Yes, that's right . . . I've sent seven packets of poems out into the world. I'm not sim-subbing them because I just don't want to do all the heavy tracking that I had been doing the past year. And with a lot of the pieces being submitted electronically, there's no need because the turnaround time has been really fast.
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I'm not ashamed to admit that I totally want The Beatles Rock Band game.
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I'll be on the air tomorrow at 6:55 PM EST: Joe Milford Poetry Show.
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Current Spin:
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.
3 hours ago
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Hi,
This is going to sound like a wierd question, and I don't want it in any way to seem like a loaded one, at the same time; I am curious: do you ever feel like you're putting too many poems out in the world.
(P.S. I've only bought your first book, and did enjoy it...
Steve,
Well sure. Sometimes. But I sort of view journal publication in a particular light--I see submissions to journals as a gauge. In many ways it helps me determine how far along I am in a given project. If I get a whole stream of rejections (and I often do) that tells me something. So in other words, it helps my editorial process. I don't need the pubs to get tenure at this point (though they help).
So, right now I've got a new project that fills me with a great amount of uncertainty. (Mind you, this is the most productive I've been since I've been writing poems, so it just so happens that I do have a lot of poems to submit). I want to get a feel for the new work by seeing how others feel about it. Yeah, it's the confidence game.
And thanks for getting that first book. :D
Hi Oliver,
I don't sim-sub either b/c it's too much work.
congrats on sending your poems out, that inspires me.
And I'm intrigued by that Beatles Rock Band game too, I was just talking about that this morning.
Kells,
Did I give you my copy of a submissions tracker? I remember mentioning it to you on Whidbey.
That's right! No, I don't have it, can you send it so it's compatible for MS? (I remember you were the cool Mac kid, I was the awkward Microsoft).
Good luck with the poem packets...
Add me to the list of people excited for the Beatles Rock Band, just as long as I don't have to be Ringo...ever.
wv: rises
Thanks Luke.
And doesn't that game look great?! Word is, in between tracks, there's also unreleased in-studio banter.
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