Meg Smith, Writer

I think every writer has that feeling of amazement when holding a copy of a new book and saying, "This book is mine! I wrote this!" I feel proud and blessed to make my dreams as a writer come true.  I have five books of poetry, and a short fiction collection, The Plague Confessor .  Four of my poetry books, Dear Deepest Ghost, This Scarlet Dancing, Night's Island, and Pretty Green Thorns , and my short fiction collection, The Plague Confessor , have all been published by Emu Books.  They are available at my website and online bookstore. Meg Smith is a writer, journalist, dancer and events producer living in Lowell, Mass. She welcomes visits to  megsmithwriter.com .  

  Here in New England, many people eagerly await the arrival of summer -- partly because summer seems so fleeting, compared to wintertime.  Of course, if you're a writer of horror fiction or poetry, or simply a fan, your orientation is more likely to be toward fall.  Fall in New England is magical, and filled with folklore, falling leaves, flocks of tourists, and of course, the anticipation of Halloween.  As I write this, in the midst of a heatwave -- as many parts of the U.S. are soldiering on through even higher temps -- fall can seem very far away.  And there is fear in the air -- is this hot weather a portent of things to come, of the specter of climate change? This blog is not to open a debate on the subject, though to me, there is little to debate. Climate change is real, and its effects will slip past our control if we continue to abdicate control.  That said, please seek out other forums for arguments on this topic -- but do consult atmospheric scie...