A New Review at Savvy Verse and Wit for The Robot Scientist’s Daughter, and the Top Five Ways to Replicate AWP in Your Own Hometown
- At April 07, 2015
- By Jeannine Gailey
- In Blog
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Thanks to Serena and Savvy Verse and Wit for this kind new review of The Robot Scientist’s Daughter at Savvy Verse and Wit!
AWP starts Wednesday. I won’t be at this year’s AWP in Minnesota (though I plan to be at next year’s in LA) so I made a list for all of us who aren’t going to AWP to simulate the experiences!
Top Five Ways To Replicate AWP in Your Own Hometown
- Invite all your writer friends into a very small, smoky bar or coffee shop with no parking and stage a poetry reading and, for bonus points, either a spontaneous fistfight or dance party. Then, get them all into a hotel elevator, preferably slow, for awkward conversation.
- Arrange to hang out in a local crowded hotel lobby and see if you spot any writers you know. Ask at least two people who might vaguely resemble authors to sign books for you.
- Find your local university’s bookstore or the closest magazine stand that carries literary magazines, flipping through as many as possible in a very short amount of time. Carry home as many as you can, and then stack them by your computer where they will gather dust. At the bookstore, buy yourself a shot glass, magnet, or postcard with a witty literary saying, and you can call it swag! Even if you spend, say, a hundred dollars on literary magazines, that’s still way cheaper than AWP!
- Wear a name tag around your house, to the mall, or just to your daily errands all day but keep it turned around so no one knows who you really are. Carry a very heavy tote bag with you (bonus points if you carry one from a previous year’s AWP!)
- Go three days without any sleep, eating only handfuls of candy and drinking only the kind of alcohol you like the least, along with plenty of cheap coffee. Go to your local book store or library late at night (if possible) and ask everyone there about their thoughts on the state of publishing (if no local libraries or book stores, try closing time at the grocery store.) Maybe try to slip someone your latest manuscript.
Seriously though, if you’re going to AWP, have a great time, and stop by Mayapple Press’s table to get a copy of my new book! If you’re not, well, let’s cheer each other up by posting pretend gossip from AWP!
