On Monday, August 8, 2022 at 5:23:18 PM UTC-4, Zod wrote:
> W.Dockery wrote:
>
> > Michael Pendragon wrote:
> >>> > On Monday, August 1, 2022 at 8:21:30 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> >>> > > Michael Pendragon wrote:
> >
> >>> > > > On Monday, August 1, 2022 at 7:57:22 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> >>> > > >> Michael Pendragon wrote:
> >>> > > >> > On Monday, August 1, 2022 at 7:15:37 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >> >> >> >> Again, Playgrounds Magazine had a circulation of 10,000 copies a month for almost twenty years.
> >>> > > >> >> >> >> My monthly column and poetry in every issue for nearly twenty years.
> >>> > > >> >> >> >> Who here can top that?
> >>> > > >> >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> >> Certainly not Michael Pendragon and his Xeroxed small press zines with their 10 copy print runs.
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > Why do you lie so much
> >>> > > >> >> >> I've asked you that same question a few times, you shit slinging little monkey.
> >>> > > >> >> >> > My poetry magazines were professionally printed, perfectbound, card cover, and approximately 200 pages.
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > They published authors from the US, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, South Africa, India, and Australia.
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > Here are a few of the writers, poets, and artists who appeared in our publications:
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ae-stallings
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://christinasng.com/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > http://schwader.net/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://seventhstarpress.com/books/steven-shrewsbury/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > http://www.rainfallsite.com/FiendishFord.html
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://scarletzine.com/kevin-n-roberts/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.briankeene.com/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/read-horror/meet-the-writer/scott-thomas/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/red-chrysanthemums
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://robertpinskypoet.com/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://bookshop.org/contributors/k-s-hardy
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.amazon.com/Lee-Clark-Zumpe/e/B005JUX38M%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/read-horror/meet-the-writer/paul-kane/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > http://www.annafranklin.co.uk/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://jamesdorrwriter.wordpress.com/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://winningwriters.com/people/elizabeth-howkins
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://atlanteanpublishing.fandom.com/wiki/Phillip_A._Ellis
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.amazon.com/Return-Eden-Gods-Pamela-Constantine/dp/1903949076
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.pw.org/content/jane_stuart_1
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > http://www.thehypertexts.com/Mary%20Rae%20Poet%20Poetry%20Picture%20Bio.htm
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Brooke/e/B00BXHDFYW%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.sueparman.com/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Cathy_Buburuz
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > http://www.bruceboston.com/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > http://www.pulpmodern.net/authors/susan-e-abramski/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > http://www.brianbiswas.com/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/kevin-l-donihe/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2021/01/remembering-charlee-jacob-containment/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.amazon.com/Kurt-Newton/e/B006VYUMUM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > http://scars.tv/calendar2005/portet-karen-r.htm
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://loft.org/artists/holly-day
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://chris.michaelherring.net/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Veach_Sadler
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.sikoraarts.com/ralph-turturro
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.amazon.com/Eavesdropping-Mary-Rudbeck-Stanko/dp/1879205157
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > http://www.timbooktu.com/napolin/napolin.htm
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.amazon.com/Greg-Bauder/e/B0034Q1TMA?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1659386689&sr=1-1
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.poetshaven.com/archives/2232
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.amazon.com/High-Intemperance-Ann-MacKinnon-Kucera/dp/B001S37DI0
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://www.amazon.com/Lisa-J-Becker/e/B07DD217W1%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > http://descentintolight.com/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_R._Burch
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > https://corrinedewinter.com/
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> > And many, many more.
> >>> > > >> >> >> That's great to see that you made an effort to help other poets out of obscurity.
> >>> > > >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> > Yes, I'm sure Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky
> >>> > > >> >> So, you published a famous poet, it didn't exactly do much to improve your obscure status, did it?
> >>> > > >> >> >> Still, I published my monthly poems and columns at 10,000 copies a month, so in one month my circulation exceeded yours for your entire publication history.
> >>> > > >> >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> >> And I was published monthly at 10,000 copies for nearly twenty years... stop whining about it and get over it, Pendragon.
> >>> > > >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> > And your column was read by
> >>> > > >> >> As many as 10,000 readers every month for nearly twenty years.
> >>> > > >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> Yes, that's a lot of readers, unlike your small press pamphlets with print runs of maybe fifty copies.
> >>> > > >> >>
> >>> > > >> >> And so it goes.
> >>> > > >>
> >>> > > >> > My magazines had print runs of 500 copies
> >>> > > >> While Playgrounds Magazine had a monthly circulation of 10,000 copies, and I published a monthly column and poem in every issue for nearly twenty years.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > > That's
> >>> > > A lot of readers, I know.
> >>> > A lot
> >>> Yes, thousands of readers every month for nearly twenty years.
>
> >> Thousands
>
> > At least.
> With 10,000 copies available every month, of course...

Exactly.