tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post7120896823624714323..comments2023-11-29T08:37:13.272-08:00Comments on Dare I read?: Large circulation is pleasantGlenn Ingersollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-13362867799435394332008-03-06T15:54:00.000-08:002008-03-06T15:54:00.000-08:00My tastes in poetry aren't very specific -- yet I ...My tastes in poetry aren't very specific -- yet I still "don't like much of it but every now and then I stumble across a poem that speaks to me ..." I read a lot of poetry so that every now & then keeps turning up.Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-7500374070086478932008-03-05T08:13:00.000-08:002008-03-05T08:13:00.000-08:00I have mixed feeling about poetry 'published' on-l...I have mixed feeling about poetry 'published' on-line. I scan every one of them I run across but, like you, I read very few properly. That said, I do pretty much the same with books of poetry or poetry journals. I have very specific tastes when it comes to poetry and the bottom line is that I don't like much of it but every now and then I stumble across a poem that speaks to me and, when I do, I will revisit the site.<BR/><BR/>Apart from on-line magazines I do include poems in my blogs but they're always integral to the post. I think putting the poems out on their own would be a lot riskier. The simple truth, and this has been true for a long time, anyone publishing poetry by any means has to do it for the love of it. Giving away chapbooks is no different to sending out review copies, it's a form of marketing – you're trying to attract readers.<BR/><BR/>The thing about the web is that it attracts readers. I get scores every day – not quite hundreds yet – but after seven months hundreds have checked out my site and many will have read my poems. Eventually, maybe even already, more people will read my work on-line than off. What I need to do is keep trying to attract new readers which is why I make decent comments on sites like yours and it works. <BR/><BR/>By all means get a chapbook printed up but what about a PDF version for on-line too?Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-31584255382021985592008-03-05T06:18:00.000-08:002008-03-05T06:18:00.000-08:00I haven't mailed out copies of Misspent Youths to ...I haven't mailed out copies of Misspent Youths to authors and artists I like. I did that when I was publishing the minicomics. I had the copies on hand so that seemed like a logic thing to do. I even got the occasional response. I have a nice letter from Clive Barker somewhere. <BR/><BR/>The trouble with mailing out MY now is that it's not representative of me now. I'm quite proud of it for what it was. I'm happy to give it to anyone who might like it. It's easier to mail out copies of GLYPH. That looks enough like my current work that I don't feel like I need to include an explanation along with the magazine.David Lee Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960750033882386122noreply@blogger.com