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[deadlanguage]

In an attempt to become "proactive" I'm submitting some writing and photography to magazines and the like. This is nauseating on so many levels. "hello, I'm a totally pompous writer AND photographer. here is some of my totally pompous art". I wish that there were a way that I could submit both and somehow indicate that I'm not an asshole...

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[lovebettie]

not nauseating! totally awesome!

being any kind of artist means you have to suck it up and accept the fact that you're guff, no matter which way you cut it. i'm learning to revel in it, i.e. calling myself an "experimental lesbian poet," wearing flowy dresses & getting literary tattoos. barf barf/hip hip hooray!

xo

[deadlanguage]

I think that you have the right approach, I guess I'm still uncomfortable with the artist aspect of making art... like I want to be all "hello, i totally make art whenever I have a free moment, and yea I'm barely held together by a regiment of over-the-counter medications... and of course I wake up with make-up chipping off my face, but I wouldn't say that I'm an artist".
I guess I just need to come to terms.

[andme]

Oh, just write a really nice cover letter. Give a short bio of yourself, and thank them for reading. The act of submitting work to journals is already so humbling. I guess the journal would specify if they want you to submit photography separately? I'm not really sure.