Why can there not be a cheat code in life to help us get what we want? There isn't a game you can play that you can't rig in your favor at least 75% of the time... Remember playing the Sims? You hit Ctrl+Shift+C... type in MOTHERLODE then BAM! $50,000... just like that! Or Willy Wonka with his reach into the TV and pull out a candy bar... How cool would it be to see a commercial on TV for SOME kind of food and all you have to do is say "Why yes, I will take that over cooking!". Then just reach right in there and GRAB IT. Done. That my friends, would be pretty fucking amazing. Do you know what I want? I want to write. I want to take this collection and many more obscure, funny, not so funny, horrific, sad, HELL YEAH! stories and mash them together into a book with the doodles in there as well.. For the first time, I am starting to take steps to make that happen... I'm sure it will take many, MANY steps after plenty of fall downs..But you have to start somewhere... A few days ago, I decided I was going to start BIG. Why not shoot for the moon? I sent in a "query" to a literary agency in New York.. This is an attempt to possibly one day acquire an agent of my own. Because not every ass-wad can stroll into any big name known publishing house, the agent is the middle man who makes that possible connection.. possible. To start, I had to send in a paragraph describing myself and what I like to write about... That's it. No examples of workings.. no websites... Just describing myself. I had to write that and pick ONE agent out of a handful of agents to send it to. Should that agent see it and become intrigued with ME, he will then reach out to me to actually see some of my writings or manuscripts.. Should he then like THOSE as well... A contract is signed between myself and MY agent. He then would proceed to disperse my manuscript to the publishing houses and when one of them (or more) decides they want it, I make the choice and BAM! Author... Rewinding to what will probably be the way it actually goes... The agent will sift through my submission along with thousands of others and find he's not at all intrigued with the ME part.. in which case, 30 days will drift by without any words at all before I can start over again. I've been told to go the self publishing route and even e-book it on Amazon.. "People around the world could buy it!" Though that may be true.. Amazon has what.. 7 BILLION e-books on there... It would be nice to be able to be out there enough to where people aside my mom and best friend would support me and buy it. It sounds weird and it will be more than a frustrating process... I also haven't breathed a word of this to my husband. I'd rather hit him with some CRAZY fantastic news some day instead of lingering "what ifs..." So if you know me and you see him.. ZIP IT! ;) If only MOTHERLODE worked in real life... If only... It's not easy to follow your dreams when they're being hauled off on a bullet train... It's not impossible either though... I'll keep you posted... Smile guys... It's only Monday...
-Super Mom
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