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Re: Great advice
Good luck, lionreign. You should start sending stuff out and don't worry about the rejection slips. Pick up some poetry journals (most larger bookstores have them). And start reading. Get a feel for how your work fits. Look at online journals. There are tons of them now. Then start submitting. Your friends here on blogit will be rejoicing at your first acceptance and will be encouraging you forward after any rejections.
posted by
BetsyLewis
on February 3, 2009 at 2:36 PM
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Great advice
Although once I have started on that I have an obsessive compulsion to tweak my poems, changing things and changing things - even changing them back again - that I never actually have sent one out
I am still editing it... but then I am not at the stage where I should be sending stuff yet. I will remember this list for when I do though - thank you!
posted by
lionreign
on February 3, 2009 at 3:26 AM
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Betsy Lewis
An excellent helpful post that I shall print off and keep as a reference. Thanks luv
posted by
WileyJohn
on February 3, 2009 at 12:01 AM
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Excellent post indeed!
posted by
teddypoet_TheGoodByeFade
on February 2, 2009 at 11:22 PM
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excellent information thank you!
posted by
Wigopa_
on February 2, 2009 at 5:35 PM
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Great advice. Spellchecks only tell whether a word is spelled correctly, not whether it is the correct word in that sentence.
posted by
EX_TURPI
on February 2, 2009 at 4:05 PM
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