Poem "Salt" included in Common Ground Review's Volume 12 issue 2, Fall/Winter 2015 Anthology. SALT There is a man at the far end of the garden, seated at a black wrought-iron table. Flecks of light move over his shoulders, passing between the narrow leaves of an olive tree. A gray cat waits nearby, shadowed [...]
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Next Release Coming April 2016
Following the 2014 and 2015 releases of my first two books, I'm beginning to gear up for my next work, "The Starling's Song," coming April 2016. Here's a sneak peek at "Feel," a piece first featured in Purple Passion Press's 2015 anthology: Like every other summer afternoon the sails unfurl in the blue spoon of [...]
Award-Winning Poetry Collection “The Weight of Snow” Coming September 1st from Smooth Stones Press
I'm elated to say that I recently signed a book deal for my debut poetry collection, "The Weight of Snow" with Smooth Stones Press! It will be available September 1st in hardback, then on October 1st for paperback and eBook. In 2014, "The Weight of Snow" won finalist in the poetry category of both the [...]
NEW RELEASE from Award-Winning Author B.L.Bruce “28 Days of Solitude” NOW AVAILABLE
ISBN (trade paperback): 978-0-9914503-4-3 ISBN (eBook): 978-0-9914503-3-6 Publication date: August 1, 2015 104 pages Black Swift Press B.L.BRUCE is a writer, graphic designer, and publisher from Santa Cruz, California. She holds a bachelor’s degree in literature and creative writing from UC Santa Cruz. Her work has appeared in dozens of anthologies, magazines, and literary publications, including The Sun [...]
CUSTOM BOOK COVER DESIGN Starting at $99
Custom eBook Covers $99 Custom Print Covers $135 When you supply your own image or graphic. *Service includes 3 mockups and 2 changes. DOWNLOAD MY ONLINE PORTFOLIO * * * OTHER DESIGN & PUBLISHING SERVICES: – Book interior layout design & formatting for both traditional printers & print on demand providers – Book Printing through CreateSpace or other traditional printers or print-on-demand platforms – eBook conversion – ISBN, barcode, [...]
“28 Days of Solitude” NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER
B.L.Bruce is a writer, graphic designer, and publisher from Santa Cruz, California. She holds a bachelor’s degree in literature and creative writing from UC Santa Cruz. Her work has appeared in dozens of anthologies, magazines, and literary publications, including The Sun Magazine, Northwind Magazine, Soundings Review, and the Monterey Poetry Review. She was nominated for the Ina [...]
PRAISE FOR “NINE PASSES: FLY FISHING THROUGH THE PAST AND PRESENT OF THE HIGH SIERRA”
Nine Passes, Todd Bruce’s deeply personal account of his 300-mile backpacking expedition through the Sierra Nevada, is informed by the author’s vivid sense of history and enduring love of the land. Retracing the route of Charles McDermand, an outdoorsman and writer whose landmark 1946 travelogue The Waters of the Golden Trout Country sparked a national interest in the [...]
CUSTOM BOOK COVER DESIGN – Starting at $99
Custom eBook Covers $99 Custom Print Covers $135 When you supply your own image or graphic. *Service includes 3 mockups and 2 changes. SEE MY ONLINE PORTFOLIO For a link to download my complete portfolio, please email: bribruceproductions (at) gmail (dot) com * * * OTHER DESIGN & PUBLISHING SERVICES: – Editing – Book interior layout design & formatting for both traditional printers [...]
Interview with Poet Bri Bruce by Susan Salluce
While writing my second book, GriefINK, Tattoo as the Language of Grief, I searched for a poem about mourning. I stumbled across many that were familiar, but wanted that something special that will speak to the reader’s soul. A friend recommended that I contact a young female poet in Santa Cruz, California by the name Bri [...]
“Forbearance” published in issue 30 of Damselfly Press
Below is an excerpt from my latest publication in Damselfly Press‘s issue 30 My poem titled “Forbearance” is set to appear in my next collection, The Starling’s Song (Black Swift Press, 2015) FORBEARANCE When the morning is darkest we are roused by the birds in the plum tree. I pull him from the bed, beg him accompany me [...]
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