Re: Writing Advocacy Day
Sep. 20th, 2024 07:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So, how did it all work out?
- Submit a zine application!
I'll hear back in a month, I guess. Fingers crossed.
- Submit "The Annotated Kitab al-Azif" to a magazine!
Rejected the very next day.
Oddly enough, the editors' comments were extremely positive.
- Get in touch with a local indie bookstore to see if they want to stock my Strange Philly zine!
Never replied.
This is a shame, because I've been selling at least one copy of this zine every day on Etsy. It's a good zine, I think, and it's been getting really good feedback. The first print run is almost sold out.
ETA: They got back to me! They said they're happy to stock the Strange Philly zine, and they want copies of the other zines too. They told me they sell really well, and that people have been coming in and asking if they have any new ones. Nice!
- Ping my editor at WWAC to look at the book reviews I've submitted!
Never replied.
I don't think my reviews are bad, though. Just this week my book review blog was featured by a German literary podcast, and they were very supportive and kind.
I have the immense privilege to know an extremely talented writer in real life, and she's just as smart and magnetic in person as she is on paper. Aside from running a popular pseudonymous account on Twitter, however, the only thing she's published is fanfiction. She once explained to me that this is a deliberate choice, as she'd prefer not to mix the joy of writing with the hell of self-promotion. And I totally get that.
- Submit a zine application!
I'll hear back in a month, I guess. Fingers crossed.
- Submit "The Annotated Kitab al-Azif" to a magazine!
Rejected the very next day.
Oddly enough, the editors' comments were extremely positive.
- Get in touch with a local indie bookstore to see if they want to stock my Strange Philly zine!
Never replied.
This is a shame, because I've been selling at least one copy of this zine every day on Etsy. It's a good zine, I think, and it's been getting really good feedback. The first print run is almost sold out.
ETA: They got back to me! They said they're happy to stock the Strange Philly zine, and they want copies of the other zines too. They told me they sell really well, and that people have been coming in and asking if they have any new ones. Nice!
- Ping my editor at WWAC to look at the book reviews I've submitted!
Never replied.
I don't think my reviews are bad, though. Just this week my book review blog was featured by a German literary podcast, and they were very supportive and kind.
I have the immense privilege to know an extremely talented writer in real life, and she's just as smart and magnetic in person as she is on paper. Aside from running a popular pseudonymous account on Twitter, however, the only thing she's published is fanfiction. She once explained to me that this is a deliberate choice, as she'd prefer not to mix the joy of writing with the hell of self-promotion. And I totally get that.
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Date: 2024-10-02 12:34 am (UTC)though this is probably where I admit that my reading tastes are unfortunately narrow; I like romance, some fantasy, some sci-fi (generally not hard military/Realism In Grimdark for either), and nonfiction about history. So I may not be one to talk.