I have now submitted books to two publishers via online submissions. That's www.transita.co.uk and www.librosinternational.com - the former publishes great new fiction by women, the latter is a new venture based here in Spain.
It's been a strange journey, even to get this far... from my first disastrous effort at a novel (called Subliminals - Sex and Death !! I may resuscussitate it one day but for now lets say it was a 'juvenile work' written at 21, freshly dropped out of university), to the current head count of 2 completed novels, 2 unfinished novels, 2 published articles in Canada, some music reviews and interviews for indie magazines in the UK, couple of articles on the web (not including my blog) one novella for 10 year olds, a box of short stories for small children, and two overflowing crates of poems. Oh, and I didn't include that poem published in Puffin Post when I was 13 and 3/4's...
It's hard to get GOOD feedback. I go to a writers group (Jalon Valley Writers, based in Alcalali) and distribute snippets of work to friends, but I kinda hoped this blog would generate feedback. Course it doesn't...yet. Not competing with the 6 million other regular bloggers in the UK. So if you're out there in Lapland trying to get your first novel published, or write regularly for a Mexican poetry 'n' porn magazine, or whatever, do drop in and say hi... its kinda lonely without you.
Coming soon...
An idea for a screenplay based on a future where America has become Hollywoodia in the south, and the Canadian Atheists in the north, and one huge bible belt encircles the globe. What happens when a god-fearing lass falls in love with an exiled atheist, who is fighting the global power of the Media...
1 comment:
i think perhaps the poetry blogs are not so common - or it seems writers post regular work, but then let the blog die. when you're reading them from another country it's like the person died too. course i'm guilty of not posting regularly enough...
& true, the blogger thrives on comments.
i view yr page every now & then cos i like your poetry. "dainty biro covered fists" for instance is cool. i'll comment when i can.
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