Thirty second spot

In Season's Dream: https://youtu.be/wYkHlU5r0Vo   I created a cool video trailer for my new book with a free app.

Morning Cuppa

Enjoying a morning cup of coffee before I run out the door to race to my job. I am always getting lost in thought and then realize too late that I am going to be late.
But the sun  is up, and I must run. I'll chat a bit more in the evening. Eventually I will get the hang of all of this, I just must keep at it.

Launched and away

My new collection of poetry
, "In Season's Dream " is available online http://bookstore.xlibris.com/Products/SKU-001011568/In-Seasons-Dream.aspx

It is also available at amazon, easy to find by searching for R Tirrell Leonard Jr. 

It will soon be available to order at your favorite bookstore, or online book seller. If you are on good reads please rate the book.

Thank you.

In Season's Dream, reviewing the journey

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25148583-in-season-s-dreamIn Season's Dream

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6648498.R_Tirrell_Leonard_Jr_R. Tirrell Leonard Jr.

   I am very happy with how this book came out, After I had all the pages together I hired an editor to help me work this into a highly polished book. I heeded advice I got for In The Murmuring Trees, and added breaks in the book for contemplation. I broke the book into four seasons, and each section is Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

     The poems of each season all relate to the season, and Tanya Gold did a wonderful job helping me to realize deeper threads of each piece, and reach in and give the reader something to chew on.

     My favorite poems are the longer Narrative ones, the best of which is "Fragment" which is the poem that closes the book.   Each poem quietly builds on feeling, some with humor some with quiet bits of realism, all with intense imagery.

   When I did finish this book finally, I was very happy with it. All in all, I am proud of how Season's came out. The settings of the poetry are Woburn, Ma. Salem, Ma and some of the coastlines and woods of New England.

  Next I hired Xlibris to publish this collection as a paperback, and I also hired Alexandra Artiano, to create the cover design for In Season's Dream. It has been a long journey, three years in the making, The rough draft was almost 100 pages, and I the final product is 80. It took a full year to write, a full year to edit and a few months to bring it out and publish.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/33422621-r-jr  all my reviews

A quick note

In Season's Dream, my new poetry collection is off to the printer's. It should be ready by April. It will be available at all the usual online retailers, and at the book rack in the lobby of The Hawthorne Hotel in Salem Ma.
   
       It will be a paperback release this time through and be priced at $15.99 for the paperback, and $3.99 for the kindle, nook and e-book versions. I will post again when it goes live. I am planning to enter it in a few contests this year as well, and will keep you posted on how it did in each contest.

But just wanted to let you know that soon you will be able to procure a copy for yourself. stay tuned for the book launch.

Galleries are in

I spent the morning drinking coffee and pouring through the galleries for In Season's Dream.

     Thankfully there are no errors. Just a couple of omissions that I emailed my publisher to add in.

With any luck this project will be launching within the week. Very satisfying experience this time through.

Onward...

I received an email this morning, "In Season's Dream" is nearing the production phase of publication. The galley's will be sent to me in the coming five days or so. As soon as I approve the galley proofs it will be cleared for release and publication will begin.

          In this stretch, I will be seeing the cover design and approving it.
  
          and seeing the interior galleys and approving them.

I will be carefully reviewing these items looking for typos, if I miss one the error will be mine.
As soon as this is done, the fun will begin.

As well in this space of time my new semester of college will begin, I am in my first year at Southern New Hampshire University, and taking creative writing.  Although I am taking it with a fiction bent, not a poetry bent. I am self taught in poetry and I think I am decent. I'd like to figure out how to craft a short story and novel. Increasing my writer's tool box. At this time I am in the essay area. I am doing well so far.

            Wish me luck, wedding season will begin to heat up at my job. I have quite a bit on my plate.
this will be fun. Stay tuned for the upcoming release of my second volume of poetry, "In Season's Dream," I am aiming for an April release. But that depends on how the galleys turn out.

          Also look for "In The Murmuring Trees," to be advertised in the upcoming edition of Ploughshares Magazine.