Strength To Be Human --Global Arts & Affairs Podcast, Hosted by Mark Antony Rossi

A fascinating interview with Houston-based poet, author and retired professor J.C. Salazar on the Mexican immigrant experience, the American dream and the art of writing.

In this 3rd installment I talk about how time management is a critical component to creativity in the modern era. Art may be our Life, but our Life is more than Art. How you organize, plan and manage your time plays a paramount role in all things daily.

In this installment a guest and I discuss the value of anthologies, the dangers of vanity presses and the ongoing debate regarding chapbooks vs. full books.

In the 2nd installment of the Waking the Lion (https://www.somapublishing.com) series I discuss how important submissions on a regular basic form a pattern of work,  barrier against rejection and a means to insure your work is always circulating while creating new material. 

Waking the Lion: Inside Writing -- Rejection

Rejection is a mainstay in the world of art. Artists have struggled with this for thousands of years. In the modern era rejection has devolved into something impersonal and unproductive. This show will present a few categories and a few more thoughts on how to navigate the sea of negativity and still be successful. Not every ice cube is an iceberg and not every editor an unfeeling piece of furniture.