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Article #1264Re: Publishers of the wierd... info request
From: Tracy Thiessen
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 12:59
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 12:59
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In article <1992Dec17.213146.1@hamp.hampshire.edu> bgardner@hamp.hampshire.edu writes: >Hi :) >I'm a writer who writes really wierd things... like as in my stuff has >been compared to Beckett and Albee and Joyce (depending on what I'm writing) >and I would like to start being published now. Every one who has ever read >my work has loved it (even those who hate me), but I didn't think I was ready >until this point. But now the problem is finding publishers... from looking >over and over at the Writers Market I can not find any one who seems avant >garde enough... is that a failing on the part of the listers, or are there >truely no publishers out there that are willing to take a risk on something >that has never been tried before. What I'm looking to publish is a play ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Everything, but every thing, has been tried before. In response to a similar query, a pretty astute fellow in another news group pointed out that "if there's meat there, (publishers) will be able to smell it". Pick a couple of publishing houses and fire out the manuscript. If your stuff is really that good, it will find a home. Tracy
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Newsgroups: misc.writing Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!nott!emr1!thiessen From: thiessen@emr1.emr.ca (Tracy Thiessen) Subject: Re: Publishers of the wierd... info request Message-ID: <1992Dec18.125928.10990@emr1.emr.ca> Organization: Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa References: <1992Dec17.213146.1@hamp.hampshire.edu> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 12:59:28 GMT Lines: 24