Publishing

Le Rack

somewhere in the near future I'd like to try publish a book of my poetry but I have to build up the collection first. I've no idea how I would go about this so does anyone have any help?

funky penguin

As far as I know, You just send as much of your work to as many publishers as possible, and cross your fingers!

An agent could help with this.

josephiny

I used to work in a publishing company and I don't want to dishearten you but we never really accepted books by anyone without a reputation. I would therefore suggest you try to get some poems published in magazines first.

And remember that honest publishers will never ask for money to publish something.

Getting an agent is good advice.

Good luck.

Le Rack

okily dokily.
I probably wony even do it I just got the thought in my head one day!
well thanx anyway!

Lucy in the Sky

Another way to get your name known (or just for experience to show publishers) is poetry competitions. There are tons of them every year. Some of the current ones are on www.askaboutwriting.net

pretty*monster

You could do a Pat Ingoldsby and publish your poems yourself.