What I'm Listening To: I'm Not Dead-Pink
You may be thinking morbid song, but I love this song by Pink. I love Pink in general, so this is rather a good mood song, inspirational song. I have more news, updating really and carrying over from my post the other day about rejection. Today I found out that the publishing house decided not to go with my poetry book and that my run with the ABNA awards has ended today. I have four queries sent out to agents at this time and will add another one to the round until I decide to wait for them all.
I was actually talking to my dad today (if there was ever an ideal guy, he would be it) and we talked about my book. He actually asked me what it was about, and I found that I was pleased that he was interested. He knows that I write, but I guess he never knew how much until I'd been struggling with trying to get my book published until today. I felt good telling him about it and uplifted because I know that I just need to keep going. If you have a dream, you are going to chase it until it turns into dust or until all of the possible avenues to make it a reality are exhausted. I don't feel too bummed, I'm just going to keep entering and writing and trying until something happens or I'm dead. I know that I was meant to write. I feel it in my bones. Remember, once you've taken a ton of rejection, you will get used to it and it will be easier for you to keep plunging in.
Spring Break is next week, and I plus the entire UW-Madison campus cannot wait. It will give me time to hopefully finish up to the seventh or eighth chapter of my new book and then finish that over the summer. I think I'm going to take a year off of writing to focus on being fluent in Spanish next year, then write for another year, and then live in France for a bit to master French. At least that's the plan. For now, I just have to make sure that I graduate and that I have these books under wraps. Keep on trucking world!
