Just a quick reminder that I will be appearing tonight, together with the estimable Josef Kaplan, as part of the Poets of Queens Reading Series. Please catch us this evening at Vintage in Astoria, Queens. Would love to see you there!

Poets of Queens
Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 6:30 - 7:30 pm
@ Vintage
23-14 Ditmars Blvd.
Astoria, New York 11105

A few minutes' walk from the N/W stop at Astoria–Ditmars Blvd

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Just a quick note to announce that this week's Poets of Queens Reading has been postponed until Wednesday, June 6, in anticipation of the coming storm.

Hope to see you in three months as I read with the estimable Josef Kaplan at Vintage in Astoria, Queens!

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I'm honored to be part of the Poets of Queens Reading Series! I'll be appearing with the remarkable Josef Kaplan on March 7th at Vintage in Astoria, Queens. Come join us, have a glass of wine, and support a wonderful new organization in the neighborhood.

Poets of Queens was founded by Olena Jennings to celebrate the poets of Queens and to create a community around poetry in Queens. I hope you'll come be part of it.

Poets of Queens
Wednesday, March 7, 2018, 7:30 - 8:30 pm
@ Vintage
23-14 Ditmars Blvd.
Astoria, New York 11105

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Line Break is here again! It's the eclectic monthly live literary magazine where poetry meets prose, fact meets fiction, and high-brow meets low-brow, at fabulous Q.E.D. in Astoria, Queens.

At every show, live-lit veteran William Shunn brings a wild assortment of writers together on one stage. Don't miss our terrific September 1 lineup, featuring:

• Steven Alvarez
• Jared Harél
• Thomas March
• Bob McNeil
• Kem Joy Ukwu

No rules, no themes—just the best writers in town. Line Break—it's the start of a new thought. Don't miss it!

Line Break Reading Series
Saturday, September 1, 2018, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Hosted by William Shunn

Q.E.D. - A Place to Show & Tell
27-16 23rd Avenue
Astoria, NY 11105

Admission $7. Beer, wine and snacks available.

More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2443325589236517/?event_time_id=2443325602569849

Q.E.D. is a short trip from Manhattan on the N train to Queens. Just stay on all the way to Astoria–Ditmars Blvd at the end of the line, and walk a couple of blocks west on 23rd Avenue. (The W train does not run on weekends.)

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A reader writes to ask:

I want to submit a novel manuscript to a small press in the US and their guidelines say "indented, not tabbed."

What's the difference? Usually I just hit the tab key once. Should I be doing something else?

I have Word Starter 2010, and I can't see any distinction between "indent" and "tab."

How do I make sure I'm indenting and not tabbing? If I'm tabbing, how do I change it to indent?

This is an excellent question, and I'm sure the cause of much confusion among word-processing novices. There is in fact a distinction between tabbing and indenting—or rather, it might be more accurate to say that tabbing is only one way to indent a paragraph. I will try to explain a method for indenting paragraphs that makes your document more portable* and easier for your publisher to use.

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Sigh. Much as I try, I can't keep those crazy kids at Sinister Regard from putting out new ebook editions of my juvenilia. The latest novella to get this pixelation treatment is Deus ex Machina, my ridiculous sci-fi romp about an artificial intelligence who tries to kill God and take the Big I AM's place.

The trade paperback edition of Deus ex Machina was released late last year, but for the ebook release Sinister Regard has given it a spiffily updated cover. And the ebook is available pretty much everywhere! Smashwords, Kobo, Nook, iBooks and Kindle all have it for a measly $1.99, and it's also available for your reading pleasure on such subscription services as Oyster and Scribd. How do you like me now?

But wait! That's not all! Sinister Regard will be bringing out three more of my books in print and electronic editions over the course of the summer, including two that have never before seen the light of day! First, on June 16th, is Whether We Are Mended, my collection of three long sci-fi love stories, which is also getting a cover that's a vast improvement over its original hardback edition.

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