Accuracy - 9.5. I desire a writing gig.

Everyone says you have to work hard to get what you want, but maybe you don't this time. Simply having the desire in mind might be enough to make something wonderful occur.

Last Monday I sent a query to a magazine about an essay I (ahem) have been working on and would they be interested? Today I got an email with an enthusiastic Yes! Now I have to admit -- I haven't written anything. I mean, I've written most of it in my head. But they want me to send it in! And they want 2,000 words!

Good grief I'm using a lot of explanation points today. My son's teacher taught the kids that explanation points are called Excitement Marks, because you use them when you are excited. I love that. One day my son was reading for school and I had to write down how he did. It was the first time he had really read well and I told him I was writing Great on his paper. He looked at it then picked up the pencil, "Mom, you forgot the Excitement Mark!"

Ok, time to get that essay out of my head and into my computer. Note to future employers: I don't query unless I have written something . . . on the empty space in my head.

Accuracy - 0, but still waiting

The Gemini Moon will help you bring new ideas into tangible form, so take some time this evening to put your innovative thoughts down on paper.

Here I am, ready and waiting to jot down any fabulously innovative thoughts.

Waiting.

Waiting.

Waiting.

And still waiting.

You might want to check back later.

Accuracy 0 - Is anyone listening?

You deserve to have what you want. Be as specific as possible, and stand back in amazement at how precisely the universe was listening to you.

I was so excited when I read the above this morning. I've watched The Secret, I've read Write it Down, Make it Happen, I knew exactly what to do. I wrote down "I want to know that I am a talented writer and that my work reaches people." Yes, I know, it sounds a little hokey, but what was I going to say? I kept thinking it all day; I actually repeated it out loud a few times (if I'm going to be hokey I'm going all the way). The only thing I got was a rejection (very nice, but still a rejection) of an essay I sent to the Christian Science Monitor. That's IT!

I'm doing my part...I'm being specific! I had lunch with a writer friend, I followed a lead she gave me. And all I really want is the confidence. Though....

Maybe I did get that today. At lunch my writer friend said, "When I look at all the books that get published I think it shows that there is an agent for everybody. If you're still getting rejected you just haven't found that one yet. And if you give up before you find them, it's your fault."

Monday scores an 8

As your tarot card this week, the Hanged Man will call for extra time in rest and meditation to facilitate emotional or physical healing.

Elliot was out tonite for work, and Alicia didn't have skating (for the first time in months), and the homework and housework were all done so the kids and I spent a relaxing evening at home.

But I have to laugh about the Tarot card...what else can a Hanged Man do but rest?