I realize I am long overdue for a Seuss post.
Last week on Twitter, I came across this fantastic link: Slush Reading, Seuss Style.
Bloody brilliant, huh?
Not only did it make me laugh, but it got me thinking about all the people I have been in critique groups with over the years who write and write and write... but never submit.
So, this is for them:
They read slush
Slush, they read
Sometimes they like the slush they read
They read their slush
They do indeed
So if you want
to succeed
Here’s advice that you must heed
You must submit-
that is the key
Submitting is the key, you see
If you don’t
send stories out
You won’t get pubbed
There is no doubt
Can not, will not take a chance?
You’ll never get that big advance
No three book deals
Or royalties
No rave reviews
Or noisy SQUEES.
You must submit,
Submit you must
Or manuscripts
will gather dust.
So, if you want
to get that call
Submit to one
Submit to all.
NOTE: This could be better with more time, but my Bunco game started five minutes ago!
26 comments:
Hahahahaha!
What a lovely way to start the week...with a little Seuss!
Yep, I need to send out something I've been sitting on....
Shelley
Very cute! :)
HA! Corey, this is so funny! Are you a member of SCBWI? Your poem might be something fun to submit to their magazine.
MG has a good idea. It is adorable! You must submit...
so true. Nothing ventured, right?
So cute and true!
Very funny. And so true!
Too funny! And sooooo true.
I want my SQUEES! whatever they are, they sound better than rave reviews, which I crave too, of course.
That was great, Corey! I laughed out loud for the first time all day. Thanks.
Hahaha, you hit it! And, get out! I just played Bunco the other night! LOL
Fantastic!
I fear this poem
may speak my name
Submit I will
I crave that fame
Thanks for the kick in the fanny.
Did you win anything good last night? :)
Thanks everybody!
Kim, ha!
MG, you're so sweet, but I would have to work on it much longer before submitting it to SCBWI.
Yat-Yee, I think a SQUEE is like a WOOT. Not sure, I have done any squeeing yet. But i plan to when I get my contract :)
How CUTE! What a great motivator, Corey! I'm posting this next to my computer . . . :)
Fun and true! :)
Love it! Great motivation for those of us slacking on their WIPs. You have to write before you can submit, right?
Wow, this is made of awesome! I love it! Thanks for the smile.
I like this :)
Last week I subbed
a rhyming book
I hope the editor
gives it a fair look
But if I fail
that is okay
I'll still keep writing
every day.
(See Corey, I need a lot of help on meter...)
It's just perfect the way it is ... awesome!
Ha, Melissa!
Thanks again, everyone.
hey girl! that is hilarious. you did that in 5 min - man you are a good rhymer.
No, not in five... I was five minutes late for my Bunco game. Maybe 15?
I'm going to put this on my wall to remind me to have fun with the process. (Not that I won't take it seriously.)
LOVE it, Corey! Thanks for keeping it light. We all need that. :)
I love it!!! Seuss Submission Movitation! This is SO me...need to submit something to someone soon! Thanks for sharing this!
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