Write an article for a magazine and submit it for publication

This goal is really at the core of me, and what I always imagined I’d do when I “grew up”. From as young as I could remember I had a vision of me sitting at a coffee shop writing on some computer gadget and having my articles published. It’s so weird what we think of as kids, I had no real idea at the time what I was seeing, but now I know and that makes the picture clearer, but I’m still not living it. I’m slowly working toward it though and am starting with the business part, then I can write the articles and newsletters and make that vision my reality.

I’ve got a couple of ideas for a magazine story/personal essay. I’m not sure that I’ll actually go any farther than the idea, but it’s fun to think about. I’m also considering it being a web-series. I just started it yesterday so there is a lot more to develop.

I took my first step towards this goal. I went to a local Writer’s Circle and committed to sharing a piece of my writing at the next meeting. I’m pretty nervous about sharing my stuff because it doesn’t really fit into a format. So far the only writing I do is a kind of exagerated journaling or personal essays. O well, it’s a start. If I was already confident and going in the right direction, then I wouldn’t really need a group, would I?
I think I’m going to read some of the stuff that I wrote while I was in Paris.

I found a local writer’s circle that I’m going to go check out. It’s on Sunday mornings for 2 hours. I’ve always wanted to get into something like this, but they never work out how I’d like. I’m excited though, it will at least give me an outlet for writing.