Saturday’s post brought two gems – the first a copy of Wet Ink containing my story ‘On the Cusp of Style and Failure’ and the second a Green and Black’s Organic Cereal Bar. I will freely admit I didn’t know which one to tear the wrapper off first! But the magazine won.
So I had the pleasure of spending Saturday morning munching on some of the best chocolate in the world (and telling myself it counted as a healthy breakfast, with all those cereal grains and fruits and nuts) and browsing a magazine new to me.
Let me be honest again. The Green and Black’s made a better initial impression than the magazine. I was not thrilled to bits by the cover, and I’m still not, although it has grown on me, but as I read through, I became more engrossed and impressed. Wet Ink is an Australian publication – it pays its writers well, from my experience treats them well, and publishes an eclectic but well-balanced mix of fiction, poetry, non-fiction and reviews. It has opinions and expresses them and has a clear sense of itself and its place in the literary and wider world.
All in all, it was a good weekend …
4 Comments
Nik's Blog
18th June 2008Sounds good. I’d not heard of Wet Ink so I shall have to add it to my list of things to do.
N
Tania Hershman
18th June 2008I just got my copy of Wet Ink too – haven’t read the stories yet, now I am looking forward to it even more. I think it’s a great magazine, I really enjoy the non-fiction/interviews as well as the fiction, I feel like I learn a great deal about Australia. Nik – definitely add it to your list. Congrats, Kay, on your story, I’m heading off to read it now.
Anonymous
18th June 2008Well done on Wet Ink, but really, ruining good chocolate by plastering it around muesli, that’s almost sacrilege.
Kind regards Mark Hubbard
Kay Sexton
24th June 2008Nik, it’s a really good journal, I think you’d enjoy it.
Tania, thank you, and congratulations to you too on your collection!
Mark, it’s about the same relation to muesli as a 2CV is to a Rolls Royce Silver Cloud … trust me!