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Date Posted: 11:08:07 01/31/03 Fri
Author: Raphaela
Author Host/IP: webcacheB02a.cache.pol.co.uk / 195.92.168.164
Subject: Re: Non-published poet with avant-garde work needs help or advice finding first publisher please!
In reply to: Shaun 's message, "Non-published poet with avant-garde work needs help or advice finding first publisher please!" on 01:40:01 01/30/03 Thu

Hi Shaun

Welcome to Unicorn. It is difficult to have a whole collection of your poetry published until you become well known or popular - and publishers can trust their investment. Some publishers will contact you direct if they see your work and they are interested in publishing several poems in an anthology - I have been contacted myself from work that has been seen on this Forum. You are more than welcome to post a select of your poems here and I would also be grateful if you would comment on other posts too. I have been rather busy of late so not had as much time to devote to the Forum as previously but it can remain lively if everyone contributes.

I will email you later with an address of a publisher who has published some of my work in several anthologies. There are some really good links on the web but don't be tempted to use any that ask you to pay for any poems to be published.

Good luck and hope to read more of your work shortly. A while back I posted some work inspired by my travels in India and am always interested in reading work that has been similarly inspired.

Raphaela

>Hi everyone,
>
>I'm writing this to inquire about publishers to submit
>my poetry. I search the internet and find an abundance
>of publishers. However, this leaves me even further to
>confusion & speculation about who (contests, literary
>'zines, ect.) and how (electronically, "snail mail",
>ect.) to submit.
>
>Here is where I stand at the moment. I've been writing
>poetry since my teenage years (I'm 22 now). This
>includes a powerful 2001-02 when I was traveling
>across Australia, New Zealand, and the Fiji Islands.
>Plus the more recently times (2002-03) traveling about
>Canada. I have collected, edited, and proofread almost
>all of these poems. Before I knew them by heart
>because I only wrote when I felt there was something
>important to capture or create. But because I have
>analyzed them several times I know these poems even
>more intimately.
>
>Next, I dwindled them all down to 40 of the "best"
>poems. Roughly the span of a chapbook. Because I've
>never been published before I'm not quite sure of the
>chances finding a publisher willing to take the risk
>of publishing the full book. So, I've taken these "40
>best poems" and reduced them to 8 "best of the best".
>Ones that I feel would stand the test of time to a
>great degree and that can be looked at from a grip of
>different angles. These are also my most avant-garde
>in terms of rhyme scheme, form, and subject. In
>general the content of my poetry is to create or
>capture a moment of beauty in nature and
>"emotional-scapes" with detail but that which still
>provides plenty of room for a reader to interpret.
>Several of my poems also serve as songs. Some of which
>I've actually recorded or plan to in the future. I
>play guitar, percussion, keyboards, & turntables (DJ).
>
>
>I'm an American citizen currently residing on
>beautiful Vancouver Island in B.C, Canada. If you
>might have any ideas towards a publisher who'd be
>grateful in seeing my work I'd sincerely be forever
>grateful.
>
>Thank you & kindest regards,
>
>Shaun Apple
>(applesbliss)
>abliss@binity.com

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