Firstly, a warm thank you to Editor Barbara Harris Leonhard for giving my poem
a splendid nesting place in her magazine on the World Wide Web and exposure
to my words. Thanks from the bottom of my heart.

Who is Barbara?

Barbara Harris Leonhard is an Amazon Best-Selling Author, Three-Penny Memories:
A Poetic Memoir, (EIF-Experiments in Fiction, 2022), Pushcart Nominee, 2022, 2023;
Trending Poets- Poet of the Year 2023. She’s the editor at MUSA*.

For those unfamiliar with Masticadores USA*, here’s a #writerslift

• This collaboration grows my reach.
•  The English editions of Masticadores are breaking records in views.
• Barbara shares that numbers are not as important as the gratification of writing
  and editing. However, big news! MasticadoresUSA has accrued 80,000 views and
  over 30,000 visits since it began!
• In total, the Masticadores magazines (MasticadoresUSA, Chewers & Masticadores,
  Gobblers & Masticadores, and many other Masticadores issues across the planet)
  now have over 300 thousand visits this year and 800 thousand visits since the
  Masticadores enterprise began, according to our Founder and Head Editor, Juan
  Re Crivello. He says when we reach 1 million visits, we will have a party!!

•  Anyone can be part of this growing community! Get submission details
  at the Masticadores link when you visit. 

Thanks for the support. I bless you.

For today, it’s an interview, initially suggested by EIF, a dedicated publisher of fiction,
poetry & memoir (thanks so dearly); publisher of many books and conducted by BoldJourney–a splendid online magazine that feels young to me.

Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Selma Martin. We
think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Hi Selma, thank you for being such a positive, uplifting person. We’ve noticed
that so many of the successful folks we’ve had the good fortune of connecting
with have high levels of optimism and so we’d love to hear about your optimism
and where you think it comes from.

1- Where does your optimism come from?

It would please me so much if you’d head to Masticadores to read My humble thoughts
on being an optimist. I also hope you find value in reading.

Thanks for reading my friends.

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Selma Martin

I’m a simple woman who dares to see the beauty in ordinary. I’d love to connect with you and like pen pals, I want something beautiful to blossom between us. Will you join me? Selma is my middle name. Its meaning—peaceful, complete, are euphoric affirmations I like to think of myself as having. They compliment the joy I feel when I write. I sincerely hope you decide to join me on my writing journey. I Wish You Miracles.

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