Is There Anything Good on My Writing Desk?
I love to write. There is no question about that! I’ve written a daily reflective blog since February of 2017, at The Apples in My Orchard. There are over 1800 posts on that site that I’ve written over the last five years! As far as a daily writing habit, I’ve got that nailed down.
This year I decided to stretch myself. In the midst of a life-changing, retirement move to our rural Northwoods cabin (which is an ideal place to write, incidentally), I am taking more chances with my writing.
Last month, I submitted a short story to an online magazine. I’m still waiting to hear if they’ve accepted it or not. Today, I have been writing for several hours before I even thought about starting this blog. Later this week is a deadline for a print magazine piece that I’d like to be hired to write. This is called work or write for hire, obviously. I had to write a cover letter, which is essentially a pitch trying to sell to the editors why I’m the one they should hire for the advertised topic. I have experience, I have the knowledge, and I’ve written about this topic before, so I can be hopeful. But still, I’m not confident.
I’ve spent time putting together my pitch including all the things that I learned should be there when I took a “write for hire” course from a fellow author I know through blogging. I previewed the publication…
