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And this is what she wrote:

According to Dr. Harvey Gilbert of the Gilbert Guide, there are several factors to consider in the assessment includes functional status, other illnesses, social support, medications and more.

Though the length of survival and quality of life depends on the type of cancer and the treatment, there are some factors that assist the physician in life expectancy discussions.

When my mother was sick, one thing we never asked was “how long?” because it was obvious that a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer wasn’t good, and I really didn’t want her to hear a prediction because I felt that she might behave and respond as if the time was a known fact.

Healthcare is an odd, evasive thing these day.

Serious illness is also evasive, what do you say? What don’t you say?

It must be done. Ask the always practical and beautiful Katrina. She is a perfect example of dealing with an illness with grace and courage.

And I adore her.

Put GenBetween in your feedreader. Immediately. She’s a nurse. Also put Katrina in your reader. They both are of so much value and grace.

And they are both fantastic.

A groovy vibe for a rather cool groovy thingl

Yeah, it’s better than good sometimes.

Jilly at Poetry Hut is talking about Amazon, Print on Demand and how it impacts indie writers. If you didn’t know, this month is National Poetry Month. As that is what Jilly does, she’s paying close attention.

POD & the WWW are 2 of the main reasons that I think that, for American poetry, this is one of the most exciting periods of time, ever. OK, I understand that hardly anyone buys poetry books these days, but for those of us who do, whoo boy, is there a groaning table.

An overview of why this sucks so much for small publishers.

A more detailed analysis of how this would affect a small poetry publisher.

And in the “first they came for POD” department: Newspapers, magazines, press syndicates, not just e-book and POD publishers, should beware of Amazon’s lock-ins.

So what can you do about it? Here are some ideas:

Head to her house so she can give you an update on what’s going on and how writers can deal with this new development. She has a lengthy list of things to peruse.

The question to me reflects what Rex Hammock said in Jilly’s comments.

Frankly, I too was surprised there was no local business news coverage of the story as there’s a direct Nashville connection. Print on demand is not a well-known facet of book publishing outside the book world, however, it has nothing but upside potential.

My main question reflects both Jilly and Rex’s, “Why isn’t Nashville, a hub of print publishing, talking about the Amazon deal?”

It’s a good question. I googled and searched but I didn’t see any media coverage of this in Tennessee at all. What’s up?