Please save your ten Lambent pages to the flash drive.
Then read Raymond Carver's "Little Things", which is posted here:
http://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/cms/lib/NC01001395/Centricity/Domain/796/little_things.pdf
When you are done reading, please have a short discussion about Carver and this story.
We will discuss literary magazines/journals during the second half of class.
If you finish early, please explore the concept of a professional literary magazine. You should be able to answer these questions: Please type the answers to these questions and print for a grade.
What is it?
How does one get published in a lit mag?
What are the benefits to having your work published in a lit mag?
Is it important to find a magazine that is a good fit for you?
What is a query letter? A SASE?
Homework: Find three literary magazines that you would like to submit your work to. Make sure you do your research. I would like you to write an explanation about why these magazines are a good fit for your writing. How often does the magazine put out an issue? I would also like you to find the submission requirements and deadlines for each magazine. Extra credit if you get your hands on a copy of a back issue of a magazine. Extra extra credit if you subscribe to one of the magazines you choose.
This website is awesome:
http://www.newpages.com/literary-magazines/
Write a Query Letter
These links are pretty good. The third one has a sample!
http://www.agentquery.com/writer_hq.aspx
http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/query-letters-and-examples/
http://www.jamesrussellpublishing.biz/queryletterbk.html
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