Going Pro! Journal (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/927715-Going-Pro-Journal I neglected to mention this last month when it happened, but after approximately nine months of contact, I finally made a successful pitch to the books editor at Paste Magazine! This is going to be my first paid writing gig and it will be a review of humorist Bill Bryson's forthcoming memoir, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. This wil...[Read Full Post] Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:04:30 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/449439 I submitted a short story to this international competition on June 30th. Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:27:52 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/438801 I submitted a short memoir to The Writer Magazine's Short Memoir contest on June 30th. Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:26:57 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/438800 On 3-24-06 I submitted a poem to this contest which seeks to reward the worst poem that is sent on to a vanity contest and then told it is worthy of being published, put up for awards, etc. *****UPDATED***** Yet another contest I failed to win any prizes for. :P Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:00:57 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/415158 I just finished sending a query to the editor of Relevant Magazine's print publication about doing a piece on MySpace.com. We'll see what develops. *****UPDATE***** Like the others, I have heard nothing back about this one, so I assume it is a lost cause. I guess positive stories don't make news, even in a publication that is supposed ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:26:00 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/413663 I submitted an inspirational piece to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association on February 1st, but have heard nothing back since then...rejected again, perhaps...? *****UPDATE***** I have not heard anything from them, so I have given up on this one. Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:23:50 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/413662 I submitted material to Tau Publishing on January 31st, hoping to have the submission made into an inspirational greeting card of sorts. Some six weeks have passed and there has been no response, so I am thinking this submission was a no-go. Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:33:13 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/413661 I submitted a review of Ian McEwan's Saturday to the California Literary Review last week and received a rejection on Saturday. Woohoo!!! Another one bites the dust. Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:49:56 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/403424 On November 23, 2005, I submitted an essay to RandomHouse's "Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers" Contest. The grand prize winner gets $20,000, but RH will publish this one essay with as many as 28 other essays in a book, so even though the other published works won't receive payment, the writers will receive exposure. I am ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:24:42 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/391102 I just sent off a review (8/18/05) of Michael Chabon's novel, Wonder Boys, to the California Literary Review (www.calitreview.com). This would be my first paid publication if accepted, so I am hopeful. ***This was rejected on August 22nd.*** Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:23:48 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/367108 I just submitted my story Un/Clouded Memory to Glimmer Train Press's Fiction Open Competition. Results will be announced October 15th, but maybe they'll tell the winners a wee bit in advance? Anyhow. It's out of my hands now, so I need to start working on another story, ha ha! ***UPDATE*** I learned yesterday that my submission was reject...[Read Full Post] Wed, 12 Oct 2005 23:54:17 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/360114 On June 1st I submitted a short story and a poem to this massive contest the magazine is having, just barely making the late deadline since I didn't even learn about the contest until after the initial deadline had passed! *****UPDATE***** Neither of my entries won the contests they were entered in. Not only that, neither one even placed in the...[Read Full Post] Wed, 07 Dec 2005 22:42:26 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/351476 Today was the first time I submitted a query about writing an article for a publication. I chose to submit to Writer Magazine about potentially doing a feature article on my writing life in the six months since I quit my job in July of '04. I also queried about possibly doing a more general article on the writer's life. I felt pretty good about it, but ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 10 Feb 2005 02:49:46 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/322643