I enjoyed working with the team at South Florida Writers Association to create this literary anthology. What sets this book apart is its ultimate destination: THE MOON. 

"Would you like to send a poem or a short story to the moon? That was the question delivered to over one hundred South Florida Writers Association creatives-and the race was on to craft and deliver.

The result is this anthology, on which pages you find thoughtful poetry and prose written with a love for what connects us to our moon. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed compiling this collection that will journey to the moon as part of the Lunar Codex Project.

This project began on July 30th of 2024 when Dr. Samuel Peralta, founder of the Lunar Codex, a stunning collection of the works of contemporary writers, artists, musicians, and filmmakers from all over the world, contacted poet Howard Camner and asked him to put together an anthology for the Polaris Collection of the Codex that would be launched to the moon and remain there in perpetuity. Camner contacted Mort Laitner, President of the SFWA to come aboard as co-editor. The best of the best was compiled, and the rest, quite literally, is history. As Dr. Peralta has stated: "The Sea of Tranquility Anthology brings together the voices of scores of poets and authors in tribute to humanity and its yearnings, to look upward, outward, to imagine, to dream."

This is a terrific collection of poetry and short pieces from SFWA creators. I'm proud to have my poem

"The Moon And I Walk The Dog" included, and to have worked with the team to compile the over 100

 works---all with the moon as theme---into a vibrant and exciting collection. 

The man in the moon is going to be very happy.

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Helping Others

You can click the above link to see what I'm working on. I'd like to finish the website this week.

My idea is simple: We're all writers, we're all readers. Books, poems, Facebook posts, song lyrics, emails, postcards, news reports, menus, street signs, graffiti. We buy paperbacks, hard covers and eBooks at our favorite places. We look for good deals, writers we like, stories that interest us, inform us, help us decide what we must do to get on with our lives. 

Suppose in addition to that, suppose every time we bought what we'd like to read, part of the money we spent went to Feeding America, or Doctors Without Borders, or the American Red Cross?

And suppose the writers and musicians and artists we love supplied their short works to make it all work, a functioning partnership between writers and readers to DO SOMETHING to help victims of disasters get food and clothes and medicine. Not just Facebook posts, but writers and readers sharing their time and experiences to let those unfortunate ones know, we care. Here, take what we can give. Tell us how we can do more. 

I think this can work. I'm risking money I don't have and time that is getting short to create a mechanism that receives and delivers help. Everyone I have talked to about this wants in. My faith in humanity has grown quite a bit just hearing good things we can do. I'll keep you posted.