I'm proud of myself for going from never having had anything published online on December 2, 2023 to having 16 short nonfiction pieces published on three websites. I turned all the pieces into audios and made a podcast on Substack. I took a flash fiction boot camp in August and wrote my first stories in 33 years. I never had the confidence that I could write something that people wanted to publish. A monthly online critique/support group not only encouraged me but helped my writing to improve.
Thank you for the reminder to look backwards as well as forwards... I had just been lamenting that I hadn't written as much as I wanted to over the summer, but I'm realizing I still submitted 10 times from July-now! Even if nothing comes of it, it's still great to feel like I'm putting the work out there and to see the possibility of so many "in progress" notes on Submittable!
10 submissions is a lot! I think we always,(or me, anyway 🤷♀️ but I don't think I'm alone in this) have an easier time remembering what we haven't done than what we have.
I can’t wait for this fiesta, Nancy! I won’t be live, but I treasure the recordings. Thank you for offering those. And thank you for the reminder to celebrate accomplishments. This summer, I wrote more than I have in any other season of my life—largely due to your summer planning party. It jazzed me up and reminded me how much I love the craft. Thank you for that!
I'm proud of myself for going from never having had anything published online on December 2, 2023 to having 16 short nonfiction pieces published on three websites. I turned all the pieces into audios and made a podcast on Substack. I took a flash fiction boot camp in August and wrote my first stories in 33 years. I never had the confidence that I could write something that people wanted to publish. A monthly online critique/support group not only encouraged me but helped my writing to improve.
Oh my goodness, that's incredible! Good work! 🎉
Thank you very much. I thank my Jesus for his help and giving me the gift of writing.
Thank you for the reminder to look backwards as well as forwards... I had just been lamenting that I hadn't written as much as I wanted to over the summer, but I'm realizing I still submitted 10 times from July-now! Even if nothing comes of it, it's still great to feel like I'm putting the work out there and to see the possibility of so many "in progress" notes on Submittable!
10 submissions is a lot! I think we always,(or me, anyway 🤷♀️ but I don't think I'm alone in this) have an easier time remembering what we haven't done than what we have.
I can’t wait for this fiesta, Nancy! I won’t be live, but I treasure the recordings. Thank you for offering those. And thank you for the reminder to celebrate accomplishments. This summer, I wrote more than I have in any other season of my life—largely due to your summer planning party. It jazzed me up and reminded me how much I love the craft. Thank you for that!
That's amazing! I'm so happy you did so much writing this summer!
Thank you so much!