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Hi! I'm juiced this month becuz LitVision is taking off like the literary
version of SpaceShipOne! Despite the fact that i your pilot/editor am rocking
back and forth, clutching my own bosom for emotional support in a cold dark
room as i write this, i feel that i've accomplished what i set out to do, and
feel comfortable extending my original scope to make LitVision an actual
print-world force!
That's right, you can look for us soon: LitVision Press--- small & independent
publisher of literary flotsam, at least until the money runs out! Email me if
you'd like to be a part of this wonderful experiment in publishing!
Sometimes people are shocked, or they laugh at me, dismissing my website as
minor electronic annoyance and refuse to even acknowledge my publishing
aspirations. It's fair to do so, it makes sense today, but in the long term i
wouldn't bet against me. I am an important part of the future of independent
publishing! Again, who am i competing with? Ezines, small presses, print
zinesters, these are literary communities able to work together and support
each other for the sake of free artistic expression. That's the literary
revolution. It isn't about producing the next bestseller, it's about changing
attitudes. As readers and writers, are you truly happy with mainstream
publishing? Or are you hungry for heartier fare on your literary plates?
It is extremely hard to achieve artistic cultural change on a widespread level,
but it is possible. Picasso did it, as did Mark Twain and many others. It's
harder now than ever before, as people get intellectually lazy in our soundbyte
culture. What we can do to fight it is collectively chip away at that cultural
wall until a hairline fracture lets in some much needed light and fresh air.
The point of the LitVision ezine is not Revoltion but Evolution...a fresh way
of existing in current conditions: on the internet as literature, for and by
real people. Not celebrities. Average people. The printed production of
LitVision Press will allow us to fight on two fronts: online & in print.
We publish writing that we feel is relevant, and/or interesting and/or fun.
LitVision does not automatically exclude people who hold Stanford writing
degrees or those who have appeared in McSweeney's. Does it make me a hypocrite
if i identify with the underground yet welcome all comers aboard LitVision if
they can shoot a scrap of writing past our hardcore editorial crew? Hell no!
LitVision is an open community. I believe that people who don't belong here
won't hang around. Why would they? Who can i make famous three months into the
publishing scene? Check how my website's set up, notice the language i use. Do
you see any ads on this site? I get a thousand hits a month, not a million. My
loyal readers and writers realize and appreciate these things, as i appreciate
them.
As Jack Saunders puts it, "If you say you're a member of the Buzzard Cult, you
are." I'm a member of Jack's buzzard cult, and chances are if you've read this
far, you're a member of mine. Are ya?
Patrick Simonelli
Editor & Publisher
Background art on this page: Stone Riley's View from Hubble
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BONUS:::
Last month i ordered the LitVision crew to take showers and pose for some new
official portraits! This is what we came up with. I'll apologize in advance...
