Two recent posts by Georganna of Writer’s Edge has gotten me thinking about two different, yet related, thought directions.
First, what magazines do you other writers get? I did my newbie/plebe duty and subscribed to Writer’s Digest. I read most of the first two issues, some of the next two, and maybe looked at the cover of the rest. Yawn. Far too many ads and far too short articles. And far too much stuff about vanity presses.
I recently got a subscription to Poets and Writers. I rec’d the first issue and was absorbed into it immediately. Sure, it’s chock full o’ ads too, but for some reason I don’t find them oppressive.
I also got Tin House for a year. Very high brow literature, in my humble opinion, and I loved every issue. But I couldn’t justify the cost so I didn’t renew.
I also get the GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies put out by Duke University Press. I am a member of the Gay/Lesbian Caucus and the journal is a side benefit. Reading the articles and stories makes my brain fog up. It has been too long since I read such big words.
Georganna’s first post was about how to find information about specific magazines. The second had to do with setting in a novel but it referred to an article on The Writer Magazine website.
So? What magazines/journals do you get that relate to writing?