What’s on your imaginary bookshelf?

Connie May Fowler has several volumes on my Inspiration Shelf.
I have several special bookshelves in my office. One holds my inspiration books, volumes by writers I admire, whom I turn to now and then to figure out a writing issue or to get ginned up on words in preparation for a writing marathon. Another special shelf holds all the lit mags and anthologies where my work has been published. One very special shelf is part reality, part imaginary—the place where my own books, those I’ve already written and published, and those I hope to publish in the future, reside. However, all those volumes have names:
My book shelf:
Eve’s Garden
Sa-co-in-ge/blue smoke: Poems from the Southern Appalachians
Bird Talk
Chocolate and Roses (also known as The Man Who Loved Chocolate)
The Fruit of Queens
Provenance
A Journey of Moths
Weed Sugar and Other Stories
A Gypsy Poet Walked into a Coffeeshop
Mountain Girls Play Jazz
They’re not wholly imaginary. The first three are reality, already in print. Each of the others have at least an outline, while the last two are collections of poems ive published separately over the years, for which I’m now seeking a publisher. Weed Sugar is, similarly, a collection of short stories and hybrid forms.
I really want to know what’s on your bookshelves. Do you also keep an inspiration shelf? What’s on your future dream shelf?

This one’s a reality.
Glenda Bailey-Mershon
/ February 15, 2022Appreciate you all reading, so much! Let me know what you think when you can. Would love to know what you’re working on.
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judymgoodman2
/ February 16, 2022Naturally, my fantasy bookshelf contains PUSSY CAT, my other 2 “finished” novels, LADY KILLER & THE BEATS GO ON, AND my finished memoir — whatever it’s called. (Saving its title for last!) Looking forward to reading your new ones, especially A GYPSY POET WALKED INTO A COFFEESHOP & MOUNTAIN GIRLS PLAY JAZZ! Great titles!
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Glenda Bailey-Mershon
/ February 16, 2022Thanks, Judy. It helps to know which titles work best. I would love to read your memoir. And all the rest. Let’s get these books out there!
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