I’m still fighting the flu! I’m trying to be good, rest as much as possible and pace myself; have to, go with the flow, work when I have a modicum of energy.

Three Blocks West of Wonderland is at the printer and I should have copies in hand in a matter of days! Ekstasis Editions has been struggling mightily to hold their press together, due to brutal funding cuts. This book is quite a feat, for them, and me, it seems. It’s hard to accept that it’s taken so long to get another collection of poetry into print. I will say it again; I think I would go nuts if I didn’t work in other media. I’ve produced CDs Surfing Season and Princess Nut and videopoems Dying for the Pleasure and Purple Lipstick, independently, for the most part. In any case, I will be doing most of the book promotion myself. I plan on a big launch in early spring, here on Bowen Island and in Vancouver. I’m hoping to go to Toronto for the League of Canadian Poets AGM/conference as part of a book tour. Ekstasis is sending it in for Pat Lowther and BC Book Prizes nominations.

Check out a lovely new Bowen Island literary website devoted to the historic site, Lieben, that inspired many of Canada’s most illustrious writers and artists including Earle Birney, Dorothy Livesay and Malcolm Lowry. They recently put out a call for submissions and are dedicated to helping Bowen Island writers and artists by providing an electronic artist’s colony.

Okay, it’s nearly 2 AM. I’m going to hit the hay. G’night.