leigh ann

i’ve been drinking submitting my work to journals
– beyonce probably

the submission process has been insanely inconsistent since i started taking being a writer serious (i’m not sure i believe i have yet but yanno keep saying and the things will come true etc.).

but i guess you can say that i’ve always been inconsistent (ao3, every blog i’ve ever made, tumblr, twitter, my friends and family)

either way i’ve been writing and writing and then not submitting and then in one fever dream of an evening i’ve found that i’ve submitted to like six journals in one go. which doesn’t sound like a problem until all your rejection emails come flying in at the same time.

oopie.

you’d think i’ve learn but here i am again. i’ve submitted to two journals last night and have another to send in the email – i don’t understand how this place’s postal system work but that because i came from a place with no postal system. a friend is gonna show me how to mail it because it’s a mail in only process. taping money to the envelope kinda deal.

i think i have high hopes for these submissions but we’ll see.

there’s another big named thing imma try to submit to. the john lent award. i have a project mostly completed that i think will stand a chance. it’s a big deal tho, the most high stakes submission yet, and a lot of my brain is like why submit. i’ve seen some of my competition.

but i guess the mindset is submit anyway. and keep submitting. and then submit some more. a broken clock is right twice a day.