The reason I make submissions to poetry magazines is so that if they're
accepted I can add that magazine's name to my publications list. The reason
it's important to have a lot of names, and the right names, on that list, is
because without those names as a credential, no one will take you seriously as
a writer. I'm surprised I have to explain this.
At any rate trying to be helpful, here are a few supplementary pieces of
advice:
- Spell check your cover letter. It's surprising how many people forget to
do this. A letter beginning "Dear Edditer" is unlikely to impress.
- Put your submissions on crisp, bright new sheets of paper -- avoid
sending things on sheets marred by tea stains, smudged thumbprints, smeared
boogers, etc.
- Use a new envelope, not the one your phone bill came in with your address
scratched out and the new one written in. And when you lick the stamp, don't
slobber so much on it that the whole corner of the envelope ends up looking
all wavy.
- Be sure to spell your name correctly in your signature.
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Jon Corelis [log in to unmask]
www.geocities.com/joncpoetics
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