Oct 12 2008
I took this video of the China Girls Bike Acrobatic Team while they were performing at the Midway in the Circus Circus hotel in Reno, Nevada. I was killing some time in the midway when it was announced they would be performing so I had to get a video of them. They were absolutely amazing to watch. I hope you all enjoy!
Oct 12 2008
I publish a triannual ezine and receive hundreds of submissions per year. The guidelines for submissions are very clear and concise. First we only accept email submissions because it is an ezine. Second we only accept three poems per submission.
Recently I received a submission by snail mail which consisted of fourteen typewritten poems. The submission was from a very well known poet. I won’t mention names here. I emailed the poet, thanked her for her submission and explained we do not accept snail mail submissions or submissions exceeding the 3 poem limit and told her to read our guidelines. The next day I receive an email submission with 12 poems, a bio, and publication credits. Okay, by this time I was very annoyed. I wrote back and again asked her to read our guidelines. Next day, she wrote a short note asking me “don’t you recognize my name?” I had to laugh at that one. I wrote back and explained that it didn’t really matter who she was and that the guidelines apply to all whether you are well known or not. Long story short a couple of days later I received another submission from her following the guidelines to the letter.So, in closing, don’t do what this poet did. Follow guidelines because they are there for a reason and the editor will be happy you did. Also, never let your ego take over when submitting poetry.
More about my ezine tomorrow as I’ll be making an offer to all of you writers and artists out there
Time for me to catch some zzz’s
