It’s a baby step, but I did it!
Aug 6th, 2005 by Accidental Thinker
I’ve had an ambition of getting professionally published for a long time, and today I took my first very small baby step toward doing something about it. I just submitted a query letter to an e-learning journal that I’d like to write an article for. It has taken me the entire day to outline the article, research the correct query format, and write the letter. Halfway through, I realized I had too much information and needed to scale back the scope, which put me almost back to square one. It also required a lot of begging my kids for some peace and quiet (not always very nicely, for which I feel bad and will have to atone). Kent helped by taking them to the movies for a couple of hours. But the letter is finally done and sent, and I have what I think is a solid plan for the full article.
I have no idea if my proposal will be accepted, but I feel like I’ve taken the dream and finally found the motivation to do something about it. If it doesn’t pan out, I have other avenues to pursue. I’m lucky to have a professional acquaintance who is a freelance writer for several training publications. She’s offered to put me in contact with the editors she works with. If I need to, I will definitely take advantage of that offer.
You can be sure I’ll be chronicling my progress—or lack of it—in this blog.
You will note that blogs are replete with espiring writer. However, I
believe, you have one of the best talents I’ve seen – go for it!!
Thank you so much for the very kind words!