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heathmocha · 10-01-2015, 09:44 PM

Hello! I've been a regular "lurker" on MobileRead since I got a Sony PRS-T1 for Christmas in 2011. Most of the last year, I've been in the Kobo forum, researching cool things like how to add extra fonts, and what's up with the newest firmware, and how can I make these margins smaller--oh thank heavens there's a patch to fix this--but what the heck is a patch and how do I get it to work?

All this is a prelude to assure other members that I'm not only here to try to sell my book, although it looks like that because I don't really post things. I'm pretty shy.

I recently published a book of poetry. It's available for Kindle, Kobo, and iBooks, and it's also on Scribd and Oyster. (Hopefully it'll be online for Nook pretty soon; I'm working on it!) The title is Happenings, Heartbeats, and Mental Breakdowns. Here's the description:

Sometimes I think summer has its own
pattern after all, some weirdly repeated

series of actions, happenings, heartbeats,
and mental breakdowns.

These are the first lines of “Road Work,” the poem that opens this collection and sets the tone for the rest of the book. The poems are personal, emotional, and sometimes confessional, but Manthe always strives to engage readers’ minds as well as their hearts. Many of the poems reflect the author’s lifelong struggle with depression, and others who have experienced the isolation that often comes with mental illness might find a little comfort and a sense of familiarity in these pages.

There are lighter moments, too: follow the nervous driver of “Nighttime on 95,” enjoy a snack of “Apples and Hot Chocolate,” and watch the speaker become first enamored, then annoyed, with a guy named Phil in “A Slice of Otto B.” From adolescence, and the joys and pains of young love, to marriage, motherhood, and the deaths of her parents, Manthe’s poems explore what it feels like to be constantly buffeted by the forces and stresses of everyday life, when she’d rather be lost in a book.

Thank you for your consideration, and thanks to MobileRead for the chance to do a little self-promotion!
Amazon
Kobo
iTunes

(These aren't affiliate links; I haven't had time to become anyone's affiliate yet.

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10-01-2015, 09:44 PM	#2835
heathmocha Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kobo Aura, Sony Reader PRS-T1, ASUS Eee Pad Transformer	New Book of Poetry Hello! I've been a regular "lurker" on MobileRead since I got a Sony PRS-T1 for Christmas in 2011. Most of the last year, I've been in the Kobo forum, researching cool things like how to add extra fonts, and what's up with the newest firmware, and how can I make these margins smaller--oh thank heavens there's a patch to fix this--but what the heck is a patch and how do I get it to work? All this is a prelude to assure other members that I'm not only here to try to sell my book, although it looks like that because I don't really post things. I'm pretty shy. I recently published a book of poetry. It's available for Kindle, Kobo, and iBooks, and it's also on Scribd and Oyster. (Hopefully it'll be online for Nook pretty soon; I'm working on it!) The title is Happenings, Heartbeats, and Mental Breakdowns. Here's the description: Sometimes I think summer has its own pattern after all, some weirdly repeated series of actions, happenings, heartbeats, and mental breakdowns. These are the first lines of “Road Work,” the poem that opens this collection and sets the tone for the rest of the book. The poems are personal, emotional, and sometimes confessional, but Manthe always strives to engage readers’ minds as well as their hearts. Many of the poems reflect the author’s lifelong struggle with depression, and others who have experienced the isolation that often comes with mental illness might find a little comfort and a sense of familiarity in these pages. There are lighter moments, too: follow the nervous driver of “Nighttime on 95,” enjoy a snack of “Apples and Hot Chocolate,” and watch the speaker become first enamored, then annoyed, with a guy named Phil in “A Slice of Otto B.” From adolescence, and the joys and pains of young love, to marriage, motherhood, and the deaths of her parents, Manthe’s poems explore what it feels like to be constantly buffeted by the forces and stresses of everyday life, when she’d rather be lost in a book. Thank you for your consideration, and thanks to MobileRead for the chance to do a little self-promotion! Amazon Kobo iTunes (These aren't affiliate links; I haven't had time to become anyone's affiliate yet.)