Hi! So, you post some of your poems here for people to read for free, and some you sell for money in your book and I think both is cool. I was just wondering if you feel like the poems you sell have to be better or different from the ones that you "give" to people for free, like here on tumblr. Because I would probably feel confused about that if I did both. Hope this made sense! :)

Hey.

That’s a really good question. So my book is a mix of old poems that have already been posted on here and some completely new ones that have never been posted.

I honestly think that just as many people would buy my book if it were made up entirely of old poems, because having a real, print copy to hold in your hands, something that the author physically crafted, is a lot different than just reading words on a screen. It feels more authentic and permanent somehow, and it also, to me, would make me feel more close to the author or somehow more intimate.

So I don’t really feel like the poems in my book have to be “better” or “different” from the ones that I “give” people for free, because the very fact that readers can now have a physical copy instead of an electronic copy is probably much preferable to most of them.

Does that make sense? :)