Man Plans, God Laughs

So I finally took some initiative, garnered some ambition and dressed for success on Friday and Saturday by going to a seminar on publishing jobs. I smiled a lot, shook some hands, and nodded so much my neck felt was tired after the first presentation of the day. I find myself suddenly planning for one of these jobs, getting resumes ready, making appointments with the Career Center. It is promising, but really, it's all enough to make you sick.

But while I am only somewhat excited about my 9-5 possibilities, I am suddenly more excited about writing than I've ever been. I am going to send something off on Wednesday to an honest to goodness lit mag. It is exciting. Even if I get rejected, there's a million more mags, and I'm finally ready to let them know what I've got. Seriously. When I think about the future, I can't not think about writing, so I'm going to embrace it. I'm finally ready to put it at the forefront of my life. So I'm reading a lot, and writing, and just being generally happy. It's time. I'm not planning anything, I'm just letting things go naturally. So that's it. That's me.

Well, I'm going to go. I have a story I want to get cracking on, and I made myself a reading list and I'm not allowing myself to buy more books until I finish everything on it. Have a great day, my gentle readers, and think of me when you go to the bookstore. Someday I'll be on the shelf there (inspiration!!!).