publish my writing

I’m taking a class this semester that requires us to submit original work for publication. Genre is wide open, but I’m submitting a kind of travel writing piece to an online travel mag (hopefully). Sometimes you just need a little push—there’s no reason I couldn’t have done this on my own. I sent an email inquiry last week and have yet to hear anything. I can’t imagine they’re that busy (it’s a small mag), but I could be wrong :)

Three cheers for taking a year and three months off from this site. Not sure yet if I’ll get back into it. I remembered it when I searched for a quote, and my entry from the “share quotes” goal came up in Google—the odds?!

I have yet to publish any of my own writing.

BUT

The first book that I worked on as Associate Editor of Publications (my new job) was printed last week, and my name is in it :D

It is so great to finally see something bound and in print that I edited… woah! The book itself is not very exciting at all, but I did it, and I’m kind of proud of it. It’s like a child. Well, probably more like a nephew. But I had a part in creating it, and it makes me feel good to finally see my name out there in print.

I can only imagine what it will feel like to publish my own stuff…

...the Washingtonian and The New Yorker - no reason not to start at the top, right? ;)

I have no idea when I’ll have things ready to send to either of these pubs, but having this goal up will, hopefully, get my butt moving.