A timely newsletter, Radha. Thanks for inviting more inquiries. Here are some questions on my mind currently:
1) I would like to hear more about the path from revision to single-poem publication to book publication. How important is it to get a poem or more published in a journal before trying to publish a book of poems?
2) Should we submit poems before we think they are in "final" form?
3)What about self publishing? Marketing? Is there a place for poetry on social media?
4)When should we stop adding "new" poems to a book of poems we're trying to put together?
You say so many wise things, Radha. This is one of my favorites: "Absolutely no one benefits if we all pretend the process is easy."
Indeed it isn't easy. Which is one reason we should celebrate the days when the writing is both easy and satisfying. And honor each other as we continue the work when it isn't.
A timely newsletter, Radha. Thanks for inviting more inquiries. Here are some questions on my mind currently:
1) I would like to hear more about the path from revision to single-poem publication to book publication. How important is it to get a poem or more published in a journal before trying to publish a book of poems?
2) Should we submit poems before we think they are in "final" form?
3)What about self publishing? Marketing? Is there a place for poetry on social media?
4)When should we stop adding "new" poems to a book of poems we're trying to put together?
Great questions, Celeste. Stay tuned!
You say so many wise things, Radha. This is one of my favorites: "Absolutely no one benefits if we all pretend the process is easy."
Indeed it isn't easy. Which is one reason we should celebrate the days when the writing is both easy and satisfying. And honor each other as we continue the work when it isn't.