In the name of all that is common sense, where in the world do these peopel get the idea they have been published? What I mean is, there is a HUGE difference between having a bunch of rotten little poems you wrote published on some lame web site (that is vanity printing NOT real publishing) and actually sending a competent manuscript into a publisher (a real publisher in say, NYC, or similar) and getting PAID for your work! Those web sites and vanity presses take everyone's work! No real publisher publishes poetry today anyway. I have run into more people on Yahoo who say, hey, you don't know anything, because I am a published poet. These people are on some lame website for pete's sake, or have paid to have their cheesy little book printed up. That is NOT real publishing. Is everyone crazy? I think people had better realize there is a difference between real publishing versus on line nonsense. Also, many seem to feel they will be the next JK Rowling or John Grisham. Hello?
2007-02-22
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