Literary Incest (a g-mail chat)

6:10 PM LaTanya: You know a lot of these online journals seem a little incestuous.
6:11 PM me: totally
LaTanya: You're here!
me: and i want to join the family
LaTanya: Ha.
6:12 PM I think you should probably aim higher.
6:13 PM me: what journals were you thinking of?
LaTanya: For which statement?
6:14 PM me: the incest
6:15 PM LaTanya: I was just sort of making a general assessment. I read this htmlgiant blog too much, and then because I'm obsessive I'll go and read the blogs of the people commenting, and then their work, and so on. I noticed that a lot of them have been published in the same online places and nothing more.
6:16 PM me: some, definitely
[RESCINDED]
[RESCINDED]
etc
LaTanya: And there seems to this critique against a lot of print mags for publishing a certain aesthetic.
6:17 PM A lot of it seems hypocritical.
6:19 PM This [RESCINDED] person has an entire blog devoted to [RESCINDED].
6:20 PM me: yeah
6:21 PM [RESCINDED] has [RESCINDED] me
and i have a [RESCINDED] of [RESCINDED] right now at [RESCINDED]
HAHAHA
the POWER
just kidding actually
LaTanya: No, I think a lot of it is that.
me: but i don't like [RESCINDED] [RESCINDED] but i am afraid if i [RESCINDED] [RESCINDED] will think i am getting revenge
LaTanya: So many of these editors are failed/struggling writers.
6:22 PM Well [RESCINDED] put it on [RESCINDED] [RESCINDED].
me: plus [RESCINDED] [RESCINDED] immediately after encouragingly [RESCINDED] my [RESCINDED]
LaTanya: lol
6:23 PM me: what if i e-mailed [RESCINDED] and said "let's make a deal"
LaTanya: But these journals are trying to be cool and "holier than thou" but they're doing the same bullshit.
I wouldn't.
6:24 PM me: i won't
LaTanya: I classify [RESCINDED] as the better journal.
me: but what if
true
LaTanya: If you did it would be hilarious.
me: true
and cause a blog shitstorm if it ever got out
LaTanya: But it would be blogged all over the place.
me: yes
6:25 PM LaTanya: I really dislike blogs.
Yet I read them.
It's a horrible fault.
It's like reading someone's journal.
I haven't read [RESCINDED] though because I like his book.
6:26 PM Plus these people are on Facebook which is weird.
me: his is one of the most tolerable blogs. love the book.
6:27 PM the incest thing is a fine line, and might just be general goodwill
like you are nice to people and they in turn are nice to you
LaTanya: Also, on another note, [RESCINDED] keeps sending me those "suggestions" for his books on [RESCINDED] and I emailed him this long thing about how [RESCINDED] I bought came in the mail and looked like a [RESCINDED] ran over it.
6:28 PM me: haha
LaTanya: And I couldn't finish it bc some of the pages stuck together, and now it's [RESCINDED].
me: sorry to hear it
LaTanya: And the other book I wanted is sold out.
And he hasn't responded and that makes me sad.
me: he will though
guaranteed
6:29 PM LaTanya: We will see.
me: i am freaked out now
this person i don't know
just [RESCINDED]
LaTanya: I don't know what that means.
6:30 PM LaTanya: Probably bc of the connection to the journal.
6:31 PM me: still
LaTanya: Now I'm going to sit here and read all of this.
me: all of what
LaTanya: This blog.
6:32 PM me: oh ok
he
founded [RESCINDED]
less scary
LaTanya: He also likes [RESCINDED].
Not so much.
Maybe this is a joke.
6:33 PM me: maybe literary mag incest is just used in cases of a tie between equally qualified stories
6:34 PM like networking in general
LaTanya: Maybe.
6:37 PM A lot of this stuff though is underdeveloped.
6:39 PM I don't understand why so many people have blogs.
me: it's like a resume in a way
6:40 PM LaTanya: It propagates the "I am special" mentality.
me: more so than facebook?
LaTanya: Maybe.
They're all evil.
me: haha
6:41 PM LaTanya: But a blog is more diary-like.
me: i agree, but a necessary one
hmmmm, it depends what you do with it
LaTanya: Of course I'm a hypocrite I'm aware of this.
me: most are very boring
i can't be bothered to blog anymore
6:42 PM can i post this g-mail chat on my blog?
hahaha
LaTanya: Sure.
me: with [RESCINDED] removed, possibly
6:43 PM k, i need to do some editing
will you be on here later?
6:44 PM LaTanya: I think so.