Thank you to all who offered encouragement and support, here or in email, this past week.
I've received several more rejections since last Monday's post, and I've managed to weather them with my usual routine (a small sigh, a moment of disappointment, and then onward).
And now onward into Pie Week (aka Pie-palooza). Details coming soon.
Random thoughts on writing poetry and life in general
About me
- Joannie Stangeland
- Joannie Kervran Stangeland writes poetry and the Poe-query blog. Her new book, Into the Rumored Spring, was published by Ravenna Press. Joannie's also the author of two chapbooks--A Steady Longing for Flight (winner of the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award) and Weathered Steps (Rose Alley Press). Her poems have also appeared in The Midwest Quarterly, Valparaiso Poetry Review, and other publications.
My site
Poetry on the sofa
A Writer's Guide to Microsoft Office
Videos in the Guide
- Poetry notes in OneNote
- Create a manuscript (part 1)
- Create a manuscript (part 2)
- Create a booklet
- Create a flyer you can print or send in email
- Track writing submissions
- Don't miss a deadline!
- Single-space your line-spacing in Word 2007
- Track your word count in Word 2007
- Setting up a Mail Merge in Publisher
Links
- The Sun Hunters
- Ravenna Press
- Rose Alley Press
- The Alchemist's Kitchen: Susan Rich's blog
- Floating Bridge Press
- Mutating the signature: Dana Guthrie Martin's blog
- paperarts: Jane Chang's blog
- Judith Skillman's site
- Kathleen Flenniken
- Open Books: A Poem Emporium
- First Draft Leonardo Likes Gulls
- The Virtual World: Peter Pereira's blog
- Premium T.: T Clear's blog
- AndrewJShields
- Corn Shake: Aimee Nez's blog
- Jeannine Blogs
- It's Not About The Hair: Debra Jarvis's blog
- Thomas Stangeland, Artist/Craftsman
- Pavement and velodromes: Christine's blog
- Shelburne Arts Co-op
- Poetry Super Highway
- Nostalgia: The Poetess at Green Lake
- The Poetry Foundation
3 comments:
Joannie,
I wanted to tell you that I rec'd the sarabande rejection this week and that comment about the "ironic disattachement to the narrative" (or whatever it said) wasn't about your work. It was just one comment that one of the readers wrote on a mss. So it was not a direct comment to your work!
I hope that helps you feel better. I realized they were just sharing some comments in the letter, but it didn't reflect anyone's work in particular.
Ah... I interpreted it as applying to all of the manuscripts that reader didn't select as a finalist (and who knows which reader was reading which manuscripts).
I am feeling better. It's water under the bridge, I'm on a more even keel, and I'll stop now before I launch into my silly sailing story.
Thanks again for the support.
Y'all, I got my rejection from Sarabande too, with the same note. That barb was probably about my ms (at least the ironic crapulence part...). ;)
Hugs!
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