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

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[nerak-g.livejournal.com]

fees! someone told me this once & since i'm pretty poor, i adhere to it. thanks for asking this question because i think i'm in similar space right now, fumbling.i didn't even think about it until people here and there started asking questions like "so, when are you going to publish?" two friends have even donated a computer and printer to the cause, so i guess i'd better get serious! the how has always been the sticking point, because i'm the type who doesn't even find the good deals at the thrift store.
i'm in the process of articulating it-collecting answers, talking up other poets, and just beginning to send things out.i have to be better about killing the procrastinator in myself.
thank you, daphne, for your advice!