Magazine rejections anyone?
021Aug 2021
23Jul 2021
Dancing with the dangling threads of Denial
I got another story published today so it's time to celebrate. The story is entitled "The Last Threads of Denial" but there are many invisible threads that still entangle me. I dance around around issues, unable or unwilling to face the truth; I worry whether my story told the whole truth or if I ...
19Jun 2021
TWO JELLYFISH
Write City published my story today and I'm beyond thrilled because although it took me two tries, it was accepted. This is an excerpt from the first email I received: "We appreciate you letting us take a look at this story for possible publication in The Write City Magazine. Usually we’ve got a straight up YES ...
09Jun 2021
CELEBRATE! I wrote my first proposal for my book!
I think I am going to get my book published. This hasn't been something I believed up until now. But I'm inching closer. Last week, there was a writer's pitch fest on Twitter. The objective of the event is for writers to 'pitch' their story in 280 characters or less. Don't forget the ...
20Feb 2021
Searching for a Literary Agent
I am making progress! I've gotten a few more short stories published and an agent requested my full manuscript! I believe in my book because it shines a light on the challenges parents of children with disabilities face. The next step in my process is seeking a literary agent to represent my book ...
27Sep 2020
I DID IT!
I’m proud of myself. Today I took a giant leap and entered the Pitch Wars contest, a mentoring program where published/agented authors, editors, or industry interns choose one writer each, read their entire manuscript, and offer suggestions on how to make the manuscript shine for an agent showcase. So I believe I have a chance. I ...
11Jun 2020
Why Don’t I Celebrate This?
I recently submitted a short story I wrote. I'm rather new at this, so I sent it out to twenty-four magazines, believing my little story would be published in a widely circulated magazine. For two or three months, I waited hoping for that magical moment when I read "Congratulations," but the only thing I received ...
19Apr 2020
Staying the F Home
My brave grownup kid.. Over a month ago, I flew home from a visit with my daughter, with tentative plans to meet her and her family in South Dakota this summer. We’d visit Mount Rushmore! I was imagining what it would be like when everything changed a few days after I got home. A month has ...
27Dec 2019
FORGET ABOUT IT!
I DON"T NEED NO JOB! A few months ago, Jessica said she wanted a job. Rene, her support coordinator, began the process for her. He contacted Vocational Rehab, and after a bunch of mishaps, we got the paperwork completed and started the process. Today, after numerous trips to Voc Rehab, I picked up Jessica at her ...
09Jun 2019
Latest project: Entering new land
So I had this problem, right? A bewildering experience, in my opinion, and now it's over, rather barely over, I can talk about it. Or at least provide some details. It has to do with my female anatomy, which I won't go into detail about. Suffice it to say, I had my bladder sewn back ...
