Janis La Couvée
I was fortunate, early in my online broadcasting life as a poet and writer, to learn that my tweets and posts and tiny ramblings, were considered as "published" by most journals. It's one of the reasons I only share published (by journals) work here. Thought this tip might help other poets and writers. @poets @writers #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #poet
Nov 13, 2022 at 4:35pmWeb
Show threadDavGar51Nov 13, 2022
@lacouvee @poets @writers that’s exactly why I post poems here and FB. No gatekeepers, no waiting 6 months for a rejection, no magazines with 200 subscribers, no editors changing my crafted neologisms to the ‘correct’ word, no lazy pastings of my poems that loses stanzas and italics; and feedback from my readers. Honestly, what is better?
Show threadJanis La CouvéeNov 14, 2022
@davgar51 @poets @writers as long as you are comfortable with that, it's all that counts.
Show threadDavGar51Nov 14, 2022
@lacouvee @poets @writers indeed, and it is good to point it out because it isn’t obvious, and indeed doesn’t have to be so.
Show threadJanis La CouvéeNov 15, 2022
@davgar51 @poets @writers yes, it is not obvious to many "emerging" writers/poets. Social media has become ubiquitous. People don't necessarily understand it as a communications/publishing platform.
Show threadElizabeth ShackNov 13, 2022
@lacouvee @poets Or poems I don’t plan to send out anywhere.
Show threadJanis La CouvéeNov 14, 2022
@elizabethshack @poets exactly
Show threadPeter KaczmarczykNov 14, 2022
@lacouvee That may be changing, I have noticed with my recent submissions they specify that these types of things are not considered as previously published. Acknowledgement perhaps that writers need these forums to build interest and it might benefit the journal publishing the work by helping to grow their audience.
Show threadJanis La CouvéeNov 14, 2022
@pkaczmar yes, I have noticed a few, but they are not yet the norm. I hope things change too.
Show threadDoraArtistJul 13, 2023

@lacouvee @poets @writers

thanks for the reminder. I'm still trying to gage what works and what doesn't. I have a couple of pieces I'm keeping close to my vest, if I ever find time to submit!

Show threadJanis La CouvéeJul 13, 2023
@DoraArtist @poets @writers isn't that the truth about the time to submit - it could become a full time job.