Back When I Wanted To Be A Writer

I recall as a young adult, a long time ago now, wanting desperately to get one thing, just one thing, published. It didn't matter what it was, I just wanted to see my work in print. I didn't know what that would prove, but it would mean something to me. So I tried and tried and tried again, dutifully mailing in short stories, articles, essays, poetry, jokes, original cartoons, and so on to different publications. Only to have them repeatedly returned, rejection slips attached. Sometimes I would swear that those rejections boomeranged so fast and furious that the mailman had only driven a few times around the block before bringing them back.The bottom line was that these very early missives simply weren't written well enough then to be published (this was long before there were computers and the Internet in every home, where people could write whatever they liked, click a button and have it in print, so to speak). I didn't realize that at the time and it took me some years to finally figure it out, mainly because back then just trying to survive from day to day captured much of my attention.Yet, despite the seemingly never-ending rejections and the ongoing discouragement, I remained steadfast, holding tightly onto my dream of one day becoming a writer. I had to because no one else at that time believed in my dream, or me. That belief, after I faced a whole lot of trials and trouble..including being broke, chronically shy and overcoming a bout of Agoraphobia (fear of leaving your house), finally paid off. This is my story of overcoming great odds to finally reach my lifelong dream of becoming a published writer.

Author: Marijoyce Porcelli

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Mar 05, 2011

Number of Pages: 52 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1460927214

ISBN-13: 9781460927212