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The Real Eight View...
...established 2004, is an electronic magazine dedicated to providing a
platform for poets as well as a source for readers of poetry.
My three manuscripts...
...were still collecting dust on my end table and I had no intention of hiring an agent
to find an editor to find a publisher to receive rejection after rejection. So I sought resources
on the internet and discovered a market for writers through electronic magazines. I visited many sites
and read many poems, stories, submission guidelines, site descriptions and so forth. I was touched by a
bit of grandiosity and decided I could do a site of my own. However, like my three manuscripts collecting dust,
I had no intentions of going through with the footwork until a friend of mine told me of his online clothing
company he founded. I questioned him and told him of my idea. His statement to me "John, if you are going to do
this, make sure you do it only because it is your passion," along with a few tips on how to get started ignited
a desire to pursue my literary dreams.
The new task at hand...
...was coming up with finding a domain name that was available along with a title and a
direction. I was toying with several names in my head only knowing that I wanted a publication
everyone can relate to. So I did a search for relate.com and it was taken. I had the same luck
with real.com and several others. Realeight.com however was available and for the next couple of days
I pondered the domain name along with thematic ideas. I did not purchase the name until I spoke to the
same friend about my ideas and his response was plain and simple: "Sounds great. Go home and get that
domain name before someone else does."
The Real Eight View...
...is the title I entered into the copy write forms mainly because it can't be left blank
and with one look I said, "I can Relate to that". Hence, The Real Eight View came into existence
founded on the following principals:
Get off your ass and chase your dreams
Keep it plain and simple
Give the readers something they can relate to
The Word "Real"...
...as defined by Webster, "existing or happening as or in fact; actual; true, objectively so, etc.;
not merely seeming, pretended, imagined, fictitious, nominal, or ostensible," offers a direction for
The Real Eight View. Yes, existing in print as well as online is the goal, however that is not the reference
made here. The word "Real" as used throughout this site, refers to poetry, short fiction and the way I want
reader to be touched. I want the reader to be able to get in touch with emotions, feelings and experience the
literature as the writers experienced it. This is the direction The Real Eight View is taking: to offer poetry
and literature that enables the readers to experience "The Real".