Meta: Origins and Plunge Magazine

[ailelie]

I did not start 2012 with the intention of starting an ezine. I wanted to polish and finish my own stories—at least, that was one of my New Year Resolutions. Plunge began without warning. Just an offhand post on my Dreamwidth. An only half-sincere musing of I would like to (someday, one day, never) create a one-issue zine with a focus on femslashy fairytales and/or in celebration of words. Not the grandest of origin stories. One spark of interest, however, and I couldn't get the idea out of my head. If you ever wish to thank or blame anyone for the existence of Plunge, you might want to start with havocthecat. Before her comment ("Ooh! I don't have much spare money at the moment, but I'm very interested in the project.") I was going to let the ezine idea fall alongside all the stories I'd like to read, but never write. I wasn't the kind of person who created ezines. I didn't know the first thing about starting an ezine. But when havocthecat expressed her interest, I wondered—just how hard could it be?
( I really had no idea. )

Any questions? I'll answer as best I can, but I am still figuring everything out myself.

Link List: Where to find poetry, an incomplete list

[ailelie]

This morning when I posted the back-story for Plunge, I made brief reference to a few online literary magazines I like. To close out my day of hosting, I decided to compile a list of journals I enjoy from my bookmarks. Each of the publications below, save for one, publishe(s/d) poetry.

Enjoy!

( A list of twelve journals )

What are some of your favorites not on this list? What makes you like them?