Just an update

As some of you may know, I've been trying to turn my skills at being a wise-ass into a writing career of some sort recently, because the field for lifetime bag-boys is bereft of hope. Well, I am happy to announce that

1. A piece I sent to Hitch magazine (a pop culture humor mag) has been accepted for publication. the editor will either include it in the fall issue or, if unable to fit it in, in the spring issue.

2. Another piece I submitted to the website Nothing Sacred (I'll paste the link when my piece is up on the site) has been accepted, and will most likely appear sometime next week.

Now, neither of these can pay cash for free-lance submissions but I'm getting my foot in the door, and it doesn't even hurt. I've also sent some stuff out to Modern Humorist and National Lampoon.com, but haven't heard back from them yet and I might even try a submission to the grand-daddy of them all, Mad Magazine, sometime in the near future.

Maybe now I can get laid....

WTG!!!!

Gonzo Journalism????

Originally posted by twist WTG!!!!Gonzo Journalism????

Right now it's more fictional, but I plan to start drinking heavily in order to facilitate more "true-to-life" vignettes

Actually, I've been mulling over the possibility of trying to start up a humor mag myself for about a week or two now...I'll let you know if anything comes of that

yeah, nothing says lovin' like...er...DIY!!! FUCK YEAH!

congrats on the good news. now hurry up and finish you tape! :D

Congrats on the publicalations of yer rants. I have yet to be publicated meself, but I'm working on it. I'll def. check out the things if and when you post a link or two. Merry hollandaise.

Good job! Now, how would one go about first finding a mag to submit stuff to? Do you just send your stuff to them or are there contests you submit stuff for?

Good on ya, Tabsy! Looking forward to reading them!

I thought a sense of humour was required for such things?

I mean... well done....

Originally posted by Who is this man that follows me? Good job! Now, how would one go about first finding a mag to submit stuff to? Do you just send your stuff to them or are there contests you submit stuff for?

I just looked it up over the much-abused-this-summer Yahoo Humor link under entertainment, they have a few shady fly-by-night organizations like the Onion and Modern Humorist under that title. Usually they'll have something about submissions, either con (Onion don't want none) or pro (MH and many others want lots).

What other search engines are still in existence? I remember more than just Yahoo back when I was at Uni of So. Carolina back in '97, but I've been so used to Yahoo I don't even remember the other big ones (Lycos and....and......?). They might have more humor links, or just the same as Yahoo

Originally posted by Major Tarantino I thought a sense of humour was required for such things?I mean... well done....

No, not really, they'll take any half-baked garbage to keep afloat....hey, wait a minute!

Thanks

Originally posted by Taboo # 7 > Originally posted by Who is this man that follows me?> Good job! > Now, how would one go about first finding a mag to submit stuff to? Do you just send your stuff to them or are there contests you submit stuff for?

I just looked it up over the much-abused-this-summer Yahoo Humor link under entertainment, they have a few shady fly-by-night organizations like the Onion and Modern Humorist under that title. Usually they'll have something about submissions, either con (Onion don't want none) or pro (MH and many others want lots).

What other search engines are still in existence? I remember more than just Yahoo back when I was at Uni of So. Carolina back in '97, but I've been so used to Yahoo I don't even remember the other big ones (Lycos and....and......?). They might have more humor links, or just the same as Yahoo There's Google, but I mostly use Yahoo, which was the only search engine that seemed to work properly back in 1998 when I first got AOL.