tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627256068921784962.post229528078995876267..comments2024-03-25T14:17:52.660-04:00Comments on JA Grier - One Writer's Mind: Building Audience for Speculative Poetry: Starting with DefinitionsJA Grier (ee/em/eir)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10733447921892286243noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627256068921784962.post-22074589764461104372013-03-08T21:43:40.737-05:002013-03-08T21:43:40.737-05:00I don't think choice of submission destination...I don't think choice of submission destination really defines the product. A speculative poem is a speculative poem, and we've been re-classing historic works i various genres such as fantasy, and various categories such as YA, that were not even a glimmer in literature's eye when those works were published.<br /><br />I think the content of the poem, or maybe the theme depending on how strong it is, defines whether a poem is speculative or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627256068921784962.post-78334538547262498622013-02-14T15:16:13.155-05:002013-02-14T15:16:13.155-05:00Hello Virginia - thanks for reading and commenting...Hello Virginia - thanks for reading and commenting! I really resonate with your statement "To choose to submit within speculative fiction is to choose a community." I'm in the process of trying to define that, too - the 'community' of speculative fiction. If that's the community we'd like to grow, then I certainly need a good definition! :)JA Grier (ee/em/eir)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10733447921892286243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627256068921784962.post-82681569651168962562013-02-13T20:39:19.961-05:002013-02-13T20:39:19.961-05:00Sharing your bent toward inclusivity, I think inte...Sharing your bent toward inclusivity, I think intention is part of whether a poem is "speculative." I mean, "Fairie Queene" is pretty dang speculative, right? But the term didn't apply in Spenser's time.<br /><br />I like what you said about a "strong imaginative element." There is space in that definition for all kinds of poetry. <br /><br />I think some of the dividing line is where poets prefer to submit: to outlets that self-define as speculative? <br /><br />A triad of fiction is writer-editor/publisher-reader. That makes a community. To choose to submit within speculative fiction is to choose a community.<br /><br />One hopes a welcoming sort of community.Virginiahttp://www.virginiamohlere.comnoreply@blogger.com