Another shout out
For my little old book
If you read the excerpt
You will be hooked
So to this link
You should now flee
And if with me
You do agree
Please hit that lovely
Nominate key!
What’s in it for me?
I’m sure you’re asking
Well, if I win
You will be basking
In a free kindle copy
Of the fifth Cue Ball Mystery
And all curiosity
Will then be history
https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/32F95ZQHQMJ52
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You say George Clooney
And Curtis, Jamie Lee
Have nothing in common
With little old me
Okay, you are right
For now that is true
But read my Scout page
And before you are through
You’ll see Jessie Hewitt
Has a dream to be seen
Shooting some Eight Ball
On the big silver screen
Jessie says Ms. Curtis
Would be great at this role
And Clooney for Rye?
Yep, that is the goal!
My Kindle Scout page
Has fun ideas like this
But before ending this poem
I’d be rather remiss
If I didn’t ask that you
Click the “nominate” key
If my book gets chosen
It will fill me with glee
‘Cuz then Five Spot
Would be published by Scout
Giving the Cue Balls
Great publicity and clout
Enough to convince
George and Jamie Lee?
Jessie and Rye
Are waiting to see!
https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/32F95ZQHQMJ52
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I’ve entered my latest
Into something called Scout
It’s a contest for authors
Where we jump up and shout
“Choose my book, choose my book!
Please give it some clout!”
Below is the link
On my nomination route
I vow if I don’t win
I’ll try not to pout
So please give it a click
And my excerpt please read
If you nominate me
And if I succeed
You’ll get Five Spot for free
After the contest’s complete
A gift on your Kindle
Oh boy! What a treat!
But ‘til mid-September
We’re on the edge of our seat
Alas, we must wait
Until the voting is through
Only then will we have
Any hint, any clue
On Five Spot’s success
In this contest so new
Either way, I give thanks
Where they are due
I’d be nowhere at all
Without, dear reader, you!
https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/32F95ZQHQMJ52
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I can write a poem
And include a rhyme
Or produce a novel
If given the time
But ask me to
Compose a blurb
Discuss my book
In a few short words
Keep it simple
And make it pithy
So potential readers
See how it’s spiffy
Oh, how I wish
The task were so easy
But this dreaded job
Makes me quite queasy
I feel like saying
Just read the book
Then I won’t have to
Write you a hook
But instead I brainstorm
Over syntax I fret
And after 200 tries
A blurb I’ll beget
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My beta-readers
Have Five Spot
I hope they like it
Cuz I do—a lot
But they will tell me
The places that rot
Hopefully, also
The stuff that is hot
Then I’ll revise
Perfecting the plot
Before the rest of you
See what I’ve got
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I try not to worry
I try not to fret
I try not to have
Fearsome thoughts in my head
I try to be restful
I try to be calm
I try to be peaceful
Like a hundred-pound balm
But peaceful I’m not
And calm’s but a dream
So I write silly stories
To let off some steam
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This is nothing
But a lame excuse
But blame this week’s stupor
On my difficult muse
Whatever I tried
My muse did refuse
To offer anything that
Might remotely amuse
Here it is, Sunday night
And my poem is really bad
Considering my standards
This is truly sad!
Maybe these next few days
My muse will turn to glad
And what I end up writing
Will somehow turn out rad
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As a writer
I pay attention
To any word
You care to mention
Since this week
I had the flu
“Feverish” struck me
I pondered anew
Doesn’t that word
Mean impatient and irked
High-strung, annoyed,
And going berserk?
Well, that’s how I act
Most of the time
My personality is not
What you’d label sublime
But when fever strikes
I’m all mellow and calm
A little high temp’s
An emotional balm
Nothing bothers me
My worries subside
I move a bit slower
Let the little stuff slide
So the feverish me
I rather enjoy
The feverish approach
I’d like to employ
Even when
I’m not feeling sick
To be mellow and calm
Now that’s quite a trick!
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A second book of poems
What were the odds?
But risking the wrath
Of the poetry gods
Here’s More Playing With Poetry
That is its name
Just in case you were worried
Yes, I’m insane
It’s less than a dollar
If you have money to waste.
So head over to Amazon
click here, make haste!
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I’d love to put Jessie
Onto a screen
Whether TV or silver
Has yet to be seen
I may be biased
But I really do know
The Cue Ball Mysteries
Would make a great show
The characters are quirky
The dialogue snappy
Many LOL moments
To make people happy
A Cue Ball mini-series
Wouldn’t that be neat?
It would keep every viewer
Glued right to their seat
So hey, TV directors
Why not discover me?
This show will win Emmys
Just wait and see
Or if anyone knows anyone
In movie production
I’d give my right arm
For a friendly introduction
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