You Guys...I Think I May Have Done It

I think I may have just finished the story I was talking about in my last post, the one that I'm writing for submission to a magazine. I'm really not sure if I should add more or end it where it is, but one way or another I'm calling it done by the end of the day. And if I do say so myself, it's pretty good! Especially for the first serious writing project I've done in quite a while.

I'm going to send it off for review today. Like a child all grown up. *wipes tear from eye*

They say I'll hear back one way or another within ninety days. And so the countdown begins! I'm absolutely excited and nervous and I feel like a proud parent sending their child off to college (except in this case there's a chance of the "college" calling me and saying "Nope, your kid is horrible. Two weeks in and he's on his way home now. See ya.")

I will for sure let you know when I hear back. I think I said in a previous post that this would be my first "real" publication. Let me explain that a little more:

I was published in my high school's creative writing anthology two years in a row, and waaaay before that, I had a poem published in another anthology (my poem was on the first page, and man, was it stupid). I guess I was a good enough writer when I was ten to get published. (Look out, mama, you've got a prodigy on your hands!) Other than those two instances, I don't think I've ever had work published. I've sent a novel off to a publishing company before, but I never heard anything back from them, so I'm just going to assume that's a nope as well...Also that was probably my sophomore year of high school, so there's that.

I'm hoping this will open up all sorts of doors for me. I never heard of this magazine before I decided to submit to it, but then again I honestly don't keep up with all the magazines and literary journals out there. It appears that the first leg of my adventure is coming to a close, and the next one is rising to take its place. I'm still going to be working on novels and other projects throughout the summer, and I'm hoping to finish something before next semester starts up.

Wish me luck!

Love Always,

Kristin