Congratulations, Mark! - MCC
Mark Roberts wrote: > A local publisher is putting out a book of poetry and photography from > local artists next year, as part of the celebration of Pittsburgh's > 250th birthday and I just found out that the two photographs I > submitted have been accepted. > > I'm not sure how big an honor it really is, because I have little idea > of the quality of the publication and no idea at all yet of what other > material they've accepted. The project does have some official backing > from the county, so I'll take that as a little positive sign. > > They specified black & white photos (of course - this is to go with > poetry, right?) and I sent two of my best, the Welsh Church Door and > the Oak Tree with Vines. All I get out of it is a couple of copies of > the book, so this isn't an honor that *pays* anything, but if it goes > like most anthologies of poetry and photography, I'll probably end up > ahead of the publishers, who are likely to *lose* money ;-) > > (P.S. The only reason I didn't submit any poetry is I couldn't find a > place in the Pittsburgh area that rhymed with "Nantucket"...) > > > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
