I need an editor (copy and content) for an edgy, non-traditional chapbook of poems. Word count is light -- around 4,000. Budget is nearly non-existent (this is an art project) but there would be some kind of honorarium attached. Can someone help me find a good, trusty editor?
posted by nowhere man
on Mar 3, 2013 -
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I read, somewhere, a quote about poets to the effect that even successful poets have day jobs, collect disability payments or come from money. I vaguely recall that this was said (or written) by a woman who was a successful [poet? writer? editor?] in her own right, and who would have had a reasonable sample size on which to base the statement. What quote am I thinking of? Who wrote or said it? My googles have been uncharacteristically ineffective in locating the quote or identifying the source.
posted by dersins
on Jan 11, 2013 -
2 answers
I'm tutoring a teen girl who loves Maya Angelou and writing her own poetry and I want to make her a book of poems to encourage/inspire her. What poems should I include?
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posted by grokfest
on Nov 7, 2012 -
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I am looking for literary works about mountains. I imagine they exist, because being in mountains and climbing them and seeing everything from up high is such a powerful experience. I know there are movies about this (for instance the silent ones by
Arnold Franck), and I suppose there must be an equivalent in writing. Ideally, they would be rather lyrical or poetic texts. Any ideas, hive-mind?
posted by MrMisterio
on Sep 14, 2012 -
21 answers
I want to start writing creatively, and am thinking of participating in NaNoWriMo this year. How do I get started?
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posted by I am the Walrus
on Mar 27, 2012 -
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Should all the water "empty" out of the bottom of a stove top espresso maker? If so, what could I be doing wrong, because half of the water remains in my espresso maker? I put the pot on medium, I don't over stuff the maker with espresso, and I don't fill the water over the valve. Thanks in advance!
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posted by lrnarabic
on Nov 9, 2011 -
24 answers
I'm looking for more poets like Frederick Seidel. I recently read Seidel's
Arabia in the previous issue of
The Paris Review and was drawn to his, what I would term "Lad Poetry" - with lad being the antonym of chick, as in chick lit.
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posted by lrnarabic
on Oct 10, 2011 -
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[Creative Writing Filter] I'm looking for some online resources to help me get back into creative writing after a three year break.
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posted by wansac
on Dec 18, 2010 -
4 answers
What are the best online communities for poets? This
previous thread says that poetryslamming was pretty good, but it looks dead now. Are there any others?
posted by yaymukund
on Nov 30, 2010 -
2 answers
My wife's twenty-something cousin is plagiarizing poems via her Facebook page. We noticed. What next?
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posted by glenngulia
on Nov 5, 2010 -
54 answers
Is there any value in writing out other people's work (by hand) as a method of improving one's own writing? In this case its poetry.
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posted by troubles
on Sep 20, 2010 -
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Is there anywhere online where I can commission a poem? I’d like to set a price, pick a topic, pick a format, and get a poem in return. Sort of a work-for-hire thing where I own the product. (If I ever did anything with it, I’d always give full credit to the author, but having to deal with royalties sort of defeats the point of commissioning the work.)
I know there are places to do this with code (rentacoder) or products (ponoko) or even design and music (crowdspring and musikpitch*), but is there anything analogous for writers?
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posted by ericc
on Apr 28, 2010 -
26 answers
What happens at the intersection of musical notation (written left to right) and languages written right to left?
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posted by ricochet biscuit
on Jun 15, 2009 -
8 answers
I feel the need to be creative, but can't figure out what sort of outlet is the best to get my ideas out. How do I figure out what sort of creativity I have?
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posted by reenum
on Sep 17, 2008 -
14 answers
PatronFilter: I'm tired of working for Starbucks. I want to write full time. Help me construct a letter to the opulent to remind them of yesteryear when the arts were supported by benefactors. Help me convince the rich that paying for me to live comfortably will serve humanity.
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posted by Galen
on Jul 20, 2007 -
35 answers
How to (tactfully and successfully) get some major names to look at some of my writing? Of course there is
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posted by exlotuseater
on Jul 18, 2006 -
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