Here we go!

A few weeks ago one of my friends at work was complaining about her husband being a dick. We love 'em, but let's face it, they can all be dicks from time to time, right? I mean, after eleven years of marriage, he picks now to tell her he has always hated having a night light on? And the kids were sick. And the new workload at work was kicking our butts. Sound familiar? That's Real Life (TM) Anyway, to cheer her up I began making up a story and sharing it with the gals at work. It wasn't meant to be serious, just a little diversion to help us forget how stupid men can be and how stressful work is. 

I've always written stories in my head, mostly when I should have been paying attention to teachers and other authority figures. I had even filled several spiral bound notebooks in school when I probably should have been taking notes. But I never took my storytelling seriously. But the story for the gals at work grew and branched off into stories centering around other characters and I'd go home from work and spend a couple hours at the computer writing it all down. Then I'd email a copy of the newest pages to them to critique. They were more than generous with their praise and began saying I should get published.

Published? I have never submitted anything to be published, except for a few knitting patterns on http://www.ravelry.com/. It was an exciting, and scary, thought. But wouldn't it be great to have other people enjoy my stories? The e-publishing world has a lot of businesses out there looking for new authors with fun and unusual romance stories. So if one rejects me another may accept me. And maybe a rejection could have some suggestions for improvements. That would be really nice. I'll keep posting here on my progress (or lack thereof), without naming any publisher names. Unless one accepts my story.  I figure I'd be allowed to write about that. :)

So I'm finishing up and polishing my short story. I want it to look its best when I introduce it to publishers.