originally posted Mon., Oct. 31, 2005; 12:41 p.m. EST
hey y'all.
my writing takes every form imagined: to-do lists, fiction, poetry, personal essay, e-mail, notes to friends and family...
i began submitting my writing for publication about 5 years ago. my first submission was accepted. it wasn't a particularly well-written piece, but it was heart-felt and a perfect fit for the anthology that resulted from the submissions.
since then, i've submitted sporadically. mostly to non-paying markets but sometimes to paying markets as well. the number of acceptances and rejections has been about equal.
this month has been a good one for me. i've subbed 6 times to various online publications. here's the breakdown: 3 poetry subs to paying pubs; 1 photo and 1 short fiction to a non-paying pub; 1 photo to a paying pub.
as i said, this month has been a good one. 2 of those subs were accepted -- 1 photo by a non-paying pub, and 1 poem by a paying pub.
the poem was accepted by a website that specializes in erotica. i was happily surprised when i got their acceptance e-mail and the contract. not that i thought my poem wasn't good enough. (what writer doesn't think his or her work is fabulous?)
i was just happily surprised that someone else thought so too.
my submissions tracker shows that i've had months where i've submitted once, twice, or nothing at all. if i'm going to really do this thing (get paid on a continuous basis for my writing), i have to submit more and better work, consistently.
wow... ya think?
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