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Apr. 29th, 2003 11:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsycheWhew, I'm tired. I got up early this morning to register with a temp agency around here. Maybe soon I'll be earning a paycheck again. It's certainly been long enough.
My only fear about working is that it will significantly change the way I write poetry; I won't be able to just pick up my pen anytime I want. But I hope I'll be able to adjust.
So far this year I've sent out nine submissions to little magazines. I got my first reply last week; it was a rejection. This was fine with me, though, because the stuff I sent out in January wasn't my best. I just knew I needed to start submitting again. The editor invited me to submit again, so that's encouraging. I plan to do so in the next few weeks.
My goal is to get at least one piece published by the end of the year. I have been published in the past (and I'm not including my college's literary magazines), but now I hope to start the long road to truly devoting myself to the craft. I want to be able to proudly say "I'm a poet" without feeling like that's an inconceivable thing to say.
My only fear about working is that it will significantly change the way I write poetry; I won't be able to just pick up my pen anytime I want. But I hope I'll be able to adjust.
So far this year I've sent out nine submissions to little magazines. I got my first reply last week; it was a rejection. This was fine with me, though, because the stuff I sent out in January wasn't my best. I just knew I needed to start submitting again. The editor invited me to submit again, so that's encouraging. I plan to do so in the next few weeks.
My goal is to get at least one piece published by the end of the year. I have been published in the past (and I'm not including my college's literary magazines), but now I hope to start the long road to truly devoting myself to the craft. I want to be able to proudly say "I'm a poet" without feeling like that's an inconceivable thing to say.
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Date: 2003-04-29 09:13 am (UTC)While you're waiting for individual poems to be accepted by mags, would you consider self-publishing a collection via someone like www.booklocker.com ? It's not vanity publishing, and, where the market is as thin as it is in poetry, it can makes some sense.
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Date: 2003-05-02 11:17 am (UTC)That's an interesting site. I don't have the cash right now to invest, and honestly I think publishing without having a reader base isn't wise. I don't mind taking my time. Rejection is part of the process of honing the craft, finding out what works and what doesn't and then getting better.