photo, links, and images of your books, along with an author bio. Please furnish this information to me in your email proposal. Don’t forget to include links to where readers can find you: blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and one other link of your choice.
If you wish to include photos in your post that is fine also. Make sure to give me the photo credits if it is not your photograph.
Here are some links to Author Spotlight Guest Posts I highlighted in 2017 on my blog:
The Story of the Tokoloshe, by Robbie Cheadle
Thistledown – Midsummer Bedlam, by Teagan Geneviene
Effrosyni Moschoudi, Messages From Above
Magical Healing Powers that We Possess, by Author, Balroop Singh
The Charcoal Nomads, by Richard Ankers
The posts above did well and had excellent reader engagement. Remember, the writing must be your own and original. Please add a © to the post.
If your post is accepted, I will let you know the date I have it scheduled. Please come back to the post and comment and interact with my readers. They may very well become your readers too, so don’t overlook a great opportunity to spread the word about your work.
Please be entertaining. Think about the what you like to read on other blogs. This post is your time to shine as a writer.
Show me what you got! Thanks, and I’m looking forward to your presentations.
I’m looking forward to hearing from you. ❤
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“A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone’s knowledge of himself and the world around him.”
—Dylan Thomas
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Colleen M. Chesebro is an American Poet who loves crafting paranormal fantasy and magical realism, cross-genre flash fiction, syllabic poetry, and creative nonfiction. Colleen sponsors a weekly syllabic poetry challenge, called Tanka Tuesday, on wordcraftpoetry.com where participants learn how to write traditional and current forms of haiku, senryu, haiga, tanka, gogyohka, tanka prose, renga, solo-renga, haibun, cinquain, Etheree, nonet, and shadorma poetry. Colleen's syllabic poetry has appeared in the Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal, and in “Hedgerow, a journal of small poems.” She’s won numerous awards from participating in the Carrot Ranch Rodeo, a yearly flash fiction contest sponsored by carrotranch.com. In 2020, she won first place in the Carrot Ranch Folk Tale or Fable category, with her story called “Why Wolf Howls at the Moon.” Colleen is a Sister of the Fey, where she pursues a pagan path through her writing. When she is not writing, she is reading. She also loves gardening and crocheting old-fashioned doilies into works of art.
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Thanks for spreading the word. You are a great support. ✨❤️✨
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Reblogged this on Legends of Windemere.
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Thanks for spreading the word ❤️
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You’re welcome. Have a fun week.
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Lovely, Colleen. I will put my thinking cap on.
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Yes, please. ✨❤️✨
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I’d love to be a guest blogger. I’m hoping to publish my first book in a series for young adults next year that is in the magical realism/ fantasy genre. Would be great to get a chapter out there in advance….Thank you, Alethea
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Thanks, Althea. I like to have an author with a book published since the idea is to bring attention to their work. As soon as you publish let me know and I’ll be happy to feature you. ❤️
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Perfect, thank you. I’ll be in touch after it’s released. ❤
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Hmmm, I’m going to be releasing a new one after the new year. I usually write up about ten blog tour posts in advance. I’ll keep you in mind.
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Please do. The idea is to give authors a place to share their books. ❤️
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I love it. I try to do similar things over here. We all need a place to promote. I can probably fit it into your magical requirements.
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You’re amazing, Colleen. Where DO you find the time for all that you do? I’m in awe of you and totally inspired. Hugs, Sis ❤
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Aww, I try. It doesn’t always work, but I’m a great juggler! 😂❤️
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Thanks for this great offer Colleen! I’m looking for the right post/piece to send you. My first novel was published this past October and I’m writing more in the series. 🙂
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You’re welcome, Anne Marie. I figure we all have to help each other. I look forward to reading your post. Hugs and Happy Yule. ❤
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A fabulous, generous offer, Colleen! The spirit of Christmas shines bright! 🙂
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Thanks Tina. If anyone can bring about magic, it’s Tina. Have a wonderful holiday. ❤
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I love that you are promoting authors,… and the idea of a prompt linked to the themes of fairies, myths, and magic sounds great: Guaranteed cohesiveness!!!. I like that there is a point in common between all the beneficiary (AKA authors). Have a great 2018 dear Colleen 😀
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Hello, sweet friend. It’s been slow getting authors involved. Free publicity means writing something interesting. That’s hard for many people to step out of their comfort zone. I hope I get more interest. Thanks for sharing. 😍❤️
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I haven’t forgotten about your offer, Colleen! 🙂
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Are you close to Publishing? Keep in mind. ✨❤️✨
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I’m just starting the group critique for my next project. 🙂 Hopefully in a few months… 🙂
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Woo hoo! You go girl! ❤️
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