I set my goal of poems to reach before even looking to get published at 500.
It looks like I will hit that mark before the end of the year.
However, I'm not sure if I should get published. Friends and acquantinces all say that I am an amazing poet (I will put a sample poem in additional information soon) but I am really not sure at this point.
I write poetry to express myself and I'm not sure if I want the expression part to possibly be tainted by getting published.
I am very open to criticism and not too clingy to having every word in a poem stay the same. I am not afraid of the editing process.
Any advice on getting published along with whether or not I should try to get published is fully welcome.
Also, should I send all 500 (Not expecting them to all get in, but to give the publisher choices, expectign about 100 to be in the book) or should I just try to find my best work (which is not an easy thing to do)!
Thanks in advance.
2006-12-02
06:11:17
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locomonohijo
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