The Poetry Editor has helped poets and writers around the world to become their own best editors since 1983, starting with the poetry home study course Mary Sayler wrote and used for years with poetry students before revising the course as the book Poetry: Taking Its Course.
Those experiences and many years of studying poetry techniques and forms led to the articles and discussions about poetry on The Poetry Editor blog. If you follow the blog, you will see new articles and updates as soon as they are posted. Followers are also encouraged to post helpful comments, ask general questions about poetry, and suggest discussion topics on writing, revising, editing, and marketing poems.
If you plan to self-publish your poetry chapbook. book of poems, or children's picture book, you especially need to add a Final Edit to your self-publishing costs to have the professional quality of book you desire.
Before you self-publish, though, study the writers' guidelines for traditional publishers of literary journals, anthologies, e-zines, books of poems, and all genres of children's books on the Poetry Markets page. Check out the helpful Resources for Poets and writers too.
In addition to those resources, The Poetry Editor offers personal but professional feedback on your poems, book proposals, and children's picture books for a reasonable fee in a Poetry Critique, Writing Consult, or Edit. For almost 30 years, those editorial and critique services have offered poets and writers at all stages of their careers a thorough reading, encouraging suggestions, practical comments, and a thoughtful one-on-one response.
Poetry editor Mary Sayler identifies with your needs, too, since she is a well-published writer in all genres and poet whose free verse, prose poems, metered poetry, syllabic verse, and children's poems have appeared in a variety of traditional markets. In 2012, Hiraeth Press will publish her book, Living in the Nature Poem.
But will any of this help you and your poems? To find out what other poets, writers, and poetry editors have to say, see Accolades for The Editor.
If you need more information, email the Poetry Editor at mary@thepoetryeditor.com or use the Contact page.
