Jill, there's always the possibility of waiting until the children are grown, as happened with me. There's plenty of life left After Children. But make good notes.
I remember reading in the first issue of Poet's Market I ever bought that women submit less than men. I thought that was a given. It was presented there as a confidence issue.
So guys, how much do YOU submit? I tried for a long time to get a packet of three poems out every week, and that worked while I was submitting exclusively to places with quick turnaround. With the print mags that take six months and more to respond, it doesn't. I can't crank poems out weekly any more, and I don't get them back fast enough, and keeping track of simsubs and withdrawals will drive me nuts, even with Duotrope.
Mike Alexander once wrote about reading for a journal and getting a packet of poems from Lyn Lifshin. As I recall, he complained that the ten poems seemed to have been aimed scattershot at anything, not chosen with any consideration of that particular publication. But she's the queen of the little magazines, so maybe that method works!
But now, back to the overtime work I'm supposed to be doing.
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