How to be a Successful Poet on Social Media

This is a great post to help us become or remain good citizens of the literary world.

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• When was the last time you shared someone else’s status update/tweet/blog link on social media?
• When was the last time you shared a link to your blog?
• When did you last review or mention another writer’s book?
• When was yours reviewed and who by? Have you ever reviewed a book by your reviewer?
• When you had a poem published, did you help promote the magazine that published it or did you state you had a poem published without mentioning the magazine or linking to it?
• When an editor sends you proofs of an accepted poem, do you only correct typos, spelling/grammar errors or do you see it as an opportunity to re-write your poem?
• At open mic slots, do you keep within your allotted time or regularly overrun?
• If invited to an event, do you turn up on time or do you have a reputation for always being late or…

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Interview: Lisa Rizzo

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Marcia Meier recently spoke with Lisa Rizzo to discuss her poetry, motivations, and inspirations threaded throughout her work. Rizzo is a poet, blogger and world traveler who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. A middle school teacher by profession, Lisa has published a chapbook of her poetry and blogs frequently about her travel adventures. Her blog, Poet Teacher Seeks World , is chock-full of her insightful and keen observations during her global jaunts, which also informed much of her chapbook,  In the Poem an Ocean . Her poems are earthly, nostalgic, piercing and always surprising.

Meier and Rizzo chatted recently about the poet’s passions and her life.

Meier: What inspired you to begin writing poetry?

Rizzo: I started writing poetry because I was desperate. Even though I had always wanted to write, I only dabbled with it until I was in college. Then I began to attempt writing fiction. I tried over…

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