Page-read exchange

I have 23 publications - 9 collections of short stories, lots of haiku, family-related non-fiction, Quaker plays. I am a voracious reader and thinking of switching genres to novels, biography, or non-fiction. But I will read virtually anything and read it carefully. I will not criticize if you have thin skin.

But here's the deal - you can add up the pages of what you want to read, until we are reading equal amounts for each other. Just download and read. Everything I have is on Kindle Unlimited. If you have Kindle Unlimited (I do), we're in business. You can go here to see an overview. But also I can just tell you:

Short stories: Five Second Rule (84 pp.), Hands Off that Pear (134 pp.), Free Range Flash Fiction (82 pp.), Mannequin Challenge (138 pp.), Comin' Round to Lovin' It (136 pp.), Do Unto (106 pp.), A Dozen Crime Stories (72 pp.), Pile of Leaves (94 pp.), Unloading (36 pp.).

Haiku: Epiphany Coup Haiku (24 pp.), All from before is obsolete (26 pp.), Boxcars on Walnut (26 pp.), e pluribus haiku 2018 (102 pp.), E pluribus haiku 2017 (118 pp.), e pluribus haiku 2016 (88 pp.), e pluribus haiku 2015 (84 pp.), e pluribus haiku 2014 (96 pp.), e pluribus haiku 2013 (36 pp.), e pluribus haiku 2012 (54 pp.), and e pluribus haiku (the original)(107 pp.)

Quaker plays: read drama? Quaker Plays for First Days (173 pp.)

Family-related non-fiction: 18th Century Leveretts (247 pp.), Puritan Leveretts (166 pp.).

I am busy; I have ten children and am writing more book. But you add up what you'll read so it's roughly equal to what I'll read, and let's do it. Email me at leverett@siu.edu. Thanks!

Epiphany Coup Haiku

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Being a writer

This is a site that I want to develop, but I'm not really sure what to do with it. Somehow I picture my old students coming here, knowing it has good writing that is entertaining and esl-oriented - not too dense or culturally laden with difficult reference. As a writer, I kind of got away from that simple Hemingway style, and unfortunately I haven't been able to get it back.

I got a Kindle for Christmas, and I started by reading my own books. I was dismayed at some typos and inconsistencies which I will set about to correct. Even now I am a writer full-time but I also do my own publicity which is extensive, and which comes down mostly to blogs like this since nobody cares about twitter. But this blog, I haven't really done much with. It still has very old ads in the template. I try to put good stories on it once in a while, but I've kind of failed at that too.

So my New Year's Resolution is to make this one a little better. I'm a writer, I'm moving into a writer's consciousness (having retired from the 9-to-5 world), and I sit here, late at night, thinking, how can I make things better. The place to start is right here. Bear with me. I'll make this a pleasant place to visit.