It has been almost 18 months since my last post. I’ve got the best excuse of all… I’ve been writing. Today, one of my personal favorites was published — if that is the right word for an audio rendition — on the Sniplits website. Just search for my name, the over 30 minutes entries or “Single Pickle Day.” Wonderful reading by Ben Dooley, but it will cost you a buck to listen to it.
Looking through past posts, a number of the pieces I was working on are now in print. And I got paid for each of them, though not enough to get rich. I’ll say a bit about them and the markets in general in upcoming posts.
Since I chatted a lot about the drama group in previous posts I should say that I took the plunge a wrote a play, “One Box at a Time.” It has been performed in two venues, most recently as part of the Strawberry Festival in Manhattan. I’ve gotten more ambitious since then. Let’s just say I may be discovering my limitations.
Finally, nonfiction continues to be a good thing. My book Innovation Passport is getting final edits. It will be published by IBM Press in September.
I hope this is good news is received as encouragement to other writers, rather than bragging. Mostly it is the result of persistence. The story published today? It was rejected 8 times and took almost 5 years to get there.
Oh, and you won’t have to wait over a year for the next post. I promise.
