/lit/ - Literature

Nope.

Why would I want my work to appear next to all that trash? Up the standards, faggot.

>>3467032
what didn't you like about it?

>>3467027
Are pieces you've submitted to other publications alright for TAR, or do they have to be original and only submitted/published in TAR

what is the TAR site again?

haven't read it in a while

Writing a short story, it's about 90% done

>>3467047
previously published work is fine, we have no problems with this sort of thing as long as the work is acceptable.

I mean really. Refusing to accept shared content doesn't make much sense on the internet. It'd be like refusing to accept manufactured books because they aren't the original draft.


>>3467083
http://theaprilreader.wordpress.co
Yeah. We should really buy ourselves a new domain one of these days

>>3467089
Many thanks

>>3467027
this is fantastic
look at the little man
haha ha

>>3467115
This is starting to resemble the conversations I would have with gamergirl. Nostalgia. (S)he wasn't even that bad in retrospect

Here's my failed submission to a similar zine. I was asked for a poem about the killing of Bin Laden from the perspective of a local, and specifically told not to write about unrequited love.

Geronimo.

Embers progress, reaching for my mask;
My aspect penumbra'd by the moons half light.
My bay window, steady set as always but
Foreigners have come tonight.
Ash is no foreigner to my country,
Though the source, Malboro, I suppose you could say...
(As I tap it away).
America my thoughts, and a smiling portrait my face,
As I see them once more, Bin Laden slung between them,
Cat and mouse at the cusp of the chase,
Cat with a merry trip in its step!
Mouse in silent grace.
Americans, my Americans, such unrequited love,
From my bay window I stare,
But not a glance for me they spare,
So focused are they on their...
Task.
Which was to kill Bin Laden, if I didn't make that clear.
You see I'm a Pakistani neighbour,
Awoken by the din.
And seeking now to express myself in
Poetry, oh poetry.
"A subtle evoker of worldwide banality"
Is what they'll say of me,
In America, America - land of the free.

[SECOND STANZA
America, America land of the free,
Please come now and sweep me,
Off my pretty feet and fumb] THIS SECTION FOUND SCRIBBLED OUT
But from hollow depths an enigma arises,
"Crikey mate he kicked like a kangaroo!"
...A melodious lilt, and queer.
The mooncast shadows scar my face,
As my dreams shatter,
The American stick,
Falls from my lips,
And I am by my love undone.
Embers take, flames lick, and I run for the door.
But locked I find it, and from yonder side,
A dark, dusty chuckle.
"Time for a barby, mate".
Australia, world superpower.

>>3467179
It's got more cheese than Dairylea. Christ on a stick...

>>3467179
what zine was it?

>>3467194
I won't say, don't want to start some sort of violent uprising

>>3467197
pfft. the locals are peaceful, I assure you. Actually, it'd be pretty fun to start making more efforts to get in touch with the "zine" crowd one of these days. Bah! What did you think of our latest issue, by the way?

>>3467203
Link me and I'll tell you mr

>>3467217
http://theaprilreader.files.wordprs.com/2013/02/tar-23-draft-2.pdf

>>3467220
the keeper of the light one was interesting. the other prose didn't really grab my attention, and i had a look through the split storylines one but that just seemed gimmicky.

curator wanted - cute, not bad
stilts - pretty funny, not sure what all the wood stuff is supposed to mean
twinkling companies - interesting, but feels like a load of pretty mumblings rather than an actual composition
trunk road - nice, clean, simple but not too simple. good poetry but not amazing.
jellyfish - fine, nothing stands out
last one was also kinda meh.

I might, but I'm a little nervous.

>>3467315
funny actually, seemed to me like the cyberpunk piece was a bit gimmicky and came off showing signs of a novice. The exaggerated profanity, quick scene jumps etc. The premise was good but the execution was rough. Regarding poems, most of these I felt were reasonably solid.

I felt like our use of photography during the issue was poor, however. We overused them and it contrasted poorly with typographic formatting. Otherwise, I can't quite see what people are complaining about

>>3467323
the most we can do is reject you. We plan on trying to give more comprehensive criticism as well so you might even learn something. I wouldn't worry too much

>>3467376
Alright, I'll submit. When's the deadline for March's issue?

>>3467390
we try to decide on what to include around the 24th. If you can make it by then, you'll have a better chance at getting in.

We always make exceptions, of course.

>>3467376
i wouldn't say it was the best written, but at least it held my interest for a while. first one was a meh teenage angst setting. i think it's a culture thing, but the style/setting didn't appeal to me at all.
the second started with what i guess was supposed to be a beautiful purple prose paragraph. i think when someone is trying to write as elegantly as possible you can see their limitations more. i'm really not interested in reading about someones perspectives on love and life, and if they wanted to get me interested they'd have to express something novel in the opening paragraphs.

and of course you found them all solid, hence them being included :p. the font is also weird in that it gets squashed into a smaller size in the second column at some points? meh

>>3467420
I'll make it. I'm almost done with a short story that I'm writing now.

>>3467423
similar feelings about the first piece (I don't know how many times we've got this hedonist existentialism plot rehashed over and over), but it was well written. And hey, the same goes for thoughts on the second piece as well. That purple prose was so bad I nearly stopped reading initially, but it did clear up after suitably. The ending was kind of a "wat" moment

Glad you mentioned this about the font formatting. I'll check in with our compiler about this

>>3467441
Good to hear! We always could use with some more content

>>3467470
It's a slightly uncouth story, though.

