Hi folks,
For those of you out there concerned about the constant blogs with little poetry I have had to put a stop to that at least for the time being, as there is a possibility of going into print in the future and I don't want to be just reprinting material I have posted up online.
All the best to my fellow poets,
Alain
good luck, alan also.. what i tend to do is always hold some pieces back from blogging if you are looking at a book (mine is hopefully about done - waiting for printers and at least half off the poems in it haven't being seen on these blogs before).
In my intial comment I was following on from Janet. I was a little alarmed that blogs might be used for advertising anything.... Whilst I find Alain's panto and poetry gigs totally acceptable, there have been advertisements on here of late that whilst proving amusing, would be tiresome if allowed to proliferate.
I would therefore like Paul to clarify just what the site rules are on advertising of shoes, boots, flats etc.
I mistakenly thought that discussions was the place to air opinions. It appears that I was wrong. Apologies for any confusion caused Alain. I do wish you all the best with the publishing. As I have said before, if ever you take any of your productions up North, I would be very happy to come and see you.
Isobel x
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Mon 15th Feb 2010 15:15
It is right to say that one should air ones views on blogs, that is what they were designed to do. The fact that a lot of people use them for poetry is incidental. Discussions is as much an area for posting and discussing poems as Blogs has become.
So Alain keep on doing what you are doing with the complete approval of site admin
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Mon 15th Feb 2010 12:03
Hi Alain and good luck for your work being published.
Personally, i think it's good to see people using the blogs section to advertize or simply to air their views. Isn't that what a blog generally does? Even some poetry does that. :-)
Janet.x
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Tue 16th Feb 2010 10:42
Isobel, I must have missed the ads you mention about shoes and flats etc...
I wouldn't expect to see that either on a poetry website unless it became necessary in order to keep the site up and running and even then, i would imagine some sort of payment to advertize them would be put in place.
I for one, hope that never happens here but sites have to move with the times and when they aren't paying for themselves, something has to be done.
Sorry, i'm rambling i know. :-)
I do think it's a good idea for gig-organizers to get the word out in blogs. Some of the new poets on site might not have got around to the gig-guide yet.
It seemed to work for the Buskin' for Beer' gigs last year. I believe they had good turn outs. Perhaps partly due to the extensive ads in various places.
It's good to know what's going on in the Southern communities too.
Janet.x