tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post2365312815343278820..comments2023-10-09T12:06:17.459+01:00Comments on Emerging Writer: Call me Ms CynicalEmerging Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-67824829771648795352008-10-03T09:16:00.000+01:002008-10-03T09:16:00.000+01:00My main problem with chapbooks is who buys them? W...My main problem with chapbooks is who buys them? Where do they sell them? What's the point if it's only family and friends? I'm not sure a poetry publisher would pay much attention to a chapbook (correct me if I'm wrong) but would pay attention more to poems in reputable magazines, competions and anthologies. Again anthologies does not mean an anthology of your local writing group sponsored by the library or council and accepting all comers. But then I'm in cynical mood today.Emerging Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-64383423893436629212008-10-02T12:17:00.000+01:002008-10-02T12:17:00.000+01:00well, this blog got me to go off and find out exac...well, this blog got me to go off and find out exactly what a chapbook is. I thought they were only for poetry - and, since I'm not a poet, I've never paid much attention to calls for them. However, they did feel kinda suspicious. I have to say that the entry you posted sounded the most bona fide I've ever read.<BR/><BR/>Anyway --- off I went to wiki, where I found this <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapbook" REL="nofollow">nugget</A>: <BR/><BR/>"Robert Burns commented that one of the first two books he read in private was the history of Sir William Wallace that <I>poured a Scottish prejudice in my veins which will boil along there till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest.</I>"Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879870635626279036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-89300134203827735152008-10-01T21:03:00.000+01:002008-10-01T21:03:00.000+01:00A chapbook is your calling card: the precursor to ...A chapbook is your calling card: the precursor to your first collection. Having one, say by this lot, might make it easier to get that first collection with a publisher? Might, though...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280161801824435219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-60246674817086847702008-10-01T18:11:00.000+01:002008-10-01T18:11:00.000+01:00I dunno - I kinda like chapbooks. I've had a first...I dunno - I kinda like chapbooks. I've had a first taste of some fine writers from them. They're cheap (although not necessarily value for money on a per-poem basis). I like to think of them more as democratic publishing rather than vanity. Allows for tasty small volumes limited additions too. like here:<BR/>http://www.aup.fr/cwt/cahiers.htm<BR/>And Happenstance is a classic producer of excellent chapbooks:http://www.happenstancepress.com/Padhraig Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11010869074911253314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-3868434776016195992008-09-30T22:28:00.000+01:002008-09-30T22:28:00.000+01:00That's one deep question, Susan. ThanksThat's one deep question, Susan. ThanksEmerging Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684536971172270103.post-33809356196020754362008-09-30T20:23:00.000+01:002008-09-30T20:23:00.000+01:00I've never bought a chapbook, unless it was writte...I've never bought a chapbook, unless it was written by a friend.<BR/><BR/>Your entry hit on the most obvious use for them: as prizes for others writing chapbooks.<BR/><BR/>That question's worth thinking about.Susan at Stony Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385202649291774852noreply@blogger.com