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About Skyline Community Editor
Skyline Literary Community Editorial
information.
Haiku Haven and Poet Express were
created from the ashes of Skyline Magazines. In a moment, you will
understand what I'm trying to express, and how we happened upon the name
Poet Express. Self explanatory: here at Poet Express, you are
cordially welcomed to enjoy expressions of poets when you visit, often I
hope, our place for poets to express! We encourage new and
established writers to join us.
My name is Victoria Valentine.
I'm a writer and publisher from NY, USA. Here's a short story that
will kind of tell you who I am, and what I'm about.
I published Skyline Literary Magazines
for about 4 years, starting in September of 2001. Skyline was
overwhelmingly accepted by the community of literary arts in cities and
states across the USA, and was shipped to some International regions.
Skyline produced elegant, monthly
magazines that were distributed nationwide by 3 professional
distributors. Unfortunately, a magazine cannot survive on
reputation and sales alone. We had no advertising, other than a
few author ads that we priced at $25.00. To bring a very
beautiful, exciting and sad story to a climax, Skyline closed its doors
last May, 2005, leaving behind a national distribution of 10,000
magazines per month. Right afterward, I took a job that
actually paid me, and for the past year I have been happily working for
a medical messaging company, providing world class customer service:)
As the dust settled, I found myself in
a 'regular' routine, missing writing, missing publishing, missing
Skyline. So........here we are today, June 1, 2006, and we've
resurrected Skyline Literary Community, adding Poet Express and Haiku
Haven web sites. So maybe this isn't such a sad story after all.
Because here we are, today, back on track with Poet Express, Haiku Haven
and the amazing Skyline Literary Community!
Here's my bio that I use for my own
submissions, although I rarely submit my own work for publication
anymore. I'd rather publish yours! As my good friend and
house artist of Poet Express, Steve Cartwright, said when he heard that
we are back online: "The ink is in your blood,
Victoria." Steve is right!
Victoria Valentine
is the founder, publisher and editor of Skyline Publications, which she created in September, 2001.
Skyline publishes multiple titles including Skyline Literary Magazine, SpinningS…intense tales of life, A Hudson View Poetry Digest, At Poetic Times
Magazine. Victoria is the co-author
of At The Stroke Of Midnight, 24 Tales of Terror.
She also wrote lyrics for 5 songs included on the Eyes Of Ash CD
performed by The Unintended of NY.
Victoria
resides in New York, USA. She has been writing since
childhood and through the years has gathered various literary and art
credits. She has been published online and in print
magazines in the USA, UK, France, India, and in South Africa.
Recent interview with Amibath Mitra @ Boliji.com
resurrecting
Skyline !
“reach
for the sky, it’s closer than you think.
you
may not find that pot of gold at rainbow’s end,
but
the search is one colorful experience!”
VRV
2001
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