Uh-oh, no thanks to Lifehack, I have learnt about another interesting online book cataloging website called aNobii. Seeing as I’m going to hit my 200-book limit on LibraryThing, I thought I might sign up.
Not that I need distractions or any reasons to be using the internet more! I’ve been doing a lot of reading and writing lately, and just finished a five-week poetry writing workshop this week. We were allowed to give our tutor two poems for feedback and comments etc. and I got mine back, one of which had the comment that I should be sending it out for publication! That was quite nice news, especially as that was one that I wrote whilst I was in the fabled place of convalescence.
Sadly, I did receive two rejections today in my inbox on submissions I’d made…even though I had been told that if I do keep trying I shall eventually get published, it most certainly doesn’t seem like it at the moment. I’m waiting on hearing about a few more submissions which will probably come back to me as rejections…sigh. Oh well, just have to keep on trying I guess.
I was very naughty this week - I bought some books! I went to the fabled pop culture shop in Melbourne city called Minotaur and found myself a copy of Keith Roberts’ Pavane (speculative fiction on what England would be like if Queen Elizabeth I was assassinated right before the whole Spanish Armada episode), and spurred by the fact that a classmate had a copy of it in my writing poetry class just finished, bought Mary Oliver’s Rules for the Dance - about the mechanics of poetry and such. She is an American poet and I’ve heard excellent things about this title so am very excited to get stuck into that. I wonder, should it be part of the whole online Spring Reading Challenge?
Violent_Kitten | 04-Apr-07 at 10:00 pm | Permalink
Ugh! I know what you mean about more distractions! An friend just asked me to sign up for Twitter! I did so only because she invited me, otherwise, I just don’t think I can keep up with anymore things to update…I can barely keep my Blog up!
Try not to worry about the rejections, love, your Tutor liked what you showed them, it just takes the right person to see it.
Grace Notes @ Snarkattack | 04-Apr-07 at 10:37 pm | Permalink
Hahahaha, yeah, I’ve heard about Twitter - another online pal told me about it. I’m trying not to sign up because I know it’ll distract me and I’m liking how now I don’t spend as much time on the net…trying to keep it that way too dammit!
As for the poetry, yeah, I’ve just got to keep on trying there…I do hope it happens sometime! I’ve got to be persistent and keep writing, I guess.