When the Cool Writer Kids Won’t Let You in Their Club, Create Your Own

I was a publishing outsider who craved a community.

A handful of my lit mag, small.spiral.notebook print issues from 2004 to 2007.

This may not be the kind of opinion one says out loud, but publishing is a clubby business. And like any other business, talent and hard work are tantamount, but your network is what breaks down all the doors. Years ago, when I was much younger and ambitious, I’d attend book l…