The DIY attitude

I recently read Ariel Gore's How to become a famous writer before you're dead, and it lit a fire under my ass. Though many of the things she talked about in the book I was already familiar with, there were a few useful things I didn't know, as well as some helpful links. One in particular is No media Kings, a gem of a site run by Jim Munroe, "a novelist who left HarperCollins to showcase and propagate indie press alternatives to Rupert Murdoch-style consolidation." It's a must for any DIY enthusiast! The site includes DIY book making, movie making, promotion, grant writing etc... I advise everyone to check it out!

On a side note, with Brian Fugett pulling the plug on all things Zygote In My Coffee (a sad, sad day indeed) I am looking for any press that would be willing to pick up Through These Eyes and make it into a second edition. On the other hand, after perusing No Media Kings, I may just put it out myself!

Zygote In My City: A Tainted Cleveland Reading

A free two day event of music and poetry hosted by me (C. Allen Rearick) and Brian Fugett, editor of the Ohio based Zygote In My Coffee. A bi-monthly ezine and quarterly print journal of poetry, short fiction and comics. The event will be at Now Thats Class, 11213 Detroit Ave. at West 112. Cleveland, Ohio 44109. Phone no. 216-221-8576.

Each night there will be 12 poets and 2 bands. There will be a raffle as well, which will include a two-year subscription to Zygote In My Coffee, a one-year subscription to all the flipbook chapbooks put out by Tainted Coffee Press, a copy of The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry signed by co-editor S.A. Griffin and much more.

The event will take place November 7th and 8th at 9:00 p.m. both nights.

Visit us on myspace at: www.myspace.com/taintedclevelandreading

New Review of My Book

A new review of "Through These Eyes" is available from Up The Staircase.

The Official Line-up For The Zygote Flipbook Chapbook Series

Here it is Ladies and Gents:

Ross T. Runfola & Ross Vassilev
Mike Estabrook & Doug Draime
Justin Hyde & Misti Rainwater-Lites
Glenn W. Cooper & Corey Mesler
Carl Miller Daniels & Bradley Mason Hamilin
Rob Plath & Andrew Lander
Aleathia Drehmer & Melisa Hansen
Miles J. Bell & John Sweet
Jason "Juice" Hardung & Walt Burns
Lester Allen & Dan Provost
David Labounty & John Rocco
J.D. Nelson & Jonathan Hayes
George Wallace & R.C. Edrington
Jason Watters & William Taylor Jr.

September 7th and up coming hosts on blog talk radio

Join hosts Jack Henry and Brian Fugett on Jack's blog talk radio as they chat with me September 7th. The call in number is 347-633-9057. Up coming guest will include: Karl Koweski (September 14th), Raindog (September 21st), James Darden (September 28th), Melissa Hansen (October 5th), October 12th and 19th are pending an interesting announsment, Tainted Cleveland readers (October 26th).

Pictures from Unregulated Word: A Summer Accident

Here are some of the pictures from the KS/MO reading. Click HERE.

Co-Editor of Zygote In My Coffee

Brian Fugett has invited me to be a co-editor for Zygote In My Coffee. I gladly accepted. I now join Brian, Karl Koweski and Aleathia Drehmer.