Venus Envy and Voices of Venus is tonight with Rhonda Douglas. Tomorrow above/ground press bills Cameron Anstee, Marilyn Irwin, Amanda Earl & Stephen Brockwell. The 9th, the Fish Quill Poetry Boat launches its canoe trip readings. Friday, Messagio Galore, Take X is in Rockcliffe Park Pavillion, an outdoor venue that may shift to the 12th as a rain date.
People who come out of the magazine track often don’t understand why people from the lit stream see getting published as being mystical. One writes to be read and readerships are to be expected; don’t be cosmic, just get your stuff out there.
Your life doesn’t change much after being published. “The calm following the calm.” Even if a book strikes big, life doesn’t change much. Calibrate expectations.
And much more practical writing advice from Douglas Coupland