By Jack Peachum
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I cannot tell you how to write poetry – no one can do that. I honestly believe that all poets are self-trained – as are most other artists. Oh, someone can point out the essentials to you, but you must have the capacity in yourself to turn an inspiration into an art.
Do [...]
Google Books has been getting a lot of bad press in recent months due to its intentions to build the world’s largest library of stolen books. The controversy has centered around a clause in its agreement with prominent book publishers and authors over what to do with orphan works. The settlement will allow Google to [...]
I’ve been looking forward to introducing the Micropoetry Chapbook Series and finally it is here. This is a call to entries.
You’ll have to click the link to read the submission guidelines, but here’s a quick definition of micropoetry. Verse in 140 characters or less. This is poetry published at one of the several microblogging services [...]
I am pleased to announce the first poetry chapbook published by World Class Poetry. It is not yet available, but it soon will be.
Gary B. Fitzgerald has commented on some of the blog posts here at World Class Poetry Blog and has been a faithful reader now for about a year, I guess. Last year [...]
The Internet is causing a poetry boom.
Liz Strauss said it better than I ever could.
In summary, publishing is a business. Even if you self-publish, you’ve got to impress your editor and your publisher with a product that can sell. Do your editor and publisher have the skills to know what readers will buy?
The hard part is the marketing. If you aren’t [...]
I have always loved chapbooks. Poetry is a good fit for those small pamphlet-sized publications. And they’re a good way to introduce non-readers to contemporary poetry without overwhelming them with huge tomes of tropes and synecdoches. So this announcement should go over well with poets who are looking for ways to break into print with [...]
As National Poetry Month draws nearer, I am planning an experiment that I predict will catch on en masse. I won’t be the first person to do this, but I will be (as far as I know) the first person to codify principles for doing it. The “it” I’m talking about is writing and publishing [...]
Black Maze Books is an independent publisher in NYC. A growing catalog of literary works can be found at blackmazebooks.com.
The publisher is open to unsolicited queries for book length manuscripts of poetry, horror fiction, supernatural/weird fiction, and non-fiction until October 31st, 2009. Queries regarding books of other genres will be disregarded without reply.
Authors can send [...]
The Internet has made self publishing a whole lot easier. In many respects that’s a good thing. Were it not for the ease of use of capable technology, financial accessibility of the platform, and the internal drive to pursue it, I would not be able to write and publish this blog. All poetry bloggers owe [...]