Spencer, this entire newsletter exposes everything that I've been experiencing since daring to publish my writing in 2018. As a poet, publishing odds are even more slim. You know, I have feelings of contempt towards myself when looking to long form writers. Long form writing like essays, memoirs, creative fiction and non fiction, etc., are such powerful formats used to engross an audience. Sometimes I feel that my little writing does not amount to, say the writing of an essayist that I admire. I've written 2 poetry chapbooks and have been sending those out since October 2021. So far, I've gotten back 2 rejections from the pool of publishers that I've submitted to. But you know what, I also just got accepted for my first ever narrative essay (yay 😄) written and to be published within the coming month. I was so and still am stunned! I'm considering that hey, I might actually be able to do this essay thing!! Back to the poetry chapbooks, I actually wrote 2 books containing at least 22 poems each. Two books!! Whether they are picked up this year or not, I wrote two books! The writing was the hard part. Picking a collection theme was the hard part. Believing and realizing that I could even compose such cohesive poems was the hard part. I'm still hoping in the contests that I've submitted to, and I'm still scouring for places to submit to, which are also not such fun tasks--but the hardest part has been completed. Composing takes much more phalange and elbow work (literally lol) than the submission process. So, I want you to leave here remembering that--well done Spencer, for putting a pulse to the page is already finished. You can go back and redo anything that you desire to do to your work, all because you took your unedited courage from left to right (write 💕). I'm not most concerned with the publishing part and entertaining unknown readers. I'm most concerned that thoughtful verbal or written interactions like this one here, is where my writing does the most good. So, cheers to GOOD FOLK everywhere and the encouragement that we give eachother! 🥂 Thank you for being here and creating this newsletter. I am in Rocky Mount, NC; maybe we can collab sometime through this platform. It's so much I want to say on this. I would love to talk some more on authors with psychiatric disorders, and dealing with rejection, since this my reality. I mostly write on the black hetero woman experience, so most places that I submit to wouldn't be your fit, but the website that I use (www.galleyway.com), I believe does have calls for submissions for queer experiences from time to time, regardless of race. My email is Sienna.LM@outlook.com . Send me any questions you may have at any time 💌
Spencer, this entire newsletter exposes everything that I've been experiencing since daring to publish my writing in 2018. As a poet, publishing odds are even more slim. You know, I have feelings of contempt towards myself when looking to long form writers. Long form writing like essays, memoirs, creative fiction and non fiction, etc., are such powerful formats used to engross an audience. Sometimes I feel that my little writing does not amount to, say the writing of an essayist that I admire. I've written 2 poetry chapbooks and have been sending those out since October 2021. So far, I've gotten back 2 rejections from the pool of publishers that I've submitted to. But you know what, I also just got accepted for my first ever narrative essay (yay 😄) written and to be published within the coming month. I was so and still am stunned! I'm considering that hey, I might actually be able to do this essay thing!! Back to the poetry chapbooks, I actually wrote 2 books containing at least 22 poems each. Two books!! Whether they are picked up this year or not, I wrote two books! The writing was the hard part. Picking a collection theme was the hard part. Believing and realizing that I could even compose such cohesive poems was the hard part. I'm still hoping in the contests that I've submitted to, and I'm still scouring for places to submit to, which are also not such fun tasks--but the hardest part has been completed. Composing takes much more phalange and elbow work (literally lol) than the submission process. So, I want you to leave here remembering that--well done Spencer, for putting a pulse to the page is already finished. You can go back and redo anything that you desire to do to your work, all because you took your unedited courage from left to right (write 💕). I'm not most concerned with the publishing part and entertaining unknown readers. I'm most concerned that thoughtful verbal or written interactions like this one here, is where my writing does the most good. So, cheers to GOOD FOLK everywhere and the encouragement that we give eachother! 🥂 Thank you for being here and creating this newsletter. I am in Rocky Mount, NC; maybe we can collab sometime through this platform. It's so much I want to say on this. I would love to talk some more on authors with psychiatric disorders, and dealing with rejection, since this my reality. I mostly write on the black hetero woman experience, so most places that I submit to wouldn't be your fit, but the website that I use (www.galleyway.com), I believe does have calls for submissions for queer experiences from time to time, regardless of race. My email is Sienna.LM@outlook.com . Send me any questions you may have at any time 💌