FROM THE AUTHORS

Part 1. An Introduction From the Authors

One of my writing colleagues has been after me to write this prose version of my unbelievable story of “making it” as a writer. Now that some of my poetry is being distributed to a wider audience, his position, narrowed down to a single point, “Yer never gonna earn anything writing poetry, especially YOUR poetry, which doesn’t even rhyme! But you got online attention, so now’s the time to tell your story.”