The Mad Poets Blog

Once again, we’re back with Shameless Self Promotion. Whatcha got goin’ on this week?

Well, George has done a spectacular job of keeping us in good poetry blogging. Me? Not so much. So I’m back to revive Shameless Self Promotion! It seems we’ve let it drift out of view for awhile, but it’s a good thing to have, so give it to us: Readings? Publications? New book coming out? Just some really good news you want to share? Let’s have it!

First a bit of my own:
My first chapbook, Ripe Again, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press in March. Order by February 8th, and you’ll receive free shipping! (Psst - I need to sell at least 50 copies prior to February 8th in order to make the pressrun, so help a girl out, would ya’?) Visit Finishing Line Press online - head over to the New Releases page and look for Rachel Bunting.

And if you want to see me live in action, I’ll be reading with Juditha Dowd on February 13th at the Barron Arts Center in Woodbridge, NJ (yes, it’s a hike), and then again with Susan Deborah King on March 20th at the Delaware County Institute of Science.

So, bring it on!

It’s time to get shameless, folks.  Post a comment telling us what you’ve got going on this week — a reading, performance, workshop, class.  Let us know.  Get us excited!

No matter how much we try to hide, Monday keeps coming back on us — week after week, month after month, year after year.  This Monday finds me in a particularly foul mood (for no reason in particular, which is even worse I think).  So, I’m turning to you - oh world wide web of poets - to cheer me up with your good news of readings and books and poems being published.

You know the drill.  Put your good news in the comment box and click submit.  It’s just that easy.  Then keep checking back (or subscribe to this post), to get updates on what everyone else is doing!

That’s right, it’s Monday… you should know what to do by now.   Plug in a comment telling us what you’re doing, where, and with whom.  Or let us know where we can find your book, read your poems, or listen to your cd.  Whatever is, it’s Monday… and your shamelessness is a necessary distraction from the painful return to work.

…if you haven’t got anything to report, be sure to check back to see what the rest of the gang is up to… you might even go back over past shameless Mondays (Aug. 27th, Aug. 20th, Aug. 13th, & Aug. 6th).

There’s just something about Mondays that requires a little extra boost of good news.  So, why not help us all out and shamelessly self-promote your good news!

And think ahead: I can’t promise we’ll be shameless self-promoting next Monday, since it’s Labor Day.

It’s Monday, which means its time for some shameless self-promotion:  Tell us all about how awesome you are & where or how we can find out for ourselves.

Just plug in a comment telling us where you’re reading or performing, where your poems are published, when your book or CD is coming out, etc. etc. etc. All news is good news.

And after you tell us about you, click on that little “Notify me” box to receive emails of everyone else’s shamelessness from this week.

… it’s a little late in the afternoon… but it’s still Monday, so that means there’s still time to be shameless.

What’re you doin’ this week? Next? Where can we find your poem? Story? Book? CD?

C’mon yous guys, lay it on us.

…was it ever gone? you ask.

Well, from this site it has been. Because I’ve totally fallen down on my job of kicking the shamelessness into action each Monday.

But no more. Fire away kids. Got a reading coming up? New series starting off in the fall? A workshop or class? A book or CD? Tell the blogosphere about it.

And don’t forget, be as shameless as you need to be.

It’s that time again.  Tell us what you’re doing, where you’re reading, or where we can find you, your poems, your books, etc.

Don’t hold back.