Writer's Life

 So we're at it again!!  Every few years it seems I get the bug to submit to literary magazines.  In this grand world of doubt and the constant need for validation, I find myself at the crossroads of being a self-published author, without validation.  

Granted, the publishing world is vast, filled with agents and editors, publishing houses and of course the great marketing that goes with it; and as writers we want that certification from them. We crave it!  Submitting to lit mags, or querying our masterpiece to agents who are seeking that next big author who has the most creative creation that the world doesn't even know it needed.

Today I've  submitted to 5 literary magazines, through submittable of course.  And as I look over all the rejections I've received since 2015, I'm impressed that I'm still writing and still standing.  To date, I've been rejected 24 times with 1 acceptance--big shout out to From Whispers to Roars lit mag.  Now to some that may not seem like a huge rejection list, especially considering it's an 8 year run.  However, rejection is rejection and that never feels good.  

But press on I will, sifting through mags I think that'll fit my style, my voice, my experiences.  Continue to

write I shall, working on, and hoping to finish the 20 something page novella I've been avoiding, while working to re-work my 2nd book that was published by a small press.  I have ideas, and projects; today was a slight shift away from them, to test the rough waters of the lit mag world.  Maybe I'll do a book of my most glorious rejections...damn, not a bad title for a book.  

Until next time, my dearest faithful readers!