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We've recently posted a book review for Never Night on The Smoking Poet: http://www.thesmokingpoet.net/id21.html and have subsequently invited Derick Burleson to be our feature poet of the summer 2010 issue, online in June. The review also appears on Zinta Revies: http://zintareviews.blogspot.com/2010/03/never-night-poems-by-derick-burleson.html Burleson is a talent not to be missed! Thank you, Marick Press, for bringing us this wonderful book. Zinta Aistars Editor-in-Chief The Smoking Poet www.thesmokingpoet.net |
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This is a cool article on small press publishers!The link there with the pictures is: http://www.thedetroiter.com/b_...tb=1&pb=1 The Superhero's Guide To Small Press Publishing (And Other Advice from a Panel on Small Presses at Wayne State University held on October 27, 2006) The Superhero's Guide created by Holly Smith Part I. Writers' Superpowers Flying, spider-sense and x-ray vision are not on the list of writers' super-human abilities. We have creative minds, the pen (or computer) and patience. Patience? Hmmm. Getting bit by a radioactive spider seems more likely. But the panel says our greatest superpower as writers is resilience. We need to be resilient from all the rejection that we will face. It can take years of writes and rewrites, finding agents, publishers, and to do all of this we must be determined and patient. And how do mere mortals gain these superhuman abilities? If only it were as easy as being born with a mutant x-factor or through freak accidents of science. The panel suggests hard work and faith; the effort will show in the work and hard work will rise against the forces of evil. Part III. The Origin Story Superman is rocketed to earth as a baby by his scientist father moments before Krypton's destruction. He is found by motorists, adopted and given the name Clark Kent. As Clark reaches maturity he learns of his superhuman abilities. Superman uses his superpowers for the good of humanity and expects no reward. Small presses use their printing superpower for the same reason. Starcherone Press is a non-profit press that publishes innovative and experimental work. After almost every publisher in the nation rejected Ted Pelton, he decided to publish his own work. Now he and Starcherone Press are publishing work of mashed genres. Think contextually as opposed to aesthetically. Prose poetry and flash fiction, fiction condensed to the point of a poem, and a poem that extends to fiction and everything in between. Authors who do not live inside the Daily Planet and have work that doesn't fit into specific genres now have alternatives to getting published. These small publishers are redefining and creating new genres. HA-HA! We have used our super printing abilities to outsmart our archenemy. Part IV. The Script Breakdown In comics it's the sheet that displays how each action, character, and dialogue will be placed visually on a page. For writers, it is the how to get published. The panel explains the arduous journey and advises authors to do their homework. If you're looking for that large publishing house status, you need to find an agent because the market is so saturated. Query agents who represent work similar to yours. Query reputable agents who represent work similar to yours. The agent submits to get published. It's a very impersonal process that can take years. The panel offers getting published by a small press because the author's experience is much more enjoyable. Small presses don't use agents and you can usually speak to the person running the press over the phone. Submit your own work following guidelines on the submissions page of the website. You can have multiple submissions and if someone takes it, CLIK CLAK CLIK CLAK, email the others. Part V. The League of Authors and Publishers The panel says all that really matters is the first sentence, the first line of your work. Work it over. Put forth the effort. Believe in yourself and your work. Sell yourself and sell your work. Have patience, be dogged, be resilient, it will take years and years to get where you want to go. And maybe, one day someone will notice. And if they don't, level them with your beam stare. OUR MISSION: DEFENDING THE UNIVERSE BY FORWARDING THE MOVEMENT OF ART, ONE STORY AT A TIME. Panelists: Jeffrey Levine: Editor-in-Chief, Tupelo Press Peter Conners; Fiction Editor and Marketing Director, BOA Editions Ltd. Ted Pelton: Executive Director, Starcherone Books Peter Markus: Editor, Marick Press Mariela Griffor: Publisher, Marick Press Holly Smith is a confessed addict to contemporary fiction, travel, and coffee, and we suspect, a recent convert to the world of superhero literature. |
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