Purple Pages

Always something. Great Christmas, except for 10 preview copies of the new chapbook that arrived with bright purple front and end pages. Unexpected and had I known I would not have okayed the fantastic cover which is mustard, grey and red. It's probably a non-issue to ask the editor to change the color to red or gray or black, but these are the kinds of things I obsess over. Like the side of the brain that processes color has gone beserk and won't let me off the hook until I confront the issue.

Brag Book

Last week was a feast of acceptances from qarrtsiluni, Verse Wisconsin, Apollo's Lyre, and Quill & Parchment, and three poets have offered to do reviews of On Location, which is amazing, as I had much less luck with my previous books, although Journal of New Jersey Poets may be reviewing Detours & Diversions in its 2012 issue.

I'm flattered that Carolina Morales has asked me to do a blurb for the back cover of her latest chapbook. You know with her work you are on a ride into the macabre, when the title is Dead Monster. Great poems.

I visited my 10x10 collage at Artworks in Trenton. I can't make the opening reception. The exhibition is a fundraiser for the organization. Over a 100 artists were given 10x10 inch canvases to create their work, and some of the work is really amazing. The idea is to raise money by selling each canvas for $100, split the proceeds with the artist, or ask the artist to donate his/her cut to Artworks, or, if not sold, donate the work to be sold through the Artworks online shop. The show runs for December and I think into January. I'm really bad at remembering when show are over and work needs to be picked up, but in this case, mine is theirs all the way.

On Location from March Street Press

My new chapbook is down to the last poem, last word. Confusion over whether Van Gogh's painting of the blue bedroom is  "The Bedroom", "The Bedroom at Arles" or "The Bedroom in Arles". The Internet sites can't make up their mind, and after changing it several times, I gave the publisher the okay with my latest pick, only to find out that the book that I have used as my bible for ekphrastic poems, "1000 Poems You Must See Before You Die," which is where I should have looked in the first place, does not use the word that I settled on. I wonder if anyone will notice. Maybe now that I've made a point of it, someone will.

Scott on Smack

If you missed this poem from my long history working in the trenches in inner city New Jersey, here it is again, as posted on The 5-2 Crime Poetry blog.

http://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2011/09/nancy-scott.html

OnLocationwithNancyScott

That's the name of my blogspot, but On Location is also the name of my new chapbook of ekphrastic poems coming soon from March Street Press. If you'd like to preview of some of the poems included in the chapbook, three of them are currently posted at http://www.mid.muohio.edu/segue/10/scott.htm.

And a big thank you to Gail Gerwin, Therese Halscheid and Joe Longino, who, on short notice, wrote wonderful blurbs (of course) for the back cover.

Check out all my collages at my website

Got a few minutes to spare? Along with images of my collages, there's info about my books, samples of my poetry, bio information and links to my poems online, at http://www.nancyscott.net/

My reading schedule is winding up for 2011, but 2012 is wide open. If your venue is within an hour or so from Princeton, NJ and you're looking for or you know of a group or organization who is looking for a seasoned poet who will hold the attention of any audience, contact me at nscott29@gmail.com.

New Jersey Senior Art Show, Third Place, Mixed Media - The View