8.28.2014

unfortunate pub date

His book was released in the fall of 2001, while the world was otherwise occupied.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

As a true poet you must vet your poetry manuscripts thoroughly: Poetry writing is a dull, solitary venture, even for those poets who are used to it – because they’re basically antisocial posing-types – and such introverted isolation can lead to flawed assessments of one’s own writing. As say in over-estimating one’s true literary genius, for example, or underestimating the potentially too sycophantic nature of one’s targeted readers. Seek input from candid, knowledgeable readers and editors – especially ones who don’t clearly mind kissing ass when properly paid to do it. Write, edit, and rewrite, until the manuscript achieves its full, naked potential – extruding talent from its very paws. Consider hiring a real, qualified freelance editor, one who will perform a developmental edit, a line edit, or both, preferably while tap-dancing to work. Hiring a trustworthy proof-reader can also be a really worthwhile investment, although they can still scratch backs with abandon, just because it makes them laugh at your indispose. Poetry books that contain grammatical errors, typos, crass jokes, too short word groups with little real depth, or poor plot and character development will not resonate with readers, because they know better than to bother with it – the blind, egoistical fools! Writers of poetry with an unprofessional understanding of their own work basically set themselves up for crass, humiliating disappointment anyway, and deservedly so – so beware the glazed-over green-eyed monster of vain-glory!