Do you mean an editor for publication purposes? If so, I have two recommendations:
1) Send poems to magazines that print poems. University journals are probably the best place to start. They are not glorified versions of MSJ--professional poets are published in them all the time. It is pretty much impossible to get a book of poems published without any magazine credits under your belt.
2) If your interest is in seeing things in book form more quickly, consider one of the respectable and upfront online print-on-demand outfits, like lulu.com. This doesn't have the cachet that being published by a selective company does, but it is not unheard of for renowned poets (or authors who write poetry on the side) to put out self-published chapbooks, precisely because the profit margins are nonexistent anyway and the demand in commercial publishing is so very tiny.
Hope that wasn't discouraging--it is just the state of things, I'm afraid.
I'm thinking more an editor for collation purposes. I'm not interested in fame from being published (I've already had various pieces sollicited and printed and gotten over the "wow, me, neato" phase) I'm more interested in having someone bug me to put it all together meaningfully. hrm.
Oh and there's this well writted science fiction novel that I am far too lazy to give a 5th pass to. I think my main urge to find an editor is to find someone who would teach me a passion for editting. Who knows.
Oh and the sentence was also a pun - I'm in need of a good blog editing piece, because my current solution posted vile hatred to my screen about some of the gaelic. =P
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1) Send poems to magazines that print poems. University journals are probably the best place to start. They are not glorified versions of MSJ--professional poets are published in them all the time. It is pretty much impossible to get a book of poems published without any magazine credits under your belt.
2) If your interest is in seeing things in book form more quickly, consider one of the respectable and upfront online print-on-demand outfits, like lulu.com. This doesn't have the cachet that being published by a selective company does, but it is not unheard of for renowned poets (or authors who write poetry on the side) to put out self-published chapbooks, precisely because the profit margins are nonexistent anyway and the demand in commercial publishing is so very tiny.
Hope that wasn't discouraging--it is just the state of things, I'm afraid.
Hope you two are well!
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Oh and there's this well writted science fiction novel that I am far too lazy to give a 5th pass to. I think my main urge to find an editor is to find someone who would teach me a passion for editting. Who knows.
Oh and the sentence was also a pun - I'm in need of a good blog editing piece, because my current solution posted vile hatred to my screen about some of the gaelic. =P
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