Hubby's gone and my family wasn't at home tonight when I called, and I really want to tell someone who can be (or at least act) happy for me:
I got my first check for a magazine article today!
It's not going to put the kids through college or anything (by itself), but it's still exciting.
Well, I sold my first national, the travel thing I queried in SYW (and entered in the query contest, where I did about as well as David Hernandez, not that I'm pouting). I expect they'll put it in the August issue of Curve. At least, the editor hasn't written back in disgust and horror so far.
I feel like going outside and shouting to everyone that passes that I just opened my email and found out that an article I wrote was accepted for publication! I was sure it wasn't because the original email said they would notify those who were accepted by 2/29 so it was a very pleasant surprise!
I will be speaking about Blog Stop Book Tours tomorrow morning at 9:45 am (Eastern Standard Time) at the Virtual Woman's Day Celebration. It's a chat room format and anyone can visit. There are lots of other women business owners speaking as well. Come on by!
congratulations to everyone. i'd like to dance a little as well.
i'm glad to see this thread. i've been too busy to post lately, so i've got a lot bottled up. here's what's happened in the past few weeks.
i got a gig doing music reviews and copy writing at www.thecode.us (local art and music). this was my first time publishing (sort of).
i've put three articles in the local paper which led to a recent invitation to be a regular paid contibuter to their arts and culture weekly supplement.
and (drum roll) i got my first assignment from the local glossy lifestyles magazine i've been eyeing for months. this is my first paid publication.
the next step is oxford american.
i have been banging my head against publishing for so long. i can't believe all this fell into place in just the past month. thanks for the good advice everyone.
Congratulations Auto, Mada, Wordsmyth, and joetrain!
(I really need to keep up or the list will be too long to type out! )
I've got two more essays in the finals for anthologies; one for this Christmas and one for Christmas 2009 (they're for the same series). That's a long way off, but it's a good feeling knowing that I've got work in the pipes for that much time.