First Book

To go along with what I posted before, I actually went back to my notes from the conference. You must understand I was staying up till 3am with certain people who were speaking so my whole mind could be warped. It is easier to listen to people you don’t know well but here are some of my notes on the first book manuscript workshop…

-you need urgency of subject matter
-fresh language
-original poems and subject matter
-submit to journals
-build a mailing list, most editors won’t invest in a book without readership
-give yourself a good 20 to 30 rejections per poem (I am so bad at this)
-submit to publishers whose books you admire
-look for favorite authors w/the same publishers
-attend conferences like AWP, Breadloaf, etc.