He begged her
to
keep it
on
paper
because
cuts heal.
The memory
of
the spine
of
her hands
won't.
I look at pretty girls
and torture myself with thoughts of your lips on theirs. I find my stomach wrapping tightly around the eyes of your future muses, seeing you love the red of another's mouth. I see a future of trembling hands, clutching another wrinkled love letter, not knowing when to let go even when you push me into moving cars and tell me to get home safe. Hello Write Queeners! Yes, you are reading it right. An e-book! In a decision to self-publish my work, I decided to start with a little experiment titled Beloved. The reason I call Beloved a mobile e-book is because everything was written on my phone AND the e-book was created on an app via my iPhone. The app is called Creative Book Builder by Tiger Ng, who not only has this wonderful little app, but a few more that help you create interactive e-books on the go! I do promise that you will get a review of these apps within the week. Beloved is an e-chapbook of poems and musings about opening, swimming through, and drowning in floodgates. This is a mobile e-book creation and experience that was complied between the condensation of Summer and the chill of Fall. It's FREE for a short period of time (or indefinitely...still deciding!). You can also pay-as-you-wish, where the funds would be used to put out Late Night Feelings, Home Sweet Home, Sweltering Sugar and other projects. Beloved is available in .EPUB and .MOBI formats (i.e. iBooks and Kindle) and a special edition web app for the iPhone and iPad. Be on the look out for a post on the Late Night Feelings blog about the process of creating Beloved. Don't you just love the cover? The photo I used for the cover is by my wonderfully talented best friend and business partner, Alshawn Rushing. He is the Head of Photography and co-founder of EAT Media. If you want to use his awesome skills, head over to EAT Media's website or check him out on his website NerosisMuse Photography. Look out for an update on the link to the web app. Still working on getting that up! Don't forget to subscribe to the blog so you can receive updates like this and more! |
Christina D. RodriguezA Latinx poet and entrepreneur who blogs about poetry, music, writing, and life. Archives
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