The whole premise of this daily blogging is to make me a more consistent and better writer, even on days when writer's block hits hard. Part of becoming a better writer, for me, means getting published in some established magazines either in print or online. Naturally this means having to either submit articles or pitch them. So far this year I've submitted one travel piece and, today, made a pitch to a coffee magazine.
The hard part in all this is the waiting. In its own way its like a job interview where you may get good news (they accept), bad news (they reject), or worst of all... ghosted completely.
You may ask "why does it even matter?" And that would be a fair question. My writing shouldn't be withheld from the world based on some person I don't know's judgement of what they consider good or not. But believe it or not, I do hope to work in the world of journalism and writing one day and to do that means being open to the scrutiny of a wider reading public and the editors that have access to those readers. Being scrutinised and pushed back on would make me a better writer beyond the flattery of friends and family who support me regardless of what I write (not taking it for granted, by the way).
I hope by the end of the year I can have been published on some somewhat reputable platforms. That means this part of my writing is dedicated to pitching to various places, to which I hope I can present some success stories to you, the reader, by the end of the year at some point.
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