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gigglez79 (47)3 months ago

I've been writing poetry since I was 13, and now I'm 28. I have quite a bit of poems just sitting around collecting dust.

Can anyone offer me any tips on what do with them? They are asst. collections, like sad poems, happy, poems for parents, love, death, etc. I don't know how to go about copyrighting it or making a book. Maybe someone has been in my shoes and decided to take it to the next level?

I want people to read them and get to know me, learn to understand me. What should I do?

 
 
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mcat19 (448) response was accepted on 6/23/2008.
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1. myLot reputation of 87/100. mcat19 (448)   ranked 37 out of 96 in write poetry   3 months ago

First of all, it's copyrighted as soon as you write it down. Second of all, you should get a group of your poems together that are all on the same topic. Anthologies that are all over the place are difficult for the reader.

You can publish your poems in a chapbook (do a search online). There are many places that publish chapbooks which are much less expensive than an entire book.

My book Cat-House Sonnets, 100 poems celebrating cats, was published by Jorlan Publishing. They were very helpful in guiding me through all the steps necessary to make the book possible. My book has won the Muse Medallion from the Cat Writers Association and the Best Poet Award from Preditors and Editors.

I wish you loads of luck with your poems. Have you published them online and received positive criticism for them?


gigglez79 (47)  3 months ago

Hi Mcat,
Thank you for the information, I will look it up. As fas as publishing it online, I've done contests such as Poetry.com, but that's about it.

Good job on the awards. I hope to be as successful as you.


myLot reputation of 87/100. mcat19 (448)   ranked 37 out of 96 in write poetry  3 months ago

Check out Winning Writers.com. They may list some contests for you to enter. Poetry.com is a bit of a scam as all they give you is an opportunity to buy a book that publishes everything or mugs etc with your poem on it.


gigglez79 (47)  2 months ago

I kinda figured Poetry.com was a scam. I was hoping that it wasn't because it seem promising. But I will look into the sites you had given me and will check it out. Thanks a million for all of your help.

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2. myLot reputation of 86/100. petiksmode (973)   3 months ago

i am also in the same hobby like you do for years...i suggests that you since you compiled the poems (im sure about that) why not have published formally and have it out in the public....that will open doors for your writing and you will increase the number of your readers and think it this way, you will increase the number of readers that will be inspired by your poems...

ciao....


gigglez79 (47)  3 months ago

Thank you for the advance, I will look into it.

Have you been successful in publishing things?

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3. myLot reputation of 93/100. optimisticgrl23 (328)   3 months ago

I would suggest looking into Associated Content to publish some of your work. When you make a post online, you choose the level of rights that you give to the website and they pay you based on how many people view each of your poems. You could create a profile on there and chances are if someone reads one and likes it, they will read more of your posts which means more money for you.


gigglez79 (47)  3 months ago

I heard that AC was hard to get things accepted. What's the odds of me becoming successful? Have you had any success with it? Does it take a long time to get started?

But I will look into it to get more information, thank you for the advise.

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