So to speak. Huge leaps have been made this week—all
decisions were made regarding submissions, the narrative was decided, and now all
that’s left are the millions of little tweaks and fine-tuning.
But these things take a lot of energy—and time. Our editors
have to keep up with the fast pace of this class in addition to their other
classes—and the pace of this week alone has been dizzying! A lot of time was
spent on the narrative (i.e., the order all the pieces in the magazine go in); this was an interesting process that took a lot of time because there was a lot more to it than sticking any ole piece anywhere (my personal, very incorrect impression of ordering poems/stories in books or magazines prior to taking this class). But
it’s not that we haven’t been putting in these kind of hours all along; it’s
just that now it’s far more condensed, since it's our turn to be “down to the wire." The magazine needs to be out to print very soon!
We can’t rest there, though. After the manuscript goes to
print, we need to organize the release event, a special release reading held on
May 18, 2012 from 2-4pm. The authors and poets published in this year’s edition
of the Suisun Valley Review have been
invited to read their works. There will be a booth where you can purchase SVR No. 29 and a booth for—yes, I was telling
the truth in an earlier post—cookies.
(I’ve seen the current sign-ups for cookie baking. Come for SVR, stay for the cookies, because they
will be amazing!)
