New Years

My resolution for this year is to stop procrastinating and start submitting my work on a regular basis. Not only do I need the money, but I'm not getting any younger. If I want to be able to call myself an author and back it up, I need to be published. Otherwise I'm just a thirty-year old in the middle of an identity crisis, living off the generosity of my estranged husband and parents.

No one wants to be that person.

I have recently sent in a query letter to one publication now, though I haven't heard back. That one is for an article on faith as it is taught by example. This isn't my most typical style of writing, being non-fiction for one thing, and being short for another.

Although it doesn't translate to my blog, I do tend to be a bit wordy. Much to the chagrine of any poor soul stuck on the phone with me. ;)

I am nearly done with my first full novel length manuscript, and once I finish that I am well into a second. I have several short story ideas that I need to develop and submit, but my focus has been terribly divided for a long time. I'm hoping to get myself organized and tie up a lot of loose ends. I have gotten a bit too involved in hobbies which have consumed a great deal of my energy. While they have served a purpose, time with friends, practice writing, that sort of thing, it's time to get really serious.