Writers:

There is lots of good things going on with the group. Many of our author-friends are having success with people finding their stories and publishing. I hope that you are making time to go to the cafes and soaking up this goodness.

You, too, should be part of that success track. Today’s prompt is about finding a home for your work. We spend so much time working on the work — creating, editing, revising, recreating — that some of our energies never see the effort of finding a home, whether that be an anthology for a short story, a magazine for an article, or an agent for our novel. I want you to set aside time this week to find a home for your work. Take the time and send out that inquiry. Find the submission guidelines and send in that short story. Do a pitch to the acquisitions editor at your favorite magazine.

To steal a marketing term:  Just Do It.

Because as writers we know that even in rejection we are learning, growing, and honing our craft.

After you send it out, pitch it, or inquire about it, I want you to let me know. I want to do some sort of tracking matrix for our group. I want us to be able to say in February, X number of authors sent out work, and Y number of authors were accepted. I do believe that if we just up the amount of folks sending stuff out, the results will be amazing. This is a very talented group. Don’t keep your talent in a box in your closet. Your story matters. The world wants to read it.

Do not forget that the peer-review workshop is Feb. 21st at 10:30 a.m. at the North Bend Library Meeting Room. Round-table review for your pitch/inquiry is the focus this month. The workshop goes until noon. Come prepared. Any questions, feel free to ping me.

Additionally, the Storyteller’s circle is also Feb. 21 at 3 p.m. at the North Bend Visitors Center. Come read a short story, a flash fiction piece, a poem. Anything. Come tell about that crazy time you almost caught the sturgeon in the Snoqualmie River. This is an electic group of folks– musicians, poets, historians, etc.  Best of all, it’s lots of fun, and for me, has created new inspirations for story lines. Hope to see you there.

And now your moment of Writing Zen:

“Writing means sharing. It’s part of the human condition to want to share things – thoughts, ideas, opinions.” ~Paulo Coelho

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What did you Write today?
~Casz

Casondra Brewster
Moderator/Founder
Sno Valley Writes!
Helping Writers Reach New Literary Peaks Since 2008
http://www.snovalleywrites.org
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“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron