Frequently Asked Questions

• Any readings outside of the Bay Area which cannot be attended virtually must reimburse travel and accommodation costs.
• If you’d like me to read longer than 5-10 minutes at in person events
• For accessibility reasons, the venue or hosting organization must provide a podium or music stand and a mic stand and PA system.

• Duration of performance (for example, just one poem on a theme or how many minutes)
• If there is a specific theme to the event, let me know, so that I can cater my set to it.
• The time and date of the event
• The address of the venue or how to access the online event
• Please note whether or not there is an honorarium and the amount if applicable.
• Please note whether or not I will be given a space in your venue to sell books, and whether or not your venue or organization requires a cut of book sales.
• I will need at least two weeks notice to allow time for ordering if you require that I have a certain number of books available for sale during an in person performance.

I am physically unable to assist you in moving furniture, am not interested in being bogged down by event planning minutiae, do not own a sound system, and am also not a caterer. I am a performer. I also will not pay to perform.

Please contact me to work out the details.

Please email me to arrange a time to meet in person or via zoom, or you can simply email me your interview questions.

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Short answer is no. Wanderings is a permafree book on many platforms. I occasionally run free promotions on Kindle and Smashwords. I am an independent author who is not backed by a publishing company, who has no day job and a limited budget. Please purchase copies of my books if you’re interested in them. I do appreciate legitimate customer reviews, but any solicitations for free copies will be ignored.

I am a performer, a writer, and an occasional judge of performance and writing. If it falls in those three areas, drop me an email. However, I am not in the business of editing books for other writers, event planning, catering for events, nor providing free advice beyond what I have already publicly shared. Please visit vallejopoetrysociety.org for some useful links about publishing and area open mics.

If the project suits me, I will consider it. If not I can forward it to my mailing list. Please send me an email. I am more likely to submit if you pay authors or at least provide a gratis copy of the anthology or magazine. I believe poets should be compensated.

I do not have the budget to buy your services. Please do not send me unsolicited emails. Thank you.

The most I can do is perform a poem for a cause at your event. I have a limited budget and physical limitations, so I am unable to donate or volunteer in other capacities for your campaign or cause at this time. I also do not endorse candidates for office.

I can write a poem to order based on a theme, perform a feature set of poetry at your event, serve as a judge of performance or writing, or host an in person poetry open mic.

If you write poetry, I might be interested. Please contact me via email.