Comments | whipchick: The Literary Crabbucket

whipchick

The Literary Crabbucket

Oct 28, 2014 16:02

There is a literary magazine I love, Five Dials. I devour their issues--each with a different theme, or focused on authors from a certain region of the world, or on a form or style. I tend to grab random friends and read chunks out loud until their eyes glaze over with what I like to think is literary joy ( Read more... )

declarations of intent, the submission process, blogging, speech fodder, twitter

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medleymisty October 28 2014, 20:34:32 UTC

The few literary magazines I've submitted to now regularly show up in my spam box, advertising expensive classes and workshops.

I haven't submitted to them again.

*hugs*

whipchick October 28 2014, 20:56:29 UTC

I know, right? Half the time I wonder if the "contest" is actually a combination fundraiser and mailing-list generator.

I had someone contact me about retreats where they were charging $4000 for a 3-day weekend. Nice work if you can get it :)

ejfrostuk October 28 2014, 20:37:54 UTC

You are justifiably crabby. And justifiably voting with your tweets (or lack thereof).

This is the best line I've read all year:

"On days when I want to write better, I read that paragraph over and over again, hoping it will osmose into my head and my heart and my fingers and homeopathically tinge my own work."

So clearly the homeopathy is working. :)

whipchick October 28 2014, 20:57:01 UTC

Thank you :) Practice practice!

anyonesghost October 28 2014, 20:49:02 UTC

Wait a minute. You mean "social" implies a two way street? It's not just wandering through the town square belting out advertisements as loud as you can??

whipchick October 28 2014, 20:57:27 UTC

I'M SORRY I COULDN'T HEAR YOU BECAUSE I WAS TALKING ABOUT MY BOOK. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BUY MY BOOK?

tonithegreat October 29 2014, 03:08:22 UTC

This world of media is hard to navigate! I often think about it being hard to navigate in terms of the "mass media" of the internet taken as one big thing, but it seems to be true that niches are harder to navigate too, literary stuff included.

halfshellvenus October 29 2014, 04:42:58 UTC

copy-pasted by an intern who is laboring in the keyboard mines in exchange for pizza.
This description alone shows why you deserve attention as a writer. :D

I understand your POV completely. There is the veneer of treating you like a "valued friend" with the requests to spread the word, but when it comes to basic respect for you as a writer... they've really fallen short. I'm sorry. :(