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kat · 12-05-2003, 07:14 PM

yep,
thats right, i'm another of the ISP and Noble House suckers. i hav pretty much the same story, wrote a poem, stumbled across poetry.com on the net and entered my poem onto the site. got an email a couple of months later saying i wsa in the semi finals of their competition and they wud like 2 publish me in a book. course i allowed them...was very proud of myself, as i wrote that poem wen i was 11 in my writers group, ive always been told im a talented poet and cud make it as a poet but at 12 i was naieve and thort that i cud even make it at that age, and sent along my consent and my artists proof, altho i didn't buy the book as i realised that i really shud get a free copy but still remained proud that i was published. couple of months on i was invited 2 the convention/symposium in Hollywood. even prouder i regretfully sent my refusal along(i live in NewZealand. couple more months on- i got another email asking 4 another poem- same process- another convention invitation 4 the next season, this time in Orlando,but this time i was nominated as poet of the year, recieving an international poet of merit award, and being introduced as an honourary member of the ISP. agen i regretfully sent my refusal along. another couple of months on- i recieved an email from a publisher in england, omg, sum1 read my work and is asking 4 a new poem 4 publication in Noble Houses new book......................(wait 4 it).............Theatre of the Mind!!! and i, the now very up herself poet from newzealand, sent along my poem. (agen i didn't buy the book). 4 the next couple of months i recieved email after email from poetry.com asking 4 my poetry 2 publish, 2 enter competitions, more invitations 2 more conventions, more awards, and still i gave them the poems, incredibly proud of myself, believing i was living out my dream of being an internationally published poet. after months of these i (now at the age of 14)recieved another email form Noble House, but this time i noticed the fake sounding adresses and bacame suspicious. i decided 2 do sum research on the publishers(sumthing i hadn't done since o first found poetry.com wen i was11/12) and found the stories, the scams and the truth.

after one very depressing day of feeling sorry 4 myself and believing that i will never become a published poet i decided 2 do sum more research. and altho i am now completely against noble house because they laser ur work onto a page wen u order the book, i am of 2 minds about poetry.com. i alredy knew that i was being ripped off but didn't care because i was being published. and rn't we? i have reason 2 believe that they actually do make the books, and unlike noble house publish all the poems in each book. so i now believe that altho there are a lot of people out there that are taking advantage of talented people like ourselves and i was just unlucky enuf 2 encounter the worst of them wen i first started out- it has 2 b the worst feeling believing that u hav achieved one of ur dreams and finding out that u have not even started 2 achieve it- but there r at least a few sincere people out there and i am bound 2 encounter them sum day. so i will carry on writing poetry and try and get it published with other more distinguished publishers.

so rock on(with our bongos and weed, lol) and every1 keep writing poetry if thats wat u really want 2 do.

sorry, i realise i hav rambled on 4 quite a while now...
but one more thing...if there are all these amateur poets out there interested in poetry y is the poetry business so small and our modern poets never heard of? lets all get out there and support those that are making it! mayb that will encourage more publishers 2 get in2 the poetry publishing business and we amateurs can really get oursleves published in books that actually get sold in shops!!!

lotsa luv

kat
(hawke)

12-05-2003, 07:14 PM	#70
kat Resident-in-Training Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7	same old story.... yep, thats right, i'm another of the ISP and Noble House suckers. i hav pretty much the same story, wrote a poem, stumbled across poetry.com on the net and entered my poem onto the site. got an email a couple of months later saying i wsa in the semi finals of their competition and they wud like 2 publish me in a book. course i allowed them...was very proud of myself, as i wrote that poem wen i was 11 in my writers group, ive always been told im a talented poet and cud make it as a poet but at 12 i was naieve and thort that i cud even make it at that age, and sent along my consent and my artists proof, altho i didn't buy the book as i realised that i really shud get a free copy but still remained proud that i was published. couple of months on i was invited 2 the convention/symposium in Hollywood. even prouder i regretfully sent my refusal along(i live in NewZealand. couple more months on- i got another email asking 4 another poem- same process- another convention invitation 4 the next season, this time in Orlando,but this time i was nominated as poet of the year, recieving an international poet of merit award, and being introduced as an honourary member of the ISP. agen i regretfully sent my refusal along. another couple of months on- i recieved an email from a publisher in england, omg, sum1 read my work and is asking 4 a new poem 4 publication in Noble Houses new book......................(wait 4 it).............Theatre of the Mind!!! and i, the now very up herself poet from newzealand, sent along my poem. (agen i didn't buy the book). 4 the next couple of months i recieved email after email from poetry.com asking 4 my poetry 2 publish, 2 enter competitions, more invitations 2 more conventions, more awards, and still i gave them the poems, incredibly proud of myself, believing i was living out my dream of being an internationally published poet. after months of these i (now at the age of 14)recieved another email form Noble House, but this time i noticed the fake sounding adresses and bacame suspicious. i decided 2 do sum research on the publishers(sumthing i hadn't done since o first found poetry.com wen i was11/12) and found the stories, the scams and the truth. after one very depressing day of feeling sorry 4 myself and believing that i will never become a published poet i decided 2 do sum more research. and altho i am now completely against noble house because they laser ur work onto a page wen u order the book, i am of 2 minds about poetry.com. i alredy knew that i was being ripped off but didn't care because i was being published. and rn't we? i have reason 2 believe that they actually do make the books, and unlike noble house publish all the poems in each book. so i now believe that altho there are a lot of people out there that are taking advantage of talented people like ourselves and i was just unlucky enuf 2 encounter the worst of them wen i first started out- it has 2 b the worst feeling believing that u hav achieved one of ur dreams and finding out that u have not even started 2 achieve it- but there r at least a few sincere people out there and i am bound 2 encounter them sum day. so i will carry on writing poetry and try and get it published with other more distinguished publishers. so rock on(with our bongos and weed, lol) and every1 keep writing poetry if thats wat u really want 2 do. sorry, i realise i hav rambled on 4 quite a while now... but one more thing...if there are all these amateur poets out there interested in poetry y is the poetry business so small and our modern poets never heard of? lets all get out there and support those that are making it! mayb that will encourage more publishers 2 get in2 the poetry publishing business and we amateurs can really get oursleves published in books that actually get sold in shops!!! lotsa luv kat (hawke)