I confess it, I am a very lazy person. I don’t get up early. I tend to think of exercise as something I ought to do rather than something I do. As a writer, I also have longish fallow periods and I don’t send stuff out very often.
So why am I subjecting myself to writing the (probably occasional – see above) blog post? And why am I doing this in the process of trying to master the art of WordPress and beef up this website somewhat?
Ah, that would be for economic reasons. Well – not strictly economic, because not many people actually make money out of poetry – but for the reason that I have a book coming out in February 2026 and my publisher, The Main Street Rag, thinks I should be spreading the link to my author page at their bookstore far and wide, so here it is: https://mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/as-for-the-rose-jenny-doughty/
If you click on my page, on the tabs there you can also see the blurbs Richard Foerster, Linda Aldrich and Mark Doty so kindly provided for me, and some sample poems.
Go on – treat yourself and pre-order it at the discounted price. It’s worth it!
Jenny Doughty, Poet 