leigh ann

that is the question.

yeah it’s been dry season here for a while. it’s two parts lacking motivation, six parts drowning in final year work, and three parts reading journal requirements where a lot of time posting to a personal blog disqualifies work from being published.

so i’m in a bit of snake eating eats own tail situation. i made this blog to post my work because i couldn’t figure out another way to gain traction as a new writer so i went – ‘imma do it myself’. but doing it myself means that work may not be officially published anywhere else.

i guess i’m supposed to rage against the machine and be all indie and publish my work here anyway. but i want to be published officially. there’s always that voice in the back of my head that doubts myself and getting published would be validating. yes yes seeking validation from external sources or something like that – listen linda listen!! feelings don’t have to be rational.

i guess all of this is a rant to say my website is in a weird state of indecision where i can’t figure out where or what to write and where or how to post.

i had an idea of a strike out policy where after a certain number of rejections i publish the piece to here but i can’t figure out an appropriate number of rejections. my next question is if i publish a draft here, can i submit the rewrite to a journal?

lots of questions not a lot of answers.