NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #30/NN_1992_30.iso/spool/misc/writing/3941

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From: [e-mail] (John J Humpal)
Subject: Re: Publishers of the wierd... info request
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Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:13:39 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>Hi :)
>I'm a writer who writes really wierd things... like as in my stuff has
>been compared to Beckett and Albee and Joyce (depending on what I'm writing)
>and I would like to start being published now.  Every one who has ever read
>my work has loved it (even those who hate me), but I didn't think I was ready
>until this point.  But now the problem is finding publishers... from looking
>over and over at the Writers Market I can not find any one who seems avant
>garde enough... is that a failing on the part of the listers, or are there

    I don't see how you can know what is and isn't "avant-garde" by
looking at the Writer's Market.  Why don't you run on down to the library
and check out the lit journals directly.  If your library doesn't carry
anything to your liking, you *must* write to the journals for a back
issue, which is usually available at nominal cost.
    Talent and confidence are not enough to get your stuff published.
You must know your market.  And don't assume that your stuff is too weird,
avant-garde, or advanced or whatever.  Believe me, some of the small press
journals which specialize in experimental lit have put out some very
outlandish stuff.  There really is nothing new under the sun, however.
--
-John

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