It seems lately like most of my freetime is being spent on my crafting hobby. Okay, it doesn’t just SEEM like it – it IS being spent on my crafting hobby. But today I got a package in the mail that reminded me that I need to try to make more time for my other hobby – writing.
I have had a poem published in a local poetry/literary journal called Poesia. In addition to the two copies of the spring issue, I also received a check for TEN WHOLE DOLLARS!!! Can you say Etsy.com money!?
You can check out the publisher’s website here, and perhaps you’ll get a kick out of the extremely opinionated editor’s rant about some of the local poetry slams and open mic nights. He’s good for a chuckle.
Now, I need to go organize my craft room…
You rock, you rock, you rock!!! Anybody who sniffs at a $10 check doesn’t know how freakin hard it is to get into a poetry journal. You are my hero!
You realize that since you got paid, you are now a professional writer. If you enter and win any amateur contests I shall require a bribe to keep your professional status a secret. 10 bucks should suffice. Congrats.
Oh great, now you’ve been PUBLISHED. I’m forever going to be intimidated by you and from now on I will feel self-conscious posting comments to your blog…. Just kidding. Seriously, though, that’s AWESOME news!!!! YAY FOR YOU!!! You’re a goddess!!!!
Oh, and you ARE going to frame that check, right????
WOOHOO!!! That is so very, very cool! Congrats! (This is genuine excitement, not just excessive use of exclamation points.)