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Michael Pendragon wrote:

> On Monday, August 1, 2022 at 12:13:56 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
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>> >> Circulation 10,000 copies a month for almost twenty years.
>> >> My monthly column and poetry in every issue for nearly twenty years.
>
>> >> Again, who here can top that?
>
>> > Anyone who's had one poem published in a small press/indie *poetry* zine with a circulation of 100 copies.

Again, you flatter yourself, and you glorify your small press days. I was involved in small press myself, and edited a poetry and art zine for years (which was listed in Poet's Market during the mid-1990s), so I know that scene well, also.

>> My poetry and stories that appeared in various small press publications were read by 100s (perhaps 1,000s) of my fellow writers.
>
>> My poetry and column was published monthly at 10,000 copies per issue for nearly twenty years.
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>> In other words, I topped your lifetime circulation in one month.

> But no one read your column


You wish.

I know for a fact that they did, you shit slinging little monkey.

> The point is that it doesn't matter how many copies of your poem are circulated

10,000 copies every month for nearly twenty years, you wish you could have had that reach.

Curb your jealousy, Pendragon.

> Having your poem read by 10 of your fellow writers is far more significant than

More significant than having a monthly audience of 10,000 monthly readers?

Of course not, again, you flatter yourself, you shit slinging little monkey.

Dream on, Pendragon, and feel free to continue to indulge your fantasy.

And so it goes.