In the Beginning

My goal isn't difficult, it's really rather simple. I just want to get published. I'm a writer by heart, but a dreamer by nature. Although talented would be a far stretch of imagination, I'm a prolific blogger. I write very much about nothing.

Short stories, poetry and the like aren't going to be published here, not at all. I have on previous blogs in my utter idiocy, because I simply didn't know that most companies (magazines and other subscriptions) consider them to be "already published" if they're online. That's okay though. I've learned. Today is the first day of my blogspot, but hopefully not my last. My goal is to one day have a book published, however naive that may be, it's a dream. They start small and grow larger it seems.

Today I submitted, might I add for the very first time, a short story to a magazine. I look forward to the response, or feed back, or rejection, if not for any reason than a learning experience. If it gets rejected, I can take it as a learning experience. My goal is not to get recognition in any other way than by my own merit, and I'm not going to shove an idea down anyone's throat. I'll take the wins and losses in stride, because that's what life is about, learning and growing, and living and breathing, all the failures in life I truly believe you learn from.

Many people write a book, very good writers might I add, and simply think that it will carry itself on it's own merit. Very not correct, my favorite author, Neil Gaiman was actually a journalist before he broke out in graphic novels and prose. Great writers have started out in magazines such as Playboy, writing articles, doing reviews, and the like. It's amazing, JK Rowling started her career on a napkin, what a world. The possibilities of life are endless, and it's amazing what you can do when you're motivated, when "no" is just another word, and when you're positive that you have a purpose in life.

For the few that may read this, I hope I give you inspiration to live up to your dreams, and if not just enjoy what I write about mine.