It's Wednesday - the day we challenge ourselves to step out of our box, try something new, leave our comfort zone. I have a blogger friend who has motivated me to do that. She's an aspiring writer (she's written a novel!), and the steps she's taken to pursue her writing career have helped to inspire me to jump in and begin my own writing pursuits.
But now she's gone too far. She went and took an actual jump - out of an airplane! Sorry, Susan, you're on your own for this one! I'm just not that crazy adventurous. You can read about her adventure and even watch a video of her insanity here.
Since I refuse to take such an insane big leap, I've decided to go for a more reasonable goal. If I really want to become a paid writer, I have to send out queries or pitches to paying publications. So I've decided to really go for it by trying to send out one query or manuscript each day. "A query a day helps get Mary some pay!" What do you think? Wish me luck!
Mary, sending a query letter every day is awesome -- I can't say I've done that, but that shows tremendous discipline and chutzpah on your part. Good for you! I'll also forgive the insane/crazy comments about the skydiving because, well, it was a little nuts. I've watched the video several times and each time when I see myself go out of that plane I think, "Holy hell, what was I thinking?!"