Short rant

I can understand that literary magazines want people to buy their product. And I even understand that it is in a writer's best interest to be at least a little familiar with a publication to have a greater chance to be accepted. However, at $5 apiece for the cheap ones and some of them getting up to $15 or more, it's insane to expect writers to pick up copies of every literary magazine that they submit to. I couldn't come anywhere near affording it.

But what really annoys me about the situation is the fact that the your chances only go up a tiny, tiny little bit if you read the magazine. Literary magazines still reject somewhere around 90% of the work they receive. Which makes me wonder how I'll ever get anything published. I am a good poet. I'm pretty confident about that. But am I better than 90-95% of everyone else who writes poetry? It's a daunting thought. But I'll keep trying.