writingforyourlife

I haven’t been diligent enough with submitting my writing lately.  If a piece is rejected, I tend to think it isn’t good enough and I start writing something else.  This is entirely the wrong attitude.

So, yesterday I spent a couple of hours searching the internet for print magazines and journals (as opposed to online publications), that publish short works of fiction.

I managed to compile a list of those in my own country, which will require only small postage.  I also made note of overseas magazines that accept submissions via email.   Obviously, email is easier on the wallet.

In any case, I’ve created a hierarchy list of magazines.  I will start by submitting to the ones I’d most like to publish my writing, and work my way down until I run out of print options. If I’m not successful, I’ll continue the process using online magazines.

I believe having a system in place will force me to submit pieces to all my options.  It will be time consuming, but worth it.

What do you think?  Is getting published just a game of numbers?