>>3467573
well. We'll only know what we'll say when we read it

I submitted. I'm not a huge fan of my short stories though; I feel like my strength is in Novel-length pieces. Oh well. Wish me luck gents.

Maybe, when's the deadline?

Peter poached a pickled penman.

What is TAR in a nutshell? I always hear its name being dropped.

>>3467179
I think it started off well but the transition to Australia took me by surprise and was a little bit abrupt. I enjoyed it overall 7.5/10.

>>3468544
Short story and poetry magazine spawned frrom /lit/, publishing a monthly collection provided by anons

is TAR just for shot stories or is poetry fine, too?
Haven't been on /lit/ that long, so I've never heard of it

>>3468610
Never mind that, I should have probably read the thread

>>3467179
I can't for the love of me understand why you'd waste a poem like this with the last australia bit. If you edit it a bit it can actually become good. How often do you see poetry commenting on contextual issues these days? I like the love-hate relationship towards the US and the paradox that he smokes marlboro yet hate America.

>tfw one of my pieces is in this edition
>tfw people are talking about it in this thread
So this is it, huh, I've finally made it as a writer.

Done it already.

>>3468644
i won't write anything serious unless i intend to make it perfect, and that takes tiiime. i spent a whole night coming up with 10 lines of verse haha.

>>3467027
This shit's still running? Last time I checked in the editors were in the middle of a shitstorm with each other and everyone was raging over the crappy content. Have I missed a major renovation?

>>3469075
No, they just left whilst the remaining ones got desperate (they advertised on /jp/)

>>3468652
>tfw when a poem of mine was in one of the first editions
>tfw the thread was only off topic whining
>finally someone mentions my work
>"Yeah, Anon's poem was ok"
>And that's all the discussion there ever was
>the face when i have no the feel when i

>>3468998
Sounds to me like you're scared of being taken as serious.

>>3469093
>tfw multiple submissions accepted
>tfw every one discussed in thread
>tfw only one memorable negative remark

Nah, I stay away from publications that accept crap.

>>3469094
i don't want to be taken seriously when i'm just typing a structureless, unedited stream of consciousness, for sure. i'd feel bad

>>3469101
Yeah right, that why you stayed up all night then?

>>3469101
TAR is probably the only magazine in the world that hit the panic button because the content was getting too good.

>>3469124
Is that the ghost of Bukowski I hear?

Can we please compose some poetry in this thread?

I thought the first story in the last issue had a cool almost early kerouac attitude to it. I'd drink a beer with those dudes. Shit, i pretty much do once a month anyway.

Don't mind my bump. Happy commercialized holiday helping give you diabetes, /lit/ (;_;)

>>3468484
Many thanks!

>>3468514
before the 24th is preferable

>>3469093
the threads usually vary dependent on how much criticism pieces receive. It's been like that since the beginning, and we can't really control it

Thanks to everyone who has submitted content so far!

bump

just the other day I asked you
about the dishes in the sink, soaking

you said "Suck my dick, I'm Beyonce"
how could I disagree? And what

would a dishwasher say to
the first lady of booty-poppin

if she said, wash my dishes,
I'm your queen and you love me.

>>3471154
parrot porn/10

I pondered my psyche and spewed my dissociative ramblings:
“A male lesbian, perhaps,” I said. “Or some androgynous creature of half-forms.”
You turned to me, your roasted-almond eyes sizzling
And murmured, “I think you're all man.”
Your delectable voice dripping in hues of blushing pink,
In lovely loving feminine sincerity.

A man I am, yes, a man! Proud and solid,
Moving mountains with granite candor and broad strokes.
To be a man! To be a sturdy pillar weathering the tempest.
To move in bold strides, crafting and molding instruments of power,
Grinding against the gristled world to carve smooth splendorous realities to fresh-faced being.
To be a wolfish warrior of the Sun
Who growls and claws 'til darkness flees weeping and frees the ransomed Light.
To cast my stalwart sails against unforgiving winds,
Pulling on fraying ropes, savoring the briny spray of seafoam,
Bending to my will a splintering leviathan rollicking on a rambunctious ocean.

To be a man with – O grander still! – a woman grafted to my vine,
A woman crisp and vigorous as the wanton winds
Yet cool and cleansing as a trickling forest stream.
To meet my wholeness in the valleys of your curving twisting form,
To state my throbbing case against them 'til passions leave us warm and worn.
I'm transfixed by your womanly wonders, your prodding eyes which smolder as they see
The roaring manhood bursting from this boyish bundle of me.

I submitted a poem just now, which I had originally written for a lovely lady earlier today.
Its a more on the humorous side, so I'm unsure of the likelihood of it getting accepted.

you spun around and I grabbed
a kitchen knife near me which

scared you into spinning
till you stopped and I stabbed

at the know on your apron
you wore when you baked cupcakes

it fell to the floor and I turned
you around and took you

>>3471250
knot, not know

>>3467027
I'm uploading the photos next week during my reading week.
Was too lazy to email you or wait until tomorrow

>>3471255
don't worry about it, I tend to dawdle often enough myself when doing TAR work so it is no big deal. We'll get a chance to talk tomorrow, if you get a chance to make it

>>3471255
don't worry about it, I tend to dawdle often enough myself when doing TAR work so it is no big deal. We'll get a chance to talk tomorrow, if you can make it