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What I'm thinking about today. . . |
Yea me! I received a "Reviewing Badge" for the month of July. I was rated as the # 73 reviewer. I do admit to working for it. I'm proud to have received it ![]() This is the fourth reviewing bage I've received since joining. It means something to me, beyond its space on my virtual shelf. I know I'm involved. I know I am productive. This is proof. My profession is writing. I'm not working outside the home now (though I just got a call from the college there's a teen needing help on a project) so I don't have a "job." Writng is my job, but it ain't payin' a durn thing right now. So i have to keep on, without the payback coming around yet. Until the money comes, the Reviewing Badge is a source of writing renewal and a pat on the back for my efforts. This is about the only feedback I get, because I haven't gotten involved in the local poetry scene yet. It wouldn't be the same thing anyhow. So now one of two things will happen. Either I will re-devote myself to doing a lot of sometimes bad reading--though I've learned to search for modified entries, or I'll redirect my energy to getting my book published. For my own good, I might ought to get to my own business if I want to get a manuscript in in two months. Eight weeks. There, I've said it. I am grateful for the recognition of a job well done on some proportion. Next month--well, it's always a new month. And reviewing makes for a better writer.
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