Forty Dollars in Copies Later...

[i_need_the_eggs]

The bulk of my last three days has consisted of doing all the menial, pedantic tasks involved in getting a manuscript ready. Besides the editing, at which I am getting better (I would probably get a C+ from in grammer from Mrs. Richardson now instead of my average D- in 9th grade), I have spent countless hours at FedExKinkos (When did that merger

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[saywhatagain]

The Alaska Quarterly Review? What influenced the choice of journals?

[i_need_the_eggs]

They were chosen based on the following: length of submission permitted (eliminated about 80% right off), number of new writers accepted per year (ergo my chances of my piece being chosen), reputability, and types of writing accepted.

I'll use your query about the Alaska Quarterly Review as an example.

- It's run out of the University of Alaska-Anchorage, publishes 6 new writers a year, accepts 7-18 manuscripts an issue, and accepts what they label "literary nonfiction". So I know with this magazine will consider my work and not just thow it in the trash. On the flipside, it's a good enough publication (two stories were selected for inclusion in the 2004 O'Henry Awards to make acceptance actually mean something. The only downside to this is that it makes my potential rejection more and more likely.

[indigozelig]

i saw you the other night at Baba India, in the company of kelsey, nate berger, and some other individuals with whom i am not aqainted. i spent the meal terribly in a fix as i could not remember your name, although i knew your face to be strikingly familiar. i also felt dreadfully ill at the time. anyway, the moment i stood up to leave, i remembered your name. but then i left (sickly as i was), regretful for my experience, or rather, lack thereof. i hope this lame comment will repair my err in manners. hope to see more of you randomly in the future.

[i_need_the_eggs]

Fear not, for if our positions had been reversed I also would been at a loss for the name of that girl over there who looks vaguely familar and who I should know, but don't. This problem will be alleviated in the future.