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Poetry Sale to Abyss & Apex

Monday, 5 March 2012


I've had a couple of short stories appear in Abyss and Apex in the past: Museum Beetles way back in 2005 and Her Long Hair Shining just recently. The lovely news is they've just accepted one of my poems too. His Last Gift To Her will be appearing at some point in the future. Unless it turns out time travel is possible, in which case it may already have appeared in a previous issue ...

Abyss and Apex pay $5 per poem - perhaps not a vast amount in the great scheme of things, but since the poem in question is a 13 word haiku, that actually works out as (takes out calculator) 38.46c/word. And pro level is generally considered to be 5c/word, right?

Definitely a rate I could get used to ...

Posted by Simon Kewin at 20:03

13 comments:

  1. Ellie Garratt5 March 2012 at 20:56

    Congratulations!

    Finally visiting your blog again has reminded me I don't yet have your ebooks on my kindle. Added to my 'to do' list. Ooo . . .and they're not on my blogging authors page either. Naughty!

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  2. Simon Kewin5 March 2012 at 21:08

    Thanks, Ellie. And I'm honoured to be on your to do list!

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  3. Old Kitty5 March 2012 at 21:18

    Erm.. I'll take your mathematical word for it being as I couldn't get past Grade 3 CSE in Maths. LOL!!

    Oh but YAY for your poem!!! And a 13 word haiku one at that! IMPRESSIVE stuff! Take care
    x

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  4. Simon Kewin6 March 2012 at 07:29

    Thanks, Old Kitty. I could, of course, have done the calculation in my head, but I used a calculator, just to be sure ...

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  5. StratPlayerCJF6 March 2012 at 12:53

    Congratulations, Simon! It's great to see all the pub credits you're accumulating (and deservedly so, I might add)!

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  6. Deborah Walker6 March 2012 at 13:47

    You're a regular at Abyss and Apex. That's very impressive.

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  7. Simon Kewin6 March 2012 at 13:52

    Chris and Deborah - many thanks.

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  8. Precy Larkins6 March 2012 at 18:52

    Congrats! That's way cool! $5 for a haiku is a lot. :)

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  9. Simon Kewin6 March 2012 at 19:14

    Cherie - I know! Obviously I do it for the beauty and art of it. But $5 is good, too.

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  10. Anonymous7 March 2012 at 19:58

    Riches indeed. When you add that to our quiz winnings, well...

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  11. Anonymous7 March 2012 at 22:05

    Well done, Simon! Abyss & Apex accept haiku? Duly noted, sir.

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  12. Simon Kewin7 March 2012 at 22:33

    Sue - we'll be in clover.

    Milo - they do! Looking forward to yours ...

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  13. Cate Gardner11 March 2012 at 17:09

    Congratulations

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