Wrote sixteen limericks in less than a week
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52201)
Staten Island, New York
April 15, 2019 4:04pm CST
Sometimes limericks don't come to you but sometimes they come in batches all of a sudden. Like you write one and then more come to you one after the other...
I wrote seven limericks today, one last night, four on the 13th, and four on the 12th. That's sixteen limericks in total in less than a week. I am so happy about that.
Now I only have sixty eight more limericks to write to complete my manuscript for the first ever limerick book I am planning to publish.
That's still a huge number of limericks to write but I am making progress. Hopefully, I will have more great days like this where I am very inspired and will write many in one sitting...
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@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Apr 19
Whatever comes into my head at the moment is what I write about... Sometimes actual limericks come to me but sometimes I just get an idea to write about a certain situation and then I write it.
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@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
15 Apr 19
Good luck with your project. How do you plan on marketing your manuscript?
@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Apr 19
I am not sure yet. Any suggestions?
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@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Apr 19
@LindaOHio I publish the books myself so no need for an agent.
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@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
16 Apr 19
@lovebuglena It's tough out there. I was hoping that you already had a buyer! It's even tough for writers to get an agent. Good luck! I wish I could be of more help.
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
16 Apr 19
@lovebuglena That's fine if you are doing for yourself. I'm on a poetry site (allpoetry.com) and I enjoy sharing my poems on there.
@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Apr 19
While I'd love to have it sell a lot (as I'd love to happen with all my books) whether many will be interested in my book to buy it or not does not matter too much. I am doing it because I want to do it.
I have already published 11 books, so this one will be my 12th. I am rather excited about it because it's a different kind of poetry book that I've ever done and i am actually writing stuff for it rather than just collecting all poems I have already written and making a book out of that.
My friend has written thousands of limericks. I recently helped him publish his third book of limericks. He is the one that got me onto the limerick train. I appreciate this poetic style much more now. It's not always easy to write but it's fun.
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@lovebuglena (52201)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Apr 19
Sometimes limericks come easy, sometimes not. What can be a challenge is keeping the rhyme scheme perfect and having the syllable count be on point. So, at times, I have to sit there and tweak to get it just right. However, I think it is better to perhaps not have a perfect rhyme or to have a syllable count off a little but have the limerick sound better and be of a better quality than to have perfectly mastered the requirement of the style but have flow that sounds off or the quality is not as good.
