send in those poetry submissions- the birth of chance press

[Rekrab]

I say go with the nice paper -- you'll only regret it if you use cheap paper. From someone who used cheap paper on too many of his own chapbooks. On one I even used recycled, second-hand paper out of the trash. Mostly it was clean but still, there's no such thing as a mint copy when you do that.

 

[jordan]

here it is... http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/3111648149_f2582162e8.jpg?v=0

Almost ready to print it... just need to edit down the author bios and add a table of contents.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

she's beautiful.

 

[justine]

so i'm currently editing the poet bios - some are just a little long, or need punctuation/grammar fixes, just minor changes.

should i email you all with the final bios or not bother? i really can't be bothered doing this, but if you guys are concerned about the changes i've made then i will email you. let me know on this thread, or PM me, or email me at chance press.

mjp wrote like FIVE paragraphs about himself and i'm having to chop it waaay down.

and just to reiterate: rereading these poems... you guys really sent us your best stuff. i'm so happy this is our first project, and i'm even happier that i get the chance (do you see what i did there??) to be the first to publish some of you - i really believe in your talents, and i'm excited to be working with some of you in the near future (keep an eye on the CP website for details).

 

[Hosh]

Good stuff--I can't wait to see it!

 

[Father Luke]

should i email you all with the final bios or not bother?

I must have missed where you wrote which
things would be used.

I'm not sure what of mine is being used.


It's not necessary to mail me any copy of my bio.
I trust you guys.

But could I see what mjp wrote?
I might want to use it next time.

--
Okay,
Father Luke

 

[Gerard K H Love]

.............................................
It's not necessary to mail me any copy of my bio.
I trust you guys.

But could I see what mjp wrote?
I might want to use it next time.

--
Okay,
Father Luke

Yes what he said.

 

[justine]

believe me, you don't want to know what he wrote.

and speaking of paper: anyone got any suggestions for the kind of paper we could use for the body of the chapbook? nice paper that's a step above copy paper but isn't pricey?

 

[roni]

... should i email you all with the final bios or not bother?

I guess my 4 lines didn't need a cut. But if they did: go on!

...any suggestions for the kind of paper we could use for the body of the chapbook?

cork.

 

[Johannes]

I don't need a copy of my bio either, should there be something wrong with it (which probably is, being a filthy non-mother-tongued-foreigner).

Looks great, thanks for the glance, jordan. Can't wait to get it.

 

[bospress.net]

believe me, you don't want to know what he wrote.

and speaking of paper: anyone got any suggestions for the kind of paper we could use for the body of the chapbook? nice paper that's a step above copy paper but isn't pricey?

You can get Hammermill 28lb copy paper in Office Depot. That is thick enough to keep the print from showing through. It is about $15 / 500 sheets, so it is not too much.

Otherwise, if you go to www.frenchpaper.com, they have some cool stuff and sell direct. You can get their stuff in packs of 500. It would be worth picking up their sample books first to see what you like the best.

Then for laid paper, there is always neenah. They have some cool laid white paper.

Bill

 

[hoochmonkey9]

chop whatever you want from my bio. no bio is fine.

 

[Rekrab]

Hack away at my bio. A couple words will do. Make them up if you like. Or just say I'm currently residing in Oregon State Hospital but will have to change wards when they tear the old building down.

 

[mjp]

If you pricks touch one word of my comprehensive biography, I promise you that I will swoop down on Oaktown in a motorcade of Lincoln Navigators full of Howard Sounes' unfed, sleep-deprived lawyers and two dozen of my 18th street homeboys. Unfriendly times, unfriendly times indeed.

Mark my word, paper will be he least of your worries.

We know where you live.

XV3!

 

[Gerard K H Love]

You can reduce mine to "He's boring" to make room to print the full version of War and MJPeace. all 5 chapters.


Thank you Johannes. Austrian perfectionist extraordiaire.

 

[Johannes]

War and MJPeace?

You are very welcome. It simply bursts out and out of me.

 

[Digney in Burnaby]

First sentence in my bio is okay. The rest can be dropped.
cheers,
d in b, aka bp

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Do what you like with my bio, but if you've a mind to, I'm now 45, not 44. Of course, if you could change that to 31, I could probably throw away my Viagra.

 

[Rekrab]

Okay, you can make mine simply "He's even more boring." But then it'll have to follow Gerard's bio.

 

[justine]

and here i was getting all worried that you guys would be a little mad i was cutting down your bios... now it's just that fucker mjp i have to placate.








;)

 

[mjp]

I've said what I have to say. It's in your hands. Just don't cross me and we'll be fine.

 

[strangegirl]

Woo Whoo looking forward to this.

Go ahead and do what you gotta do to my bio, I'm sure you will only make it better.

Paper note: Flax art supplies in SF has a great selection of papers.
I was just in there getting paper on Saturday for a broadside I'm doing for S.A. Griffin.

:)

 

[slimedog]

I don't have much of a bio so instead if it will help you can put some of MJP's bio under my name.

Is it true that this is going to be one of Oprah's pick of books?

 

[bospress.net]

Flax art supplies in SF has a great selection of papers.

Flax is amazing. The marbled papers, the silkscreened papers, the handmade papers. They even have corkskin!

They have everything that a book artist needs to make a books that smell like chocolate mixed with bitter hops.

Bill

 

[Rekrab]

Is it true that this is going to be one of Oprah's pick of books?

Yes, but later she'll turn on us and "take us to the woodshed" like she did James Frey. We'll be humiliated in front of millions. I can't wait.

 

[bospress.net]

Oprah will find out that many of us cannot tell the difference between the smell of the bindings on the early books vs. the later books. We will all be shamed that we pretended to smell the hoppy aromas when all we really smelled was paper.

Bill

 

[Lolita Twist]

I hate Oprah. I think she's secretly pretentious & her supposed wholesomeness annoys the fuck outta me. I get that she helps people, that's all well and good. But if you wanna help people, do it on your time, and not on your programme slot so everyone gets the illusion that you're a good person. Oprah preaches confidence to "women", yet it seems to me someone who lets hundreds of millions of people know that she's a "good person" ain't that confident herself.

 

[mjp]

Enough about Oprah, already.

If she turns on the book I'll go sit on that couch and flirt with her a little bit. Trust me, there is not a woman alive who can resist me. She'll be eating out of my hand. We'll all be rich.

Well, Justine and Jordan will be rich. You can bet your ass we'll never see a dime. They'll disappear to an oceanside South Pacific compound in Chile and taunt us through an anonymous proxy internet connection, posting as "NULLINAX" and "floundering boy."

But I will still find them. 18th street has a long reach. And with Oprah by my side - and Oprah's money on my side - well, they can run, but they can't hide.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

there is not a woman alive who can resist me.

It must be the pain meds.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

If she turns on the book I'll go sit on that couch and flirt with her a little bit. Trust me, there is not a woman alive who can resist me. She'll be eating out of my hand. We'll all be rich.

I can just see you jumping up and down on that couch like Tom Cruise. ;)