2013 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,900 times in 2013. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 6 trips to carry that many people. Click here to …

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New Issue of Ray’s Road Review

I'm pleased to announce that the Winter 2014 issue of Ray's Road Review has been published today. Read some quality fiction, nonfiction, and poetry at http://raysroadreview.com. The poets we've published are John Harper, Lark Beltran, Kenneth Pobo, Brad Garber, KG Newman, and Marilyn Kallet. Quite a good lineup. Feel free to read and submit. Cheers!

Magazine Submission Rules

I'm the poetry editor for Ray's Road Review and I've been a professional poet for about 25 years. Over time, you learn -- or should learn -- various magazine submission rules, but lately some of the people submitting to RRR have been so boneheaded, I thought I'd mention a few here. First, read the submission …

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What a Writer Shouldn’t Do

I get a steady number of submissions in my job as poetry editor for Ray's Road Review, and I'm glad. It makes life interesting. (I just wish more of them were of higher quality, but oh well....) Most people follow the posted submission guidelines, but every now and then you get a submission from some …

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New Issue of Ray’s Road Review is Out!

The new Summer 2013 of Ray's Road Review is out today! Read poetry by BZ Niditch, William L. Alton, Robert Joe Stout, Paul Brucker, and Lyn Lifshin. There's also a book review on a book of poetry by Mark Jackley. Don't forget about the fiction and nonfiction too. Read and submit. Thanks!