anecdotes anyone?

[emchy]

a few question for all you gorgeous poets/writers/freelancers etc. out there

where do you go to find places to submit your work?

how do you choose which places are worth the reading fee?

(and for you published folks) how did you come into contact with/choose your publisher?

now of course I know the poets market and various poet mags - I am looking more for personal process, if you're wiling to share
I am trying to get a grip on sending work out
and though I have read the entire - cover to cover - poets market, I am floundering

Comments

[cindymonkey.livejournal.com]

it does help - a lot in fact - a picture of how and where to go

I have a hard time in seeing an accurate picture of my own work
i mean figuring out who my own personal justin chin might be

i know authors i like of course
and authors who influence me

but i feel like i either like work that doesn't resemble mine much - or I am zero to sixty
example: my current aspirations lead me to hayden carruth
however a. i am certainly not there yet by a long stretch and b. it doesn't cover the range of my voice or the voice i am developing

i need to read read more i think to find these models

(by the way - total offtopic side note - ever thought about Mae West?)

[postmaudlin.livejournal.com]

i'm guessing you mean for the book -- YES, i have -- the problem is in keeping her discrete from monroe!

[cindymonkey.livejournal.com]

true - but mae was so much more the badass bawdy one
i am so curious to see how that turns out if you try it
i have been renting mae west movies lately yum