Actually Submitted an Article for Publication

Reflect on your process of choosing a publication outlet, writing an article, and submitting that article for review.How did you feel going into that process? How do you feel having done it? Will you do it again?

Wow! I actually submitted an article for publication! I really tried to drag my feet on this one. Really did not like the research. I kept looking and looking at different publishers. Mostly what I came up with where for books, then it progressed to magazines. A lot of them wanted seasoned authors, which obviously I am not, but I kept going. I thought I found one that I wanted to publish to, but after thinking about it and when I read my piece that I was going to submit, I did not feel comfortable. So, I started more research. I found one, but did not save the website address and then a few days later, I was searching ... again. Doing the part that I really don't like to do. That's what I've discovered about me. When I don't like doing something, I procrastinate, but then, because I feel I have to do it before I do anything else, nothing gets done. But I did, I actually did it! I revised my article a bit and added to it and then added a very short bio. I was nervous, felt myself getting anxious, but thought to myself, "They don't know me, I'll probably never meet them, so why am I so nervous?" I calmed down and pushed the "send" button. I am so proud of myself for actually getting it done. (I had initially thought that I wouldn't actually go through with it, but I did!
This is a big accomplishment for me. Even if it isn't published, I think the biggest part of this assignment was moving past our fear and removing some blocks ...and that's exactly what I did!

News Release

News Release

(rough draft)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Coming in June, 2013

For more information contact:

LeeAnn Martin

10466 E. Yakima Street

Tucson, AZ 85747

520-247-9696   

Lmartin47@cox.net

Opening: A New Wellness Clinic

          Tucson, AZ – In June, 2013, a new Wellness Clinic, La Farfala,  will be opening in the Rita Ranch area. This spa and wellness clinic will be offering Hypnotherapy, Massage, EFT, spiritual coaching and rejuvenation, and more.  For those on a gluten free diet due in gluten sensitivity and celiac dis-ease, there will be offered gluten-free bakery products.

          This has been a vision for the owners, LeeAnn Martin, a hypnotherapist and her daughter, Alyssa Nelson, LMT. They are very excited to be bringing to this area a holistic center that offers so much for the peace of mind and rejuvenating the soul.  

          Come to experience a soulful journey, release, remove and rejuvenate. There will be meditation rooms available as well as meditation sessions. We will be adding more such as yoga and reiki.

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7-10 Minutes of Writing

 7-10 Minute Writing Assignment

Looking at a blank page when I’m supposed to be writing about anything that comes into my head is like telling someone not to think of something. That something is all you think about. With the blank page, that is all you see and nothing comes to mind. What to write about. There is so much that I could write about and don’t really know where to start or maybe which topic to write about. When I hear something being said, I think, I could write about that. Then, when I sit down to write, I think, what was it that I was going to write about? Well, it snowed this past Monday. I picked up my granddaughter from preschool and it was very cold and cloudy. The teacher had told me that there were big flakes falling and she let the kids go out in it. It doesn’t snow in the desert, at least it’s not supposed to. My granddaughter was absolutely thrilled. She’s 4 years old. We got home and it was snowing. It was beautiful. It reminded me of Minnesota days when I was a young girl. On a night that it would storm, in the morning, we would gather around the radio and wait to hear our school’s name announced. When it was, we exclaimed joy! Yay! We could go outside and place our footsteps into the newly fallen snow. Hear the crunch under our feet, feel the cold crisp air bite at our cheeks. It was glorious. I loved it. I miss the snow now. However, glad that I don’t have to drive in it. But as a child, snow has a mystical feeling, giving the look of a crystalline magic. All is so quiet, a sense of everything stopping and taking notice of the beauty in nature.

Inspiration

Writing Assignment

    Creative Writing Sample: Where do you seek inspiration in your daily life? How can you apply that inspiration to your writing? Does your inspiration guide your writing style? Does your writing style block your inspiration?

Inspiration comes from my memories, my thoughts and my feelings. When I  wake up in the morning and after meditation, I usually have an inner dialog going on and sometimes I write about that. I’ll have an “Ah-Ha” moment, and think about the inner dialog. I’ll know how I want to write, but once I get to work, I have a difficult time putting it on paper.

Movies can give me inspiration too. If there is just one line in the movie that strikes a cord within me, I’ll write about that. My writing is usually about my journey through life and anything that.

I definitely feel that my writing style is guided by my inspiration, but at the same time, my inspiration can block my writing. What I have in my mind, never seems to translate onto the paper.