Thursday, February 16, 2006
Titbids
I already used "Tidbits" as a title, sorry.
- I set aside the poem where form was overwhelming content, because I realized that it had completely departed from the cool idea that got me started on it, and not departed to fun new places.
- I figured out a form for the poem that needed it, so that draft is preceding nicely, even though it's a style I'm not really comfortable with.
- I revised a formerly 23-line poem into an 8-liner. Yes, that is drastic, but I decided most of what I removed was exposition.
- My longest outstanding submissions at this point (of the ones I haven't completely given up on) are Many Mountains Moving and The Hudson Review, each at 33-34 weeks. Jeffery, any news on MMM? Grin...
- Because I've been preparing The Eleventh Muse a lot this month, my writing and submissions have slowed way down. I think that's good on the submission side, where I've been getting better in the past year about being more selective--even with that new selectivity, there are dozens of places I'd like to be published.
- Speaking of the Muse, it's in final proofreading, and I expect to take it to the printer next week, have a proof copy done, and then have the whole thing by the beginning of March.
- I think I shall write about something non-poetry on here very soon. I just need to have a wee bit of time.
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23 lines to 8? That's killing your darlings all right. I've halved before, but not divided by three.
By the way, "Sturgeon's Law" was the OED "Word of the Day" today.
By the way, "Sturgeon's Law" was the OED "Word of the Day" today.
You can also use Titbit...the name of a small store I saw in Japan. Fairly certain I have a picture of me pointing at the sign as well.
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