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[novapsyche]

A thought that has been pressing on me lately is that I haven't submitted any poetry this year at all.

This needs to change. I need to try for publication this year.

The collegiate journals begin accepting again generally in September. Which means I'll need to buckle down in August and choose (a) what poems to send and (b) to which publications and contests I'll submit.

This means getting most of my poems from last year off my old hard drive, because most of them never found their way into hard copy. (I barely remember the stuff I wrote last year. Which will be good when I go through with my revision eye.)

August and September. I need to buckle down.

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[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

As much of an effort it is to make myself buckle down and write, it's infinitely more difficult to make myself market anything. One rejection letter, and my motivation goes out the window. I got used to acceptance being the norm when I was doing journalism, and I'd forgotten the low acceptance rate for creative work. Bleh. maybe we can motivate each other to send stuff out.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Rejections are par for the course when it comes to poetry. They don't even phase me anymore. :)