In Canada, several women poets have taken the leap to publishing on the Internet, with varying results. Penny Ferguson, a resident of Nova Scotia on Canada's East Coast and editor of The Amethyst Review , says that one's female and Canadian identity coming through in an electronic publication largely depends on the piece of work and the writer herself.
Some work lends itself to being identified as Canadian because of features such as geography.
Some issues expressed in a poem may identify it as Canadian like concerns over dwindling cod stocks. Other works are more generic. Although I'm fiercely proud to be identified as a Canadian poet, and though I may write about Canadian issues, I think my humanity is the soul of my poetry, not my nationality. However, this might be a temporary problem. In addition to conquering the medium of electronic publishing, Ferguson finds that the age of the Internet has affected her career in several beneficial ways.