Right Back In The Saddle Again
Lottery Odds was rejected today, so of course it has now been sent back out during he same 24 hour cycle. A couple years ago, I would not have been able to do this. 2009 (especially the last couple months) was crappy in a lot of ways, but one good thing that came of it was that I was able to get past the mental block I had concerning the submission process.
Please don't misinterpret what I'm about to say as tooting my own horn. However, I don't know how many writers I have come across who can do barely more than dip a toe in the water when it comes the process of sending out material, much less full-on psychopaths like myself who as soon as the barrel crashes into the rocks at the bottom of the waterfall, grab another one and head for the top of Niagra Falls to do it all over again right away. My friend Jennifer is consistently amazed by my persistence, but really, it's just something that's teeth-grindingly necessary if I want to achieve this goal.
I will tell one thing, though. I'm never going to feel bad about any money I someday earn off this endeavor, not after all the kicks in the teeth I have received while charting this course. Even if someday I get an absurd amount of money for what amounts to little more than busy work, I will look at it as interest paid for the all the years that I didn't make anything off this career choice.
Please don't misinterpret what I'm about to say as tooting my own horn. However, I don't know how many writers I have come across who can do barely more than dip a toe in the water when it comes the process of sending out material, much less full-on psychopaths like myself who as soon as the barrel crashes into the rocks at the bottom of the waterfall, grab another one and head for the top of Niagra Falls to do it all over again right away. My friend Jennifer is consistently amazed by my persistence, but really, it's just something that's teeth-grindingly necessary if I want to achieve this goal.
I will tell one thing, though. I'm never going to feel bad about any money I someday earn off this endeavor, not after all the kicks in the teeth I have received while charting this course. Even if someday I get an absurd amount of money for what amounts to little more than busy work, I will look at it as interest paid for the all the years that I didn't make anything off this career choice